Category Archives: British Columbia
No one injured in extortion-related shooting in Delta, B.C.: police
DELTA - Police in Delta, B.C., say they are looking into a shooting linked to an ongoing extortion case. It happened at a home early Wednesday near 84 Avenue and Brooke Road. Police say officers respo...
Jan 07, 2026
Fulmer says B.C. Conservatives must be a grand coalition as he enters leadership race
VICTORIA - Yuri Fulmer says the Conservative Party of B.C. needs to be a "grand coalition" that refrains from "undisciplined" behaviour if it wants to govern, as he becomes the first high-profile cand...
Jan 07, 2026
B.C. lawsuit alleges 3 former Denny's employees stole thousands in tips
KAMLOOPS - Mounties in B.C. say they are investigating an alleged fraud perpetrated against a Denny's restaurant by three former employees who are being sued by the restaurant's operator for allegedly...
Jan 06, 2026
Alberta launches website for potential new West Coast oil pipeline
CALGARY - The Alberta government has launched a website for the bitumen pipeline it wants to see built to the northwest B.C. coast. It says the page will act as a central hub for project information a...
Jan 06, 2026
Body of a man found in a home in Kamloops, B.C., is homicide, RCMP say
KAMLOOPS - Mounties say they are investigating a homicide after the body of a man was found in Kamloops, B.C. Police say Muhammad "Ash" Zafar was discovered dead in a home in the city's West End after...
Jan 06, 2026
'Would you dare take it?': Critics fear B.C. is deregulating Chinese medicine
VANCOUVER - Tom Whitfield takes a ferry from Nanaimo to a traditional Chinese medicine clinic in downtown Vancouver every Monday for acupuncture and other treatment. The excursion sometimes consumes t...
Jan 06, 2026
Eby pitches 'pivot' from oil pipeline to refinery talks after Maduro capture
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby said Canada needs to "pivot" from talk of a potential new pipeline carrying oil bound for Asia and instead think about building a new refinery. Eby said ...
Jan 06, 2026
Quantum computing firm Photonic raises $180M in latest financing round
VANCOUVER - Quantum computing company Photonic Inc. says it has raised $180 million in its latest financing round which included Royal Bank of Canada and Telus as new investors. The Vancouver-based co...
Jan 06, 2026
Warnings as weather front blasts southern B.C. with rain and snow
VANCOUVER - Southern British Columbia is being hit with a wet and wintry weather front that has brought drenching rain to Metro Vancouver and triggered rainfall and snowfall warnings across parts of t...
Jan 06, 2026
Carney says Canadian oil will be competitive after Maduro's ouster
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government is working to expand access to oil markets in Asia now that Canada faces the prospect of Venezuelan oil displacing Canadian product in the Ameri...
Jan 06, 2026