Category Archives: British Columbia

Murderer who reportedly kissed prison manager allowed to return to minimum security
PORT COQUITLAM - The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered a first-degree murderer be moved back to a minimum-security prison after he challenged his transfer to a higher-security institution for allegedly k...
Aug 07, 2025

Poilievre says of B.C. Premier Eby that 'one man can't block' pipeline proposal
CALGARY - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Canadians, including British Columbians, want a new oil pipeline and Premier David Eby can't be allowed as one man to block the project. Poilievre s...
Aug 07, 2025

CP NewsAlert: B.C.'s 2024 deficit comes in under forecast at $7.3B
VICTORIA - British Columbia's final deficit for the fiscal year has come in at $7.3 billion, $564 million lower than the original projected number in Budget 2024. The final deficit is also about $1.8 ...
Aug 07, 2025

Wildfires decline in B.C. with rain, cooler weather, but heat forecasted to return
The number of wildfires burning in British Columbia is on the decline after more than doubling during a spate of hot, dry conditions and thunderstorms that produced tens of thousands of lightning stri...
Aug 07, 2025

B.C. restaurant owned by Bollywood star Kapil Sharma shot at a second time in a month
SURREY - Police say a restaurant in British Columbia linked to a prominent Indian comedian was shot at for the second time within a month. Surrey police say the latest attack on Kap's Cafe, linked to ...
Aug 07, 2025

Two climbers, one of them injured, plucked off sheer mountain face in B.C.
NORTH VANCOUVER - Members of three search and rescue groups combined efforts to save two climbers off the sheer rock face of Yak Peak near Hope, B.C., early Wednesday after one of the climbers fell an...
Aug 06, 2025

First Nation disappointed as B.C. court rejects challenge to Mount Polley dam level
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed a First Nation's bid to stop a tailings dam from being raised at the Mount Polley mine site, which suffered a catastrophic dam collapse that spilled mi...
Aug 06, 2025

Immigration lawyers say rising number of CSIS security screenings causing delays
OTTAWA - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it's dealing with a growing number of immigration security screening requests - and immigration lawyers say their clients are coping with long ...
Aug 06, 2025

Chilliwack, B.C., man found not criminally responsible for wife's stabbing death
CHILLIWACK, Aug 6 The Canadian Press -The B.C. Supreme Court says a Chilliwack man who stabbed his wife to death in 2024 was suffering from a "delusional belief" when the killing occurred, finding him...
Aug 06, 2025

Amazon's bid to overturn B.C. labour ruling on workers' unionization rejected
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Labour Relations Board has rejected a bid by e-commerce giant Amazon to overturn an earlier decision that awarded union certification to workers at a facility in Delta, ...
Aug 06, 2025