Category Archives: British Columbia
No cause yet for Vancouver house fire that killed three family members
VANCOUVER - The smell of smoke lingered Monday after a house fire in Vancouver killed three members of the same family, including a child, and injured two others. Fire officials have yet to confirm wh...
Jan 31, 2022
After reflecting on two election defeats, B.C. Liberals get ready to elect new leader
VICTORIA - A new leader will be chosen by British Columbia's Liberals on Saturday after a months-long campaign that often focused on renewal and a new course for a party that has lost successive elect...
Jan 30, 2022
B.C. could lift more COVID restrictions starting on Family Day: top doctor
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says COVID-19 restrictions on social gatherings are expected to be gradually lifted next month, starting on Family Day. Dr. Bonnie Henry says that's possible i...
Jan 28, 2022
Four deaths in Richmond, B.C., believed to be a murder-suicide, police say
RICHMOND, B.C. - Homicide investigators say they believe the targeted shooting that left four people dead in a Richmond, B.C., home was a murder-suicide. The victims were all members of the same famil...
Jan 28, 2022
CN Rail will not pursue contempt case related to 2020 rail blockade in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Canadian National Railway says it will not pursue criminal charges against protesters accused of defying an injunction and blocking a CN rail line in northwestern British Columbia nearly t...
Jan 28, 2022
Teck says coal sales down from extreme weather, COVID-19 affecting operations
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. said Friday that its coal sales fell below its guidance because of extreme weather in British Columbia and warned that COVID-19 was leading to higher costs and could di...
Jan 28, 2022
B.C. reports 13 more COVID-19 deaths, 141 in intensive care
VICTORIA - The percentage of B.C. residents 12 and over to reach triple vaccination status is now at 43 per cent. A statement from the Health Ministry also says 90 per cent of people 12 and older have...
Jan 27, 2022
B.C. Crown says documents identified Wednesday could be 'exculpatory' in James case
VANCOUVER - A surprise disclosure temporarily delayed proceedings at the B.C. Supreme Court trial of the former clerk of the legislature, who is accused of misspending public dollars. Crown prosecutor...
Jan 27, 2022
RCMP station in Surrey, B.C., evacuated after grenade turned in
SURREY, B.C. - The Mounties called in explosive experts after a person walked into one of their offices in Surrey, B.C., with a grenade on Thursday. The RCMP say someone went to their Guildford office...
Jan 27, 2022
Engine fire on board B.C. school boat off Vancouver Island; students, crew safe
VICTORIA - Students and crew aboard a marine school bus have been safely rescued after an engine fire on the vessel used to ferry children to school in B.C.'s southern Gulf Islands. A spokesman with t...
Jan 27, 2022