Category Archives: British Columbia

Shooting in Surrey leaves man with serious but non-life-threatening injuries
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., say they are investigating a shooting that sent one man to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Surrey police say the man was allegedly shot follow...
Sep 14, 2025

Dead calf was still attached to umbilical cord while pushed by southern resident J36
VICTORIA - The discovery of a dead female Orca calf near Vancouver Island in American waters continues to raise questions among researchers. A statement from the American-based Center for Whale Resear...
Sep 13, 2025

B.C.'s human rights office launches campaign to fight misinformation, disinformation
VICTORIA - B.C.'s human rights commissioner says misinformation and disinformation pose "significant threats" to human rights as her office has launched a new tool to prevent the spread of such inform...
Sep 13, 2025

Josh Ross, Cameron Whitcomb lead nominations ahead of Canadian country music awards
KELOWNA - Breakout country singer Josh Ross and "American Idol" star Cameron Whitcomb are the leading nominees as the Canadian Country Music Association hands out its annual hardware tonight in Kelown...
Sep 13, 2025

What is the Bishnoi gang and why do some want it labelled a terrorist group?
OTTAWA - Politicians on both sides of the aisle have been calling on Ottawa to designate a gang tied to India as a terrorist organization. The federal Conservatives plan to press the government on the...
Sep 13, 2025

Some evacuation alerts lift, but BC Wildfire Service says season isn't over
Multiple evacuation alerts have been lifted for wildfires around British Columbia in recent days, though fire officials say warm and dry weather is set to resume in the coming week, meaning the land r...
Sep 12, 2025

B.C. port expansion seeks fast-track by Canada's new major projects office
The company seeking to expand Metro Vancouver's Deltaport terminal has applied for fast-track approval by Canada's new major projects office. The proposal by Global Container Terminals to add a fourth...
Sep 12, 2025

Legal Aid BC says ex-worker who cheered Kirk's death left organization before killing
VANCOUVER - Legal Aid BC says a former employee seen celebrating the death of American conservative activist Charlie Kirk in an online video had left the organization before this week's shooting. It s...
Sep 12, 2025

Logging firm wins injunction to halt Walbran Valley blockade on Vancouver Island
VANCOUVER - A forestry company has won an injunction to halt a blockade against old-growth logging in the Walbran Valley on Vancouver Island. Tsawak-qin Forestry Inc., which is co-owned by Western For...
Sep 12, 2025

CFIA says ostrich farm report backing stay of cull improperly seeks scientific ruling
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says material submitted by a British Columbia ostrich farm to support another stay of an avian flu cull order for its flock is improper, because it asks th...
Sep 12, 2025