Category Archives: British Columbia

B.C. hikers in stable condition after being attacked by grizzly bear
PRINCE GEORGE - British Columbia's Conservation Officer Service says a pair of hikers who were seriously injured after being attacked by a grizzly bear in northern B.C. are now in stable condition. It...
Oct 14, 2025

Charge laid against woman suspected of Vancouver stranger assaults
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say the BC Prosecution Service has approved one charge against the suspect in a series of stranger assaults last week. Police said earlier that three stabbing victims w...
Oct 14, 2025

Thanks for your 'patience,' Eby says to public over B.C. workers strike
British Columbia's premier said it's been a frustrating time for residents as a public service workers dispute drags into its seventh week, but he appreciates their patience. David Eby said Tuesday th...
Oct 14, 2025

Province to build new plant, animal health centre in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD - The British Columbia government has announced its plans to build a new plant and animal health centre to monitor, detect and prevent the spread of diseases such as avian flu. It says the ...
Oct 14, 2025

'Razor’s edge of survival': Eby calls for attention on softwood amid tariff hike
British Columbia's softwood industry is facing an "existential threat" from increasing U.S. tariffs that needs to be treated with the same urgency by the federal government as threats to Canadian stee...
Oct 14, 2025

Chilliwack, B.C., Mounties cleared after woman seriously injured in 2024 arrest
SURREY - British Columbia's police watchdog has cleared Mounties in Chilliwack, B.C., of wrongdoing after a woman was seriously injured while being arrested last fall. The Independent Investigations O...
Oct 14, 2025

B.C. Premier Eby says lifting the tanker ban would sink billions in 'real' projects
SURREY - Lifting the oil tanker ban off British Columbia's North Coast for a nonexistent pipeline from Alberta would endanger billions in other real investments that Premier David Eby says will need t...
Oct 14, 2025

B.C. set to open Western Canada's first new medical school in decades
SURREY - Applications are being accepted for those wanting to become doctors through Simon Fraser University, in what the British Columbia government says is the first new medical school in Western Ca...
Oct 14, 2025

Grizzly bear attacks pair of hikers near Prince George, B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE - British Columbia's Conservation Officer Service says trails in the McGregor Mountain area, northeast of Prince George, will be closing after two hikers were attacked by a grizzly bear....
Oct 13, 2025

Evacuation alert due to man-made dam near Kamloops, B.C., rescinded
KAMLOOPS - An evacuation alert issued for several properties in British Columbia's Interior last week over concerns of a potential failure of a man-made dam has been rescinded. The Thompson-Nicola Reg...
Oct 13, 2025