Category Archives: British Columbia

Police investigate overnight homicide in Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS - Police say one person has been killed in a shooting in the British Columbia Interior city of Kamloops. Mounties have not released any information on the circumstances surrounding the shooti...
May 05, 2026

Lawyer says client didn't try to kill Vancouver café patron. Crown calls accused liar
VANCOUVER - The judge in the murder trial of a man who stabbed a Vancouver caf patron to death has been presented with two views of the suspect - as someone unable to understand the consequences of hi...
May 05, 2026

Eby hits back at claim B.C. minister is under investigation for helping China
VICTORIA - Premier David Eby says neither the RCMP nor Canada's spy agency have ever raised concerns about his cabinet or caucus, after Vancouver's ex-mayor said a minister was being investigated for ...
May 05, 2026

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim vows to use 'all tools' to block overdose prevention site
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has vowed to block the opening of a planned overdose prevention site in the city's downtown, promising to "use all tools available" in trying to do so. Sim, whose A...
May 05, 2026

Man dead in 'targeted' daylight shooting at Surrey, B.C., business
SURREY - Homicide investigators say a deadly daylight shooting at a business in Surrey, B.C., on Monday afternoon is believed to have been a "targeted incident." The Integrated Homicide Investigation ...
May 05, 2026

Electricity demand and temperatures hit record levels in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Warm weather across British Columbia has driven electricity demand to the highest level ever seen in May. BC Hydro says residents using fans and air conditioners pushed demand to about 7,6...
May 05, 2026

Alberta man charged with murder after two bodies found in home in Langley, B.C.
SURREY - An Alberta man has been charged with second-degree murder after an 18-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man were found dead inside a Langley, B.C., home last week. Homicide investigators say C...
May 04, 2026

Court tosses defamation suit by mayor's wife against Union of BC Indian Chiefs
QUESNEL - The B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed a defamation lawsuit launched by the wife of the mayor of Quesnel, B.C., against the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, after it denounced her for distributing...
May 04, 2026

David Eby says he doesn't get why Ottawa is focused on pipeline, not B.C. softwood
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said he doesn't understand why the federal government continues to push a new oil pipeline from Alberta, while it fails to include B.C.'s softwood lumber ...
May 04, 2026

Surrey police release photo of extortion suspect in rare step to aid investigation
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., are taking the rare step of releasing an image of a foreign national who has been removed from Canada as it investigates extortion violence that has plagued the city. ...
May 04, 2026