British Columbia

Toxic drug deaths in B.C. down in May, June, coroner says

VICTORIA - The number of deaths due to toxic drugs fell to below 150 people per month for May and June in British Columbia, a downward trend from the same months last year. The BC Coroners Service say...

Jul 31, 2025

Fish dropped on power lines by bird caused B.C. blaze, firefighters say

Firefighters say a brush fire in the British Columbia Interior was caused when a bird dropped a fish on power lines. Ashcroft Fire Rescue says in a Facebook post that the fire happened Wednesday about...

Jul 31, 2025

Vancouver woman gets six-year sentence for stabbing stranger to death

VANCOUVER - A Vancouver woman has been convicted of manslaughter in a random stabbing attack that killed a 29-year-old man three years ago. Police say Lyndsay Scott, 37, was initially charged with sec...

Jul 31, 2025

Motorcyclist killed in highway crash with SUV in Abbotsford, B.C.

ABBOTSFORD - A motorcyclist has been killed in a crash in Abbotsford, B.C. The crash happened in the early morning in the northbound lanes of Highway 11 near Townshipline Road. Police say the crash in...

Jul 31, 2025

Campers near B.C. lake asked to leave due to wildfire as new blazes emerge this week

The BC Wildfire Service has upgraded a blaze in the Fraser Valley to a wildfire-of-note and is warning campers to leave the Harrison Lake area. It says the Bear Creek fire has reached 65 hectares in s...

Jul 31, 2025

Hudson's Bay headed back to court to get permission to sell six leases

TORONTO - Hudson's Bay is headed back to court with hopes of getting approval to sell more of its leases and to extend its reprieve from creditors. The collapsed retailer is expected to use the appear...

Jul 31, 2025

Tsunami advisory refloats memories of waves that swamped Port Alberni, B.C., in 1964

Longtime residents of Port Alberni, B.C., know the potential impact of a tsunami all too well. Mike Ruttan was 12 when the town on Vancouver Island was hit with massive waves triggered by 9.2-magnitud...

Jul 31, 2025

B.C. man sentenced to more than three years in prison for 'ghost-gun' manufacturing

KAMLOOPS - A British Columbia man has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for manufacturing firearms. The RCMP's Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit says in a news release that Adrian Pickett...

Jul 30, 2025

Eby calls softwood lumber dispute "canary in the coal mine" of U.S. protectionism

VICTORIA - Premier David Eby says the federal government cannot forget about the fate of British Columbia's softwood lumber industry as the deadline for a trade deal between the United States and Cana...

Jul 30, 2025

Vancouver man receives five-year prison sentence for fatal stabbing in 2018

VANCOUVER - A Vancouver man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the stabbing death of another man in the city's Downtown Eastside. Police say Benny Armstrong has been sentenced to five years in jail...

Jul 30, 2025