Category Archives: British Columbia
Health warning as unlicensed food businesses surge in B.C. garages and homes
Health authorities in British Columbia are urging people not to buy food from unlicensed businesses after a surge of complaints about illegal food services in the Lower Mainland. The Fraser Health Aut...
Oct 17, 2025
Vancouver officer cleared by watchdog after man's leg is broken during confrontation
SURREY - British Columbia's police watchdog says a Vancouver officer will not face charges after a struggle with an intoxicated man resulted in a severely broken leg. The Independent Investigations Of...
Oct 17, 2025
BCGEU and province to enter non-binding mediation in bid to end labour dispute
The union representing striking public service workers across British Columbia has agreed to enter non-binding mediation with the province in their labour dispute. The BC General Employees' Union says...
Oct 17, 2025
B.C. wants intimate-partner violence protection in federal bail reform bill
VICTORIA - British Columbia's attorney general says she's hopeful a federal bill on bail reform being introduced in Parliament next week will address the need for more protections in intimate-partner ...
Oct 16, 2025
B.C. First Nation on Vancouver Island gets back 80 hectares of land from Ottawa
NANAIMO - A British Columbia First Nation is getting some land back in an agreement with the federal government as part of a claim settlement that dates back almost two centuries. Crown-Indigenous Rel...
Oct 16, 2025
Alberta watchdog will investigate N.S. police handling of wrongful murder conviction
HALIFAX - The daughter of a Nova Scotia man who was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent 17 years in prison says she's glad a police watchdog has at long last agreed to investigate whether officer...
Oct 16, 2025
Trans Mountain faces $292k environmental fines after 2024 B.C. rainstorm: regulator
Trans Mountain is facing $292,000 in regulatory fines for alleged environmental issues in January 2024 along a stretch of its British Columbia pipeline expansion route hit by a major rainstorm. The Ca...
Oct 16, 2025
Strike by B.C.'s professionals could delay national-interest mine project: union
VICTORIA - The union representing licensed professionals in British Columbia says its latest escalation of strike action could result in "costly delays" in projects such as the expansion of the high-p...
Oct 16, 2025
Squamish, B.C., launching lockout of unionized workers in dispute
SQUAMISH - The district government in the community of Squamish, B.C., is locking out some unionized workers in a growing labour dispute. The District of Squamish, about 65 kilometres north of Vancouv...
Oct 16, 2025
Police cite extortion in third shooting at Indian star Kapil Sharma's B.C. café
SURREY - Mike Grieve says he walks past Kap's Cafe in Surrey, B.C., every day and he's sad to see the restaurant owned by Indian entertainer Kapil Sharma has been shot up for the third time. Yellow po...
Oct 16, 2025