Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C.'s strong economy, inflation concerns part of fiscal picture, minister says
VICTORIA - British Columbia's strong economic performance will be a major part of today's fiscal update, but the finance minister says she'll also issue cautions about inflation pressures and rising i...
Nov 25, 2022
Green Party leader thinks climate report doesn't go far enough
PRINCE GEORGE - The B.C. government is touting its sucesss in its progress on climate action in the 2022 Climate Change Accountability Report. Highlights includes doubling investment in emissions redu...
Nov 24, 2022
Search on after float plane with three aboard crashes into B.C. bay
PORT HARDY, B.C. - A search is underway in Strachan Bay on British Columbia's central coast for a float plane that crashed into the water. Mounties in Port Hardy say the plane went down Wednesday afte...
Nov 24, 2022
B.C. has plan to cancel surgeries to make room for flu cases in overcrowded hospitals
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has plans in place to cancel hospital surgeries to make room for patients with respiratory illnesses, but it hasn't yet reached that point. Health Minister A...
Nov 24, 2022
Suicide of Vancouver police officer will be subject of coroner's inquest
VICTORIA - The events leading up to the suicide of a 30-year-old Vancouver police officer will be the subject of a coroner's inquest next month. A lawsuit filed on behalf of Const. Nicole Chan's famil...
Nov 24, 2022
Coquitlam, B.C., shooting leaves two people dead, another expected to survive
COQUITLAM, B.C. - Two people are dead and another has been injured in a shooting in Coquitlam, B.C. A statement from Coquitlam RCMP says officers responded to numerous calls about a possible shooting ...
Nov 24, 2022
B.C. Premier Eby promises $230M in police funding for RCMP vacancies, new hires
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government will spend $230 million over the next three years to hire 277 RCMP officers to serve across the province in the latest in a whirlwind ...
Nov 23, 2022
B.C. man convicted of killing his four- and six-year-old daughters denied appeal
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia man who killed his two young daughters on Christmas Day in 2017 has been denied an appeal by the province's highest court. Andrew Berry claimed the lower court made nu...
Nov 23, 2022
B.C. human rights tribunal awards $150,000 in child welfare discrimination case
VANCOUVER - An Afro-Indigenous woman has been awarded $150,000 in compensation by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal after her children were wrongfully seized by a child welfare agency. The tr...
Nov 23, 2022
BC NDP housing legislation advances toward third reading after Tuesday votes
VICTORIA - The first two pieces of legislation proposed by Premier David Eby have passed second reading and return to the legislature today as he follows through on a pledge to act quickly on key issu...
Nov 23, 2022