Category Archives: British Columbia
NDP leadership hopeful Appadurai shakes up race in B.C., but faces disqualification
VICTORIA - Anjali Appadurai says she knows she's upset the New Democratic Party establishment, but that shouldn't keep her out of the race for the party leadership. The former federal NDP candidate en...
Oct 17, 2022
B.C. changes opioid lawsuit to help recover more money from drug makers
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has moved to expand its proposed class-action lawsuit against opioid makers, allowing the federal government to join the legal action. Other changes planned ...
Oct 17, 2022
Man shot dead in parking lot of University of B.C. golf course
VANCOUVER - The parking lot at the golf club near the University of British Columbia is behind yellow police tape as officers investigate a fatal shooting. A sheet is covering a body in the parking lo...
Oct 17, 2022
New Prince George City Council to be sworn in November 7
Almost half of B.C.'s 162 mayors will be new to the job when they are inaugurated next month following Saturday's municipal elections -- but several already have long political pedigrees. Cache Creek'...
Oct 17, 2022
Vancouver mayor-elect Ken Sim says transition plan has begun for rollout of pledges
Vancouver's next mayor says he expects the first of 100 additional police officers promised in his election platform to hit the streets within a year. Ken Sim, who takes office Nov. 7, says adding the...
Oct 17, 2022
B.C.'s extended summer breaks more records, but weather office says rain approaches
VANCOUVER - Several British Columbia cities boasted the warmest temperatures in Canada on the weekend as summer-like weather persists across most of the province, but Environment Canada says a change ...
Oct 17, 2022
Surrey Police Board confident police transition continues despite pro-RCMP mayor
VICTORIA - The Surrey Police Board is expressing confidence the city's police transition process from the RCMP to a municipal force will continue despite the election of a pro-Mountie mayor. Mayor-ele...
Oct 16, 2022
Municipal elections across B.C., with major battles in Vancouver, Surrey expected
VANCOUVER - Voters in downtown Vancouver casting ballots Saturday to elect a new mayor and council said housing was the top campaign issue, with public safety and support for vulnerable people also on...
Oct 15, 2022
Firefighters respond to wildfire in West Vancouver near Cypress Falls Park
VANCOUVER - Firefighters in West Vancouver are responding to a what they describe as a wildfire at the top of the Caulfeild neighbourhood on the lower slopes of Cypress Falls Park. West Vancouver Fire...
Oct 14, 2022
Cyberbully to be sentenced today in case involving B.C.'s Amanda Todd
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A man convicted in the cyberbullying and extortion of a British Columbia teenager who died by suicide a decade ago is expected to learn his sentence today. The story of 15-year...
Oct 14, 2022