British Columbia

B.C. school support staff for K-12 ratify new three-year contracts

VICTORIA - More than 40,000 school support staff in British Columbia have ratified new contracts. Employees including education assistants, Indigenous support workers and custodians working in kinderg...

Mar 17, 2023

Valemount seeking 'Strongest Town' title

PRINCE GEORGE - Valemount is the only Canadian municipality left in the international race for the 'Strongest Town' title.The US-based competition compares and rewards municipalities for their practic...

Mar 17, 2023

40,000 K-12 support staff now covered by ratified agreements

VICTORIA - More than 40,000 K-12 support staff are now covered by 69 local agreements ratified under the Province's Shared Recovery Mandate.The Ministry of Education says "unionized support staff work...

Mar 17, 2023

B.C. high court orders a new trial for former X-ray tech convicted of sexual assault

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man convicted of sexually assaulting two women has been granted a new trial after the B.C. Court of Appeal ruled the trial judge used inadmissible evidence to support a ...

Mar 17, 2023

'Troubled' Eby seeks CSIS briefing on alleged Chinese meddling in Vancouver election

VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says he's "very troubled" by allegations of Chinese interference in Vancouver's municipal elections last year and he's asked Canada's intelligence agency...

Mar 17, 2023

Vancouver hotel issues apology for discriminatory actions of employee

VANCOUVER - A Vancouver hotel has apologized for the actions of an employee after the B.C. Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres said one of its members endured a humiliating interaction with t...

Mar 17, 2023

Fatal shooting in Prince George, B.C., as RCMP respond to distraught man

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A distraught man has been shot and killed during a confrontation with police in Prince George, B.C. A statement from RCMP says the force has notified the independent B.C. office ...

Mar 17, 2023

B.C. Mounties announce results of organized crime drug investigations

VANCOUVER - RCMP in British Columbia say they've disrupted major organized crime groups that are flooding the streets with toxic drugs in two separate investigations involving "transnational" drug pro...

Mar 16, 2023

Guards union says second pigeon with a backpack found in B.C. prison

VANCOUVER - A pigeon wearing a tiny empty backpack has been captured inside a federal prison in British Columbia, in what a union official says was likely another plan by inmates to smuggle drugs. The...

Mar 16, 2023

Vancouver councillor supports foreign interference probe at municipal level

Vancouver Coun. Lenny Zhou says he is in full support of a foreign interference probe for elections at all levels of Canada's governments after he was named in a newspaper report on the issue. Zhou sa...

Mar 16, 2023