Category Archives: British Columbia

B.C. ostrich farm seeks new stay of cull order and says CFIA mobilizing 'imminently'
A co-owner of the B.C. ostrich farm fighting to stop a cull of its 400-strong flock says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is "actively mobilizing" to destroy the birds over the next few days, and i...
Sep 05, 2025

Filipino BC calls for more support responding to 'social disaster' of festival attack
VANCOUVER - The organizer of the Vancouver street festival where 11 people were killed in a vehicle-ramming attack last spring says the tragedy continues to reverberate through the community, and it n...
Sep 05, 2025

Vancouver Island police say man, 19, drowns in Upper Thetis Lake
VIEW ROYAL - An RCMP underwater recovery team has been sent to Upper Thetis Lake on southern Vancouver Island to help find the body of a 19-year-old man. Police say witnesses reported the man going un...
Sep 05, 2025

Police say shots fired in Surrey, B.C., neighbourhood linked to extortion case
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., say they believe an early morning shooting in a residential neighbourhood is linked to "an ongoing extortion investigation." Police say the shooting happened around 3:...
Sep 05, 2025

Expert 'taken aback' by Eby foreign worker claims, says axing program won't fix woes
VICTORIA - An immigration expert says ending the temporary foreign worker program won't solve "deep structural problems" with housing and other issues in British Columbia, while having "problematic co...
Sep 05, 2025

Lawsuit alleges 2006 sexual assault by acclaimed Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau
VANCOUVER - The estate of acclaimed Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau is being sued in British Columbia by a fellow painter who says Morrisseau sexually assaulted him in 2006. A lawyer for the estat...
Sep 05, 2025

Search suspended for man believed missing in B.C. backcountry
NELSON - Police in British Columbia say they have suspended the search of a man missing since July in the province's backcountry. RCMP say search and rescue teams have been canvassing an area along a ...
Sep 05, 2025

Environment Canada expands air alerts as wildfire smoke spreads over B.C.
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada's special air-quality statements for wildfire smoke have now expanded to cover most of British Columbia, with air quality at its worst possible level in parts of the Fra...
Sep 05, 2025 While smoke from nearby wildfires is expected to linger over eastern Vancouver Island for the time being, weather experts don't predict it'll reach the level of an air quality warning. (Jordan Davidson/NanaimoNewsNOW.com)

Evacuation orders extended for areas near pair of wildfires in B.C. Interior
Wildfires burning in the B.C. Interior have prompted local officials to issue a new set of evacuation orders. The Ulkatcho First Nation and the Cariboo Regional District issued the orders for areas ar...
Sep 05, 2025

RCMP officer in Kelowna, B.C., facing assault charge
VICTORIA - An RCMP officer in Kelowna, B.C., is facing an assault charge stemming from an incident two years ago. The BC Prosecution Service says the assault charge a constable has been approved and a...
Sep 04, 2025