Category Archives: British Columbia
Six arrested after chaotic B.C. chase involving dogs, helicopter, emergency team
NANAIMO - Police on Vancouver Island say three men and three women have been arrested after multiple police vehicles were damaged in the pursuit of a stolen truck that went on for more than 100 kilome...
Jun 03, 2026
BC Ferries to implement 5% fuel surcharge across all routes starting June 16
VICTORIA - BC Ferries has become the latest transportation service provider to levy a fuel surcharge in the wake of high oil prices triggered by conflict in the Middle East. The operator says in a sta...
Jun 03, 2026
Bodies of missing paddleboarders recovered from lake in B.C. park
SQUAMISH - Mounties in Squamish, B.C., say the bodies of two people who went missing while paddleboarding on Browning Lake in Murrin Provincial Park last weekend have been found. The Sea to Sky RCMP s...
Jun 02, 2026
Wildfire in B.C. central Interior prompts evacuation alert
WILLIAMS LAKE - The Cariboo Regional District has issued an evacuation alert for properties due an out of control wildfire. The notice says the alert covers 22 parcels and nearly 180 square kilometres...
Jun 02, 2026
Mountie says 'dishevelled' B.C. murder suspect confessed, said he'd attempted suicide
Two Mounties at a B.C. Supreme Court murder trial told a jury that a "dishevelled" man appeared on a forest-service road as a bloodstained car was being towed away and told the officers he'd murdered ...
Jun 02, 2026
Shocking problem for osprey nests built on B.C. power poles prompts relocations
WILLIAMS LAKE - It's a busy time for ospreys in British Columbia as they find a tall place to build their nests, but the provincial power utility says it can also be a dangerous period for them. BC Hy...
Jun 02, 2026
Man, 18, identified as victim in shooting-related homicide in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY - Homicide investigators have identified the victim of a fatal shooting over the weekend in Metro Vancouver as an 18-year-old man. Police say Gaurav Deol was found with gunshot wounds early on ...
Jun 02, 2026
Surrey, B.C., police board ousts Norm Lipinski as chief, board chair resigns
SURREY - The police chief in Surrey, B.C., has left the service in an exit that also triggered the resignation of the police board chair, who said the decision was made at meeting his colleagues knew ...
Jun 02, 2026
Metro Vancouver to ban car washing and lawn watering next week under Stage 3 rules
Metro Vancouver is imposing Stage 3 water restrictions next week after an early deployment of Stage 2 bans failed to curb high usage in the region. The new bans come when much of southwestern British ...
Jun 02, 2026
Amazon caused first-contract impasse at unionized fulfilment centre in B.C.: mediator
DELTA - An independent mediator has found online retail giant Amazon responsible for the breakdown of first-contract bargaining at YVR2, its only unionized fulfilment centre in British Columbia. The u...
Jun 01, 2026