Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. symposium puts spotlight on dangers associated with strangulation
Charuka Maheswaran was 29 when she met the man she would later marry, have three children with, and who she said eventually beat and strangled her. "He pushed me up against the counter and I could fee...
May 14, 2026
Energy minister Dix says four new wind farms will power B.C.'s energy sovereignty
VICTORIA - The minister responsible for energy and climate change solutions in British Columbia says four new wind farms will strengthen the province's energy sovereignty at a time of rising costs and...
May 13, 2026
B.C. Court of Appeal dismisses bid by City of Nanaimo to overturn human rights award
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Court of Appeal says the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal was reasonable when it found the City of Nanaimo fired a Black employee and discriminated against him on the basis ...
May 13, 2026
Construction to start for access road to Old Fort, B.C., after slide
FORT ST. JOHN - British Columbia's Ministry of Transportation says construction of a two-lane access road will begin on Friday after a landslide in the province's northeast tore away part of the route...
May 13, 2026
Settlement reached in legal fight over pricey B.C. wastewater treatment facility
NORTH VANCOUVER - Lawsuits between Metro Vancouver and the original contractor of a wastewater treatment facility on the North Shore where costs ballooned to billions of dollars have been dropped as t...
May 13, 2026
B.C. drug deaths up in March from the month before, but down from previous years
VICTORIA - British Columbia's coroners' service says 135 people died in March due to suspected unregulated drug poisoning, up from 115 people the month before. The figures have been ticking down over ...
May 13, 2026
Suicide barrier needed on Vancouver bridge, advocates say, after another death
VANCOUVER - The lack of suicide-prevention barriers on Vancouver's Granville Street Bridge is "inexcusable," those pushing for the measures say, after a woman fell to her death in an incident that unf...
May 13, 2026
Watchdog finds no grounds for offence in relation to man's death in Quesnel, B.C.
SURREY - The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. has found no reasonable grounds to believe an officer may have committed an offence in relation to the death of a man outside a homeless shelter ...
May 13, 2026
Helijet chopper hit by helicopter-induced lightning, setting off plunge: TSB report
RICHMOND - The Transportation Safety Board says a helicopter-induced lightning strike set off an uncontrolled and rapid descent of a passenger helicopter off British Columbia's coast in October 2023. ...
May 13, 2026
B.C. investing $241 million over three years to train high paying trades workers
DELTA - The British Columbia government says it's investing $241 million over three years to train people for "high-paying" skilled trades jobs. B.C. Premier David Eby says the funding will create 5,0...
May 13, 2026