Category Archives: British Columbia
Hikers rescued in mountains above Vancouver amid 'full winter conditions' on trail
LIONS BAY - Two hikers have been rescued after a night in the mountains north of Metro Vancouver, with weather hampering operations to save them. Lions Bay Search and Rescue says the two young men wer...
May 07, 2026
Police investigating Vancouver's fourth homicide in 2026 after man dies in stabbing
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say a man has been killed in a stabbing that's being classified as the city's fourth homicide this year. Vancouver police say the attack happened at around 2:30 a.m. We...
May 06, 2026
Vancouver Starbucks murder suspect was still taking schizophrenia meds: prosecutor
VANCOUVER - A prosecutor in the murder trial of a man who stabbed a Vancouver Starbucks patron to death says the evidence doesn't establish that the suspect had stopped taking his schizophrenia medica...
May 06, 2026
Whale in Vancouver Sea-Doo crash seen feeding, in good condition, next day: officials
VANCOUVER - Canada's Fisheries Department says a grey whale that was hit at high speed by a Sea-Doo in front of a horrified Vancouver crowd on Monday appeared in "good condition" the next day. The Fis...
May 06, 2026
OpenAI did not respect Canadian privacy laws in developing ChatGPT, probe finds
OTTAWA - OpenAI failed to respect Canadian privacy laws when training its artificial intelligence-powered ChatGPT chatbot, federal and provincial watchdogs have found. The conclusion came Wednesday in...
May 06, 2026
Flood watch issued in northwest B.C. due to snowmelt induced by high temperatures
VICTORIA - British Columbia's River Forecast Centre has upgraded a high streamflow advisory to a flood watch in the northwest of the province due to recent heat accelerating snowmelt. The centre says ...
May 06, 2026
Vancouver council votes to fight downtown overdose prevention site
Two years ago, Guy Felicella received a proclamation from Mayor Ken Sim, naming a day in his honour for his work on harm reduction and recovery. Now the harm reduction advocate wants to return the pro...
May 06, 2026
Surgery to repair skull a success for Tumbler Ridge shooting victim Maya Gebala
VANCOUVER - The father of 12-year-old Maya Gebala, who was gravely injured in the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., mass shootings, says surgery to repair her damaged skull has been a success. David Gebala says in...
May 06, 2026
Alaska landslide set off CN Tower-sized tsunami last year — and a warning for B.C.
When millions of tonnes of rock fell one kilometre into an Alaskan fiord last year, it set off one of the largest tsunamis ever recorded, a monstrous 481-metre wave higher than the tallest viewing pla...
May 06, 2026
B.C. man's killing spurred housing law reform. Relatives wonder why it's unsolved
It's been just over a year since Keith Scott was found dead in a Victoria supportive housing building, and his ex-wife says their daughter still asks every day why the killer hasn't been brought to ju...
May 06, 2026