British Columbia

Sentencing hearing begins for Dutch man convicted of extorting B.C. teen Amanda Todd

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A sentencing hearing is expected begin today for a Dutch man found guilty of harassing British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd in the years before her suicide. A B.C. Supreme Cou...

Sep 20, 2022

Queen honoured in procession, commemorative service in Victoria, B.C.

VICTORIA - Dignitaries including British Columbia Premier John Horgan and Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin have joined a commemorative service in honour of Queen Elizabeth II in the capital city named after her ...

Sep 19, 2022

Criminal probe begins after violence, arrests at rap music festival in Vancouver

Vancouver police say seven people were arrested and a criminal investigation is underway after a disturbance Sunday night by fans attending a rap music festival at Hastings Park in east Vancouver. Pol...

Sep 19, 2022

B.C. police watchdog called to investigate serious collision involving stolen vehicle

AGASSIZ, B.C. - British Columbia's police watchdog has been called to investigate after a serious vehicle collision in Agassiz on Saturday afternoon involving a stolen car left four people seriously i...

Sep 18, 2022

Restoring the culinary and cultural bounty of ancient Indigenous sea gardens in B.C.

SALT SPRING ISLAND, B.C. - A family of sea otters emerges from the ocean and rambles up the rocky shoreline, while a great blue heron in search of a meal pokes at a wall of rocks. Fountains of water s...

Sep 18, 2022

Evacuation order rescinded for Battleship Mountain wildfire in northeastern B.C.

HUDSON'S HOPE, B.C. - An evacuation order for British Columbia's largest wildfire has been rescinded, though the BC Wildfire Service says the blaze remains out of control. The Battleship Mountain wild...

Sep 17, 2022

Two bodies found near Penticton at scene of fire: RCMP

PENTICTON, B.C. - Mounties in British Columbia say human remains were discovered at the scene of a fire in the province's interior. Penticton RCMP say the Summerland Fire Department responded to a cal...

Sep 17, 2022

B.C. government says school support staff across the province reach tentative deal

VICTORIA - A tentative framework agreement has been reached for 40,000 unionized elementary and secondary support staff in British Columbia. The Finance Ministry says the deal is between the Public Sc...

Sep 16, 2022

Judge says Vancouver candidates can use non-Latin names on the ballot Oct. 15

Vancouver voters heading to polls next month will find 15 candidates' names on the ballots represented in non-Latin characters, such as Chinese, Persian and Farsi. The City of Vancouver says in a news...

Sep 16, 2022

Teen stabbed in altercation with other youths in Surrey, B.C.: Mounties

SURREY, B.C. - Mounties say a 13-year-old has been injured in a stabbing attack in Surrey, B.C. Police say officers responded to reports of the stabbing in a park on Thursday and found the wounded tee...

Sep 16, 2022