Category Archives: British Columbia

Man charged with attempted murder after downtown Vancouver shooting
VANCOUVER - A man has been charged after a shooting in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside that sent a man to hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. The Vancouver Police Department says the 32-year-old has ...
Feb 21, 2023

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Teck Resources to split company and spin off coal business
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. has announced a plan to split the company into Teck Metals Corp. and Elk Valley Resources Ltd., which will hold its steelmaking coal business. More coming. Companies in...
Feb 21, 2023

B.C. First Nation to release results of search for unmarked graves at school site
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - A British Columbia First Nation is releasing the results of a preliminary search for unmarked graves on the grounds of a former residential school. The Tseshaht First Nation is pr...
Feb 21, 2023

Surrey police chief wants audit of city's 'inflated and mischaracterized' costings
SURREY, B.C. - The chief of the municipal police service in Surrey, B.C., is calling for an independent audit of the city's costings for its policing transition, saying he's concerned they've been "in...
Feb 20, 2023

Probe begins after pedestrian killed by truck in New Westminster, B.C.
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Police in New Westminster, B.C., confirm a pedestrian has been hit and killed by a transport truck. A statement from police says it happened just after noon on Sunday. The stat...
Feb 20, 2023

Celebration marks repatriation of B.C. totem to Nuxalk Nation after century-long wait
BELLA COOLA, B.C. - A carved pole that embodies the history and culture of a British Columbia First Nation is being welcomed back to its ancestral home, more than 100 years after it was taken. Dancing...
Feb 20, 2023

Vancouver police arrest suspect after man shot several times in Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say they are investigating a shooting in the Downtown Eastside that sent a man to hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. The Vancouver Police Department says officers w...
Feb 19, 2023

Mounties in Richmond, B.C., seek witnesses to random Valentine's Day attacks
RICHMOND, B.C. - Mounties in Richmond, B.C., are looking for witnesses and video evidence of two random assaults against women in the city's downtown core. The RCMP say officers arrested a suspect on ...
Feb 19, 2023

Volunteer's death spurs warnings that B.C.'s avalanche conditions are 'unforgiving'
VANCOUVER - The avalanche deaths of two skiers in British Columbia's central Interior this month have prompted an emotional plea about this season's dangerous conditions from the head of a volunteer s...
Feb 19, 2023

Surrey budget proposes 9.5% property tax increase for policing transition costs
SURREY, B.C. - The City of Surrey has released its draft five-year budget, allocating more than half of the property tax increases for 2023 to cover the costs associated with the police transition. It...
Feb 18, 2023