British Columbia

Officer told not to make handwritten notes after death of Myles Gray, inquest hears

BURNABY, B.C. - A Vancouver police officer says a senior member of the force who was acting as a union representative told him not to make any handwritten notes about the confrontation that resulted i...

Apr 20, 2023

B.C. First Nation says 40 unmarked graves found around former residential school

SECHELT, B.C. - The shishalh Nation on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast says ground-penetrating radar has identified what are believed to be 40 unmarked graves of children on or near the site of the ...

Apr 20, 2023

B.C. stores broke privacy laws on facial ID technology, privacy commissioner says

VICTORIA - British Columbia's privacy commissioner says Canadian Tire stores that used facial recognition technology didn't adequately notify their customers and didn't get consent to collect the pers...

Apr 20, 2023

Criminal probe begins after campfire-sparked blaze threatened homes in Kamloops, B.C.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Electricity has been restored to nearly 4,000 homes and businesses in Kamloops, B.C., after a rapidly spreading grass fire swept through an area not far from the city centre. A statem...

Apr 20, 2023

Key shareholder Sumitomo to vote in favour of Teck plan to split business

VANCOUVER - Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd., a key shareholder at Teck Resources Ltd., says it will vote in favour of the company's plan to separate its metals and steelmaking coal operations into two ...

Apr 20, 2023

Vancouver police promise upgrades to psychological testing following inquest

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Police Department is promising to upgrade psychological interviews for potential new recruits and to seek funding for annual psychological check-ins for all officers. The ple...

Apr 20, 2023

B.C. First Nation sues port firm, others for disrupting ancestral remains

VANCOUVER - The Bonaparte First Nation in British Columbia's Interior is suing a shipping port company and several others, claiming railway infrastructure development has destroyed and disturbed its a...

Apr 19, 2023

B.C. enacts regulation to ensure protection of Ozempic supply for diabetes patients

VICTORIA - British Columbia is bringing in a new regulation immediately to ensure diabetes patients don't face a shortage of the drug Ozempic, touted by celebrities for its weight loss side effects. H...

Apr 19, 2023

Inquest hears Vancouver officer 'feared for safety" when meeting man killed by police

BURNABY, B.C. - The first officer to interact with a man who died after a beating that involved several Vancouver police officers has told a coroner's inquest that she wasn't thinking about mental hea...

Greg Fry Apr 19, 2023

Fairy Creek old-growth protesters celebrate as contempt prosecution has 'collapsed'

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Prosecution Service says it has withdrawn contempt charges against 11 old-growth logging protesters accused of breaching a court injunction during blockades at Fairy Creek on Vanc...

Apr 18, 2023