Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. union calls for full-time remote work due to spiking gas prices
BURNABY - The BC General Employees' Union is asking for provincially regulated employees to be allowed to work from home full-time due to high fuel prices. The union, which represents 35,000 public se...
Mar 30, 2026
B.C. Conservative leadership hopeful Fulmer enters 'unite the right' deal with Brodie
VICTORIA - B.C. Conservative leadership candidate Yuri Fulmer and breakaway MLA Dallas Brodie have announced a "unite the right accord" to avoid vote-splitting if Fulmer becomes Opposition leader. "Br...
Mar 30, 2026
Man seriously wounded in shooting at police traffic stop in Fort St. John, B.C.
FORT ST. JOHN - British Columbia's independent police watchdog is investigating after a man suffered life-threatening injuries in a shooting involving an officer during a traffic stop. The Independent...
Mar 30, 2026
Motorcyclist injured in hit and run in New Westminster, B.C.
Police in New Westminster are asking for the public's help after a hit and run Saturday evening between a van and a motorcyclist. They say officers responded to a crash in the 200 block of McBride Bou...
Mar 29, 2026
Magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes off coast of northern Vancouver Island, B.C.
PORT HARDY - A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck off the northern coast of Vancouver Island, B.C. Earthquakes Canada says it hit about 183 kilometres west of Port Hardy around 10:50 a.m. on Sunday. ...
Mar 29, 2026
Homicide team deployed after man dies in Surrey, B.C., shooting
SURREY - British Columbia's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has been deployed to Surrey after a fatal shooting in the city. The Surrey Police Service says in a news release that officers respon...
Mar 29, 2026
Darrell Jones drops out of B.C. Conservative leadership race, six candidates remain
VICTORIA - The number of candidates running for the leadership of the British Columbia Conservatives has shrunk to six, with candidate Darrell Jones announcing he will be throwing his support behind C...
Mar 28, 2026
Family fighting to bring B.C. senior home after she fell into a coma in China
It was supposed to be a joyful family reunion, but instead a British Columbia grandmother is stranded in China in a coma, her family unable to pay the hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring her hom...
Mar 28, 2026
Quicksketch: Who's who in the NDP leadership race
WINNIPEG - The next NDP leader will be announced on Sunday. There are five candidates on the ballot and voting concludes Saturday. Here's a quick look at the candidates and how the last six months hav...
Mar 28, 2026
Site C work camp moved to support nation-building project in northern B.C.
VANCOUVER - BC Hydro says it's relocating and repurposing the majority of its work camp for building the Site C hydroelectric dam to support the construction of the North Coast Transmission Line proje...
Mar 27, 2026