Category Archives: British Columbia
More than 300 addresses ordered evacuated as wildfire burns near Peachland, B.C.
PEACHLAND - An evacuation order has been issued for a few hundred addresses in the Okanagan Valley due to an out-of-control wildfire. The order covers 325 addresses in the Peachland, B.C., area, near ...
Sep 25, 2025
TSB to send investigators to site of plane accident in Lillooet, B.C.
RICHMOND - The Transportation Safety Board is investigating after a crash involving a small plane in Lillooet, B.C. The board says in a statement that they were notified on Wednesday at around 6 p.m. ...
Sep 25, 2025
Photo Gallery: Ostrich farm granted stay on cull
The mother and daughter at the centre of a movement to save their flock of 400 ostriches from a cull order had just finished a sombre and tearful prayer alongside supporters at their farm in British C...
Sep 25, 2025
Conservative Rustad says private property rights, Indigenous title cannot coexist
VICTORIA - Conservative Party of B.C. Leader John Rustad says "Indigenous rights and private property rights cannot coexist" and called on the Supreme Court of Canada to resolve the conflict as soon a...
Sep 25, 2025
B.C. fugitive, gangland killer arrested in Qatar: police
SURREY - A gangland killer who escaped from a British Columbia jail in 2022 has been captured in Qatar. Police say Rabih Alkhalil is in custody, three years after he escaped from the North Fraser Pret...
Sep 25, 2025
Police probe threats of violence aimed at businesses linked to B.C. ostrich cull
Businesses across British Columbia linked or thought to be associated with a planned cull of about 400 ostriches have been "flooded" with calls and emails with "language intended to intimidate," the R...
Sep 25, 2025
More pickets by B.C.'s public sector workers at liquor stores to pressure for talks
VICTORIA - The union representing public sector workers in British Columbia is putting more pressure on government finances while curbing the public's access to alcohol. The B.C. General Employees' Un...
Sep 25, 2025
Jobs Minister Kahlon says B.C. will try to capture rising federal military spending
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Jobs Minister Ravi Kahlon says the province is joining federal efforts to develop an "industrial strategy around national defence and sovereignty." Kahlon, who was speaki...
Sep 24, 2025
Police say dog killed in targeted shooting on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast
GIBSONS - A shooting on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast has killed a dog in what police say was a targeted attack. RCMP say officers were called to a home on Boyle Road in Gibsons on Sept. 19 at aro...
Sep 24, 2025
Canada's mayors, councillors want fast-tracking of projects that fight climate change
MONTREAL - More than 250 elected officials across Canada have signed onto a campaign calling on the federal government to prioritize major infrastructure projects that help in the fight against climat...
Sep 24, 2025