Category Archives: British Columbia
Community, Indigenous drug rehab programs across West get $20M in federal funds
SQUAMISH, B.C. - Dozens of community and Indigenous groups across Western Canada will share $20 million in federal funding to boost their drug awareness, treatment, rehabilitation and mental-health se...
Jul 06, 2023
Mother-in-law of B.C. knife victim says 'monster' robbed son of woman he loved
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The mother-in-law of a woman killed in a mass stabbing at a North Vancouver, B.C., library two years ago has told a sentencing hearing that her attacker is a "monster" who stol...
Jul 06, 2023
Most of B.C. under campfire ban as heat, lightning likely to ramp up wildfire risk
VANCOUVER - More campfire bans are on the way in British Columbia as a heat wave in many areas is not expected to ease for days and a moderate to extreme wildfire risk covers all but the southeast cor...
Jul 06, 2023
Day six of B.C. port strike as management calls for binding arbitration
VANCOUVER - The organization that represents employers at roughly 30 strikebound ports in British Columbia says binding arbitration could end the six-day-old dispute. More than 7,000 members of the In...
Jul 06, 2023
Surrey RCMP say one person injured in shooting, believed linked to drug trade
SURREY, B.C. - One person is being treated in hospital for a non-life-threatening injury after a shooting in Surrey, B.C., Wednesday afternoon. Police were called to the 80 Avenue and Fleetwood Park a...
Jul 05, 2023
B.C. health registry expansion aims to connect patients with family doctors: minister
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is expanding a registry program provincewide in an effort to connect patients with available family doctors. Health Minister Adrian Dix says the expanded He...
Jul 05, 2023
Victims of fatal 2021 B.C. library stabbing describe shattered lives at sentencing
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Victims of a stabbing spree and their relatives have told a sentencing hearing how their lives were shattered two years ago by the deadly attack in and around the Lynn Valley L...
Jul 05, 2023
RCMP officer says he forgot to record B.C. murder suspect's arrest after car crash
VANCOUVER - The police officer who arrested a man accused of murdering a 13-year-old girl found dead in a Burnaby, B.C., park six years ago says no recording of the arrest exists because he forgot to ...
Jul 05, 2023
A quick look at the ongoing strike by British Columbia port workers
VANCOUVER - About 7,400 workers have been on strike at ports along British Columbia's coast since Saturday morning. Contract talks between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada and th...
Jul 05, 2023
More campfire bans coming to B.C. by Friday as dry conditions raise wildfire danger
VANCOUVER - More campfire bans are on the way in British Columbia as warm, dry conditions push the wildfire danger upward. The BC Wildfire Service says, as of noon on Friday, campfires will no longer ...
Jul 05, 2023