Category Archives: British Columbia
'Troubled' counsel for OPCC resigns from Myles Gray hearing over obscenity
VANCOUVER - A long-awaited public hearing into the 2015 police-involved death of Myles Gray that finally got underway in Vancouver last week could be delayed by up to another year after the counsel fo...
Jan 26, 2026
B.C. homicides put gay dating apps in spotlight, as advocates, police warn of risks
VANCOUVER - Richard Hesketh says he won't be going back to Grindr. He told a B.C. Supreme Court hearing that he now refuses to use the gay dating app where his friend, Alexander Lo, encountered Dwight...
Jan 26, 2026
Museum in Vancouver puts personal failures on display, encouraging people to move on
VANCOUVER - A dead aloe plant, an old wedding dress that symbolized a failed marriage and a rejection letter for a job application are all exhibits that are part of a display of personal failure at a ...
Jan 25, 2026
B.C. cities face off for a piece of 'Heated Rivalry' star Hudson Williams
VANCOUVER - It's a "Heated Rivalry" beef, with a side-serving of spaghetti, as British Columbia cities lay claim to Hudson Williams, star of the gay hockey television phenomenon. Williams, who stars a...
Jan 25, 2026
Australia culls dingoes linked to attack on Canadian Piper James, found dead on beach
A pack of "aggressive" dingoes involved in the death of 19-year-old Canadian Piper James on an Australian beach is being culled, government officials have announced. Preliminary autopsy results releas...
Jan 24, 2026
Homicide team deployed to Surrey, B.C., after men found with gunshot wounds
SURREY - Homicide investigators have been deployed to Surrey, B.C., after it says two men were shot. The Surrey Police Service says in a news release it responded early Saturday to a home in the city,...
Jan 24, 2026
Man accused of helping with B.C. jailbreak in 2022 extradited back to Canada
SURREY - A man accused of helping with the escape of a gangland killer from a British Columbia correctional facility in 2022 is back in Canada after being arrested in Spain four months ago. A statemen...
Jan 23, 2026
Police in Quesnel, B.C., investigating death of man as apparent homicide
QUESNEL - One man is dead and another has been arrested and released in British Columbia's central Interior in what police are describing as an isolated case of homicide. RCMP say officers responded T...
Jan 23, 2026
'Tragic accident' kills worker at central B.C. gold mine
QUESNEL - Activity at a gold mine site in central British Columbia has been temporarily suspended after a worker died. Osisko Development Corp. says in a statement the contractor working on the surfac...
Jan 23, 2026
B.C. police investigating after Molotov cocktail tossed through home's window
CASTLEGAR - Police in Castlegar, B.C., are investigating after an unknown man allegedly set fire to a red fuel can on the porch of a home on Thursday and threw a Molotov cocktail through the front win...
Jan 23, 2026