Category Archives: British Columbia
Penticton, B.C., fire at care home construction site considered 'suspicious:' RCMP
PENTICTON - A massive fire that destroyed a care home under construction in Penticton, B.C., is being investigated as suspicious. RCMP say specialized investigators were only able to access the site W...
Jun 05, 2026
Texas company to pay B.C. First Nation $12M over 2016 tugboat spill
BELLA BELLA - A British Columbia First Nation says a Texas company has agreed to pay more than $12 million in the first portion of a "multi-part settlement" after a grounded tugboat spilled about 110,...
Jun 05, 2026
Former B.C. Mountie charged with sharing sensitive information
BOWEN ISLAND - A former RCMP officer in British Columbia has been charged with sharing sensitive information. Michael Scoretz is facing 13 charges, including seven counts of breach of trust, after wor...
Jun 04, 2026
Canada's forests ministers agree old methods won’t work, with action plan coming soon
LANGFORD - The days of chopping down a tree and paying stumpage fees are on the way out for the timber industry, Canada's forest ministers have heard, with the hope of a revival pinned on a new task f...
Jun 04, 2026
Trans Mountain expects oil shipments to reach 90 per cent of capacity in Q2
CALGARY - Trans Mountain Corp. says oil shipments through its pipelines reached 83 per cent of capacity in the first quarter and is expected to rise to 90 per cent in the second quarter. The Calgary-b...
Jun 04, 2026
B.C. child killer Schoenborn's conditional discharge baffling, says family spokesman
VANCOUVER - A family representative for the victims of child killer Allan Schoenborn says the British Columbia Review Board's decision to grant him a conditional discharge is "baffling" and reveals sh...
Jun 04, 2026
B.C. Conservatives say Jordan Kealy, charged with sexual assault, won't rejoin party
VANCOUVER - Independent legislator Jordan Kealy is denying sexual assault charges that have sunk his expectation that he would be returning to the B.C. Conservative caucus. The British Columbia Prosec...
Jun 04, 2026
B.C. Review Board grants conditional discharge for child killer Allan Schoenborn
The British Columbia Review Board has granted a conditional discharge for a man convicted in the brutal slayings of his three children. Chairperson Genevive Boudreau says Allan Schoenborn is to attend...
Jun 03, 2026
Minister says Canadian forestry crisis goes beyond Trump tariffs
VICTORIA - Canada's forestry sector is the trade "canary in the coal mine" as it faces structural challenges that go beyond Trump-era tariffs, says the federal minister responsible for natural resourc...
Jun 03, 2026
Three more grey whales found dead on B.C. coast after four discovered in April
VANCOUVER - Fisheries Department officials say the bodies of three more grey whales were found in May along British Columbia's coast, adding to the four others spotted in April. The department says in...
Jun 03, 2026