Category Archives: British Columbia
'Corrosive' immigration loopholes need to be shut down, Eby tells Ottawa
Federal lawmakers must close "corrosive" loopholes hampering the crackdown on extortion-related shootings in British Columbia, including one that allows suspects to apply for refugee status, as the "p...
Feb 03, 2026
China travel delayed Vancouver doctor's arrest for alleged sex assaults of teen girls
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say their investigation into a doctor for allegedly sexually assaulting teenage female patients took years to result in charges because the suspect went to China. Inves...
Feb 03, 2026
Vancouver International Airport set records for passengers and cargo in 2025
RICHMOND - Vancouver International Airport says it saw a record number of travellers and cargo shipments last year. The airport says it saw more than 26.9 million travellers in 2025, a 2.7 per cent ye...
Feb 03, 2026
B.C. minister is 'cautiously optimistic' Ottawa will help after Fraser Valley floods
VICTORIA - British Columbia's emergencies minister says she's cautiously optimistic about securing federal funding to prevent future flooding in the Abbotsford region, as she prepares to head to Ottaw...
Feb 02, 2026
She went missing in Canada in 1985. She may have been a Florida serial murder victim
It was in January of 1985 when the mixed skeletal remains of two people were discovered in a wooded area of Malabar, Fla., and while one woman was identified through dental records, the identity of th...
Feb 02, 2026
Three foreign nationals arrested by extortion patrol are charged in B.C. shooting
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., say three men arrested on Sunday by officers on an anti-extortion patrol are all foreign nationals and have been charged after bullets were fired at a home. Harjot Sin...
Feb 02, 2026
Fire chief says cause of fire that sank three yachts will likely never be found
VICTORIA - A marina fire in Sidney, B.C. has sunk three yachts worth millions, and the community's fire chief says investigators may never find the cause. Brett Mikkelsen says there is no evidence tha...
Feb 02, 2026
B.C. man feared a 'hit' on him before he and family found dead, inquest hears
A Mountie testifying at an inquest into the 2023 deaths of a couple and their two children in Prince Rupert, B.C., says that after the father told police they were being targeted in a "hit" he was app...
Feb 02, 2026
B.C. forestry review seeks overhaul, moving focus away from harvest volumes
VANCOUVER - A government-commissioned review of forestry in British Columbia is calling for the system to be razed and rebuilt with a focus on trust and transparency about the state of the province's ...
Feb 02, 2026
Three men arrested in Surrey, B.C., after alleged extortion-related shooting
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., arrested three men on Sunday after early morning gunfire at a home, believed to be yet another example of extortion-related shootings that have plagued the city in rec...
Feb 01, 2026