British Columbia

RCMP IHIT identify Burnaby, B.C., fatal shooting victim

BURNABY, B.C. - The RCMP Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has identified the victim of a fatal shooting in Burnaby, B.C., in the hopes of advancing its investigation. Burnaby RCMP say they were ...

Sep 17, 2023

MLA Adam Walker ousted from BC New Democratic Party, Premier David Eby says

VICTORIA - Premier David Eby has announced MLA Adam Walker has been ousted from the BC New Democratic party. In a statement issued today, Eby says the BC New Democrat caucus conducted a thorough inter...

Sep 17, 2023

Evacuation order issued in central B.C., more than 400 wildfires burn across province

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - An evacuation order has been issued by Cariboo Regional District for 28 properties in the Horn Lake Area in central British Columbia. This comes as the BC Wildfire Service says f...

Sep 17, 2023

Three minor earthquakes recorded off B.C. coast, near Port Hardy

PORT HARDY, B.C. - A third minor earthquake has struck the British Columbia coast today. Earthquakes Canada says a 4.0 magnitude quake was registered around 8:20 a.m. local time. It followed a 5.5 mag...

Sep 17, 2023

Wildfire activity to increase in the region

PRINCE GEORGE - The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George (RDFFG) is urging residents to take extra caution as warm, dry and windy weather is likely to increase fire activity in the region. RDFFG sa...

Sep 16, 2023

Two visible wildfires burning near Pemberton, BC Wildfire Service says

PEMBERTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA - The BC Wildfire Service says crews are responding to two "highly visible" out of control wildfires in the Pemberton, B.C., area. It says both will likely remain visible t...

Sep 16, 2023

'Bunch of idiots': Victim relatives query psychiatric releases, lawyers urge caution

VANCOUVER - Rebecca Mayrhofer said she felt "100 per cent frustrated" when she heard about a triple stabbing in Vancouver's Chinatown on the weekend, that police allege was committed by a man on day r...

Sep 15, 2023

Defence in Ibrahim Ali murder trial suggests sex partner, killer not same person

VANCOUVER - A defence lawyer at the Ibrahim Ali murder trial in British Columbia Supreme Court has put forward the theory that the person who had sex with the alleged murder victim may not be the one ...

Sep 15, 2023

B.C. government, First Nations reach deal to reopen Joffre Lakes park

VICTORIA - The popular Joffre Lakes Provincial Park east of Pemberton, B.C., will reopen Monday after an agreement between the provincial government and the two local First Nations that had stopped vi...

Sep 15, 2023

Police identify both victims, elderly suspect in Chilliwack, B.C., shootings

CHILLIWACK, B.C. - Homicide detectives have identified two people found dead in a home in rural Chilliwack, B.C., on Wednesday and say an elderly suspect has been charged. The Integrated Homicide Inve...

Sep 15, 2023