Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. police investigating reports of needles in Halloween candy in two cities
Police in two British Columbia cities are investigating multiple reports of sewing needles or pins being found in children's Halloween candy. A statement from Prince George RCMP says several families ...
Nov 03, 2025
BC Hydro says it should have been more proactive as Site C costs overflowed
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's power utility says it should have been more proactive about ballooning costs on the massive Site C hydroelectric dam project, partly blaming a failure to budget for "low...
Nov 03, 2025
158 people died of toxic drug deaths in September, down 19 per cent from last year
VICTORIA - British Columbia's coroner says 158 people died from illicit drug overdoses in September, down almost 20 per cent from the same month last year in a trend that has seen the death rate fall ...
Nov 03, 2025
Eby says B.C. won't run anti-tariff ads alone as it had planned
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the province is walking back plans to run anti-tariff advertisements in the United States after a meeting with federal officials about the province'...
Nov 03, 2025
B.C. First Nation members vote in favour of treaty, moving toward self-governance
TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA - A First Nation from the northwest coast of British Columbia has voted in favour of a constitution and a treaty that it says opens a path to a new era of self-government. Th...
Nov 02, 2025
Freight train carrying fuel derails west of Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS - Cleanup work is underway after multiple cars of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City train, including some loaded with fuel, derailed about 20 kilometers west of Kamloops, B.C. A statement from C...
Nov 02, 2025
B.C.'s police watchdog investigates after man killed during police confrontation
SUNSHINE COAST, BRITISH COLUMBIA - British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating after it says a man was shot and killed during a confrontation with RCMP at a residence on the Sunshine Coast. A ...
Nov 02, 2025
B.C. man charged with murdering Chantelle Moore, who disappeared a year ago
SURREY - A murder charge has been laid in the death of a 34-year-old woman last seen in Langley, B.C., a year ago. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says in a statement that charges of second...
Oct 31, 2025
'Disgusting': Plan to slash B.C. pipelines' taxable value could hit local revenues
VICTORIA - British Columbia Finance Minister Brenda Bailey said she would look into a plan by BC Assessment that would cut the taxable value of pipelines and other projects in a move that has angered ...
Oct 31, 2025
Police say more charges laid against woman accused of Vancouver stranger assaults
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say more charges have been laid against the suspect in a series of stranger assaults in Yaletown earlier this month. The Vancouver Police Department says the 35-year-ol...
Oct 31, 2025