Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. police watchdog called in after man injured during arrest by Port Alberni RCMP
SURREY - The Independent Investigations Office of BC says it has been called in to probe an arrest in Port Alberni that left a man with serious injuries last weekend. The office says in a statement th...
Dec 23, 2025
B.C. holiday travellers hindered by ferry delays and highway closures
Kevin Ilomin has travelled the Coquihalla Highway safely on countless occasions, but when his bus got stuck in the snow on the way to Kelowna on Monday, he was starting to think this trip might have a...
Dec 23, 2025
Bricks of cocaine found in container of frozen fruit from Colombia in B.C.: CBSA
DELTA - The Canada Border Services Agency says it seized more than 26 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a shipping container hauling boxes frozen fruit from Colombia back in October. The border agency sa...
Dec 23, 2025
B.C. Conservative leadership race will present new vision, unify members: Halford
VICTORIA - It was a surreal moment on a day full of such moments. Trevor Halford walked into the main chamber of the British Columbia legislature on Dec. 3 as interim leader of his Conservative Party ...
Dec 23, 2025
About 70 trees deliberately cut around their bases, left to die in Powell River, B.C.
POWELL RIVER - Police on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast are investigating the vandalism of about 70 trees that where deliberately cut, leaving them to die over the next year. RCMP say the City of P...
Dec 22, 2025
Charges laid nearly six years after a B.C. man was found dead in Maple Ridge
MAPLE RIDGE - A change of second-degree murder has been laid nearly six years after a body was found in Maple Ridge, B.C. A statement from the province's homicide investigation team says the body of 2...
Dec 22, 2025
B.C. health authority wins in court against husband's 'death plan' for sick wife
The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered the husband of a woman with Alzheimer's disease removed as her representative over a "death plan" he decided to carry out if his wife became ineligible for medical a...
Dec 22, 2025
Police suspect foul play in woman's death in Merritt, B.C.
SURREY - Police in British Columbia are investigating after a woman died under what investigators are calling "suspicious" circumstances. RCMP say in a release that police were called Saturday to assi...
Dec 22, 2025
B.C. First Nations cautions premier against changing UN law for Indigenous rights
VANCOUVER - First Nations leaders in British Columbia have issued a joint statement criticizing calls to amend the provincial Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act in response to a recen...
Dec 22, 2025
B.C. construction firm owner fined in 'landmark case' for safety violations
RICHMOND, B.C. - WorkSafeBC says the owner of a homebuilding company has been fined more than $80,000 for workplace safety violations in a "landmark case." The worker safety agency says the fine stems...
Dec 22, 2025