Category Archives: British Columbia
Man and woman facing murder charges in March homicide in Maple Ridge, B.C.
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. - A man and a woman from Maple Ridge, B.C., are both facing murder charges related to the death of a local man in early March. The province's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team s...
May 13, 2023
Two northern spotted owls found dead in B.C. forest, in blow to release program
SPUZZUM, B.C. - Two northern spotted owls that had been released into a British Columbia forest last year have been found dead, potentially reducing the known wild population in the province to a sing...
May 12, 2023
Social housing provider Atira gives back $2M to B.C. government, launches review
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia housing group that was named in a damning forensic audit says it has returned almost $2 million in surplus funds to the provincial government. Atira Women's Resource S...
May 12, 2023
B.C. police watchdog deployed to Vancouver Island after incident in Duncan
DUNCAN, B.C. - British Columbia's police watchdog has been deployed to Vancouver Island in relation to an incident captured on video and shared on social media that appears to show police shoot a man....
May 12, 2023
Vancouver Chinatown gets $2.2-million grant to revitalize historic neighbourhood
Vancouver's Chinatown is getting a $2.2-million provincial grant to revitalize the historic neighbourhood. The Vancouver Chinatown Foundation says the funding will go toward renewing historic storefro...
May 12, 2023
Former B.C. little league treasurer charged with fraud and theft
COQUITLAM, B.C. - A former treasurer of a little league baseball organization in Coquitlam, B.C., is facing charges after $150,000 went missing from the group's bank account. Mounties say the 65-year-...
May 12, 2023
First Nation did not prove Aboriginal title for entire claim area: B.C. Supreme Court
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge ruling on a First Nations land title lawsuit says it did not prove it had rights to its entire claim area, although he suggested it may be time for t...
May 12, 2023
NDP leaves spring sitting at legislature facing turmoil in public housing management
VICTORIA - The New Democrat government in British Columbia started the spring legislative session promising more affordable homes for vulnerable people, but it ends the sitting amid turmoil over its p...
May 11, 2023
B.C. sets record, delivers 350,000 surgeries last fiscal year, health minister says
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says the province set a record for the most surgeries performed in the last fiscal year. A report from the Health Ministry says from April 2022 to March 2023...
May 11, 2023
Hectares burned in B.C. wildfires four times higher as high heat moves in
Two major wildfires in British Columbia's Peace River region continue to burn out of control, as firefighters brace for the possibility that scorching weather may ignite more blazes. B.C.'s Ministry o...
May 11, 2023