Category Archives: British Columbia

B.C. to introduce legislation regulating on-time construction payments
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is introducing new legislation aimed at making sure construction workers and contractors are paid on time. Attorney General Niki Sharma says the bill is abou...
Oct 07, 2025

Smith's plan threatens 'fragile' consensus over development of B.C. coast: Eby
VICTORIA - Premier David Eby says a pipeline plan across northern B.C. by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith threatens community support and social licence that would allow other major projects along the ...
Oct 07, 2025

Man charged for allegedly kicking, punching dog in public in Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO - A Nanaimo, B.C., man has been charged for allegedly kicking and punching his dog. Police say the 36-year-old man has been arrested and charged and is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday. Mo...
Oct 07, 2025

Striking B.C. public service workers expand pickets again to more liquor stores
VANCOUVER - Too many wildland firefighters "hang up their boots" in British Columbia as wages and working conditions erode, but losing that experience could also mean billions in losses, a wildland fi...
Oct 07, 2025

Potential dam failure 'imminent,' triggers evacuation alert for 14 B.C. properties
KAMLOOPS - An illegally built dam in front of a B.C. Interior lake threatens to burst, forcing residents along the river downstream to prepare to evacuate. About 14 homes along Fadear Creek, located a...
Oct 07, 2025

Man arrested after shooting incident near Surrey Police Service office
SURREY - The Surrey Police Service says a man has been arrested after allegedly firing shots near a community police office and a SkyTrain station. Police say they're still investigating the gunplay i...
Oct 06, 2025

Two men arrested in Chilliwack, B.C., after alleged drug lab uncovered
CHILLIWACK - Police in Chilliwack, B.C., say two men have been arrested and charged after Mounties discovered an alleged clandestine drug laboratory used to produce fentanyl and MDMA. Chilliwack RCMP ...
Oct 06, 2025

B.C. to strengthen legislation addressing sexual violence, sharing of intimate images
The British Columbia government is strengthening legislation that protects people whose intimate images have been shared without their consent, a crime Attorney General Niki Sharma described as a form...
Oct 06, 2025

Former B.C. lawyer admits to killing client, but claims manslaughter, court hears
VANCOUVER - A former lawyer from Kamloops, B.C., accused of first-degree murder in the death of his client admits to killing the man but says it should be manslaughter, his lawyer told the court on Mo...
Oct 06, 2025

Photo Gallery: B.C. spill response team runs exercises
The Western Canada Marine Response Corporation exercised off Vancouver Island last month. Five vessels, including Canada's largest oil response ship, the nearly 75-metre-long K.J. Gardner, were out on...
Oct 06, 2025