Category Archives: British Columbia

A search for mental health answers amid the trauma of Tumbler Ridge shootings
The metal-clad portable classrooms are arranged in a semicircle on a snowy sports field at Tumbler Ridge Elementary. It's a 15-minute walk from the community's secondary school, where five students an...
Mar 05, 2026

Crochet and knitting weave a spell as younger Canadians find comfort and connection
Kevin Yee says the repetition of crochet has helped him release a lot of anger in a creative process he calls "cro-raging." "You really can get a lot of angst out of crochet because it is about tying ...
Mar 05, 2026

New B.C. legislation cracks down on weapons, violence in supportive housing
VICTORIA - The B.C. government has tabled legislation, which the housing minster says will make it easier to kick "problematic" tenants out of supportive housing. Groups like the BC Coalition of Safe ...
Mar 04, 2026

Vancouver Mayor Sim sends apology to Chinese media over drug slur of his opponent
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is filling the gaps left in his apologies to colleague Coun. Sean Orr, who he falsely accused of distributing illegal drugs after being shown a photo that he didn't...
Mar 04, 2026

Fireball and sonic boom over Vancouver was likely meteor
VANCOUVER - Metro Vancouver residents got a rare glimpse of a piece of the universe streaking across the night sky on Tuesday, a fireball and subsequent sonic boom that experts say was "undoubtedly" c...
Mar 04, 2026

B.C. man's injuries after police altercation 'looked like a hanging': hearing told
VANCOUVER - Myles Gray had injuries that "looked like a hanging" when he died following an altercation with Vancouver police, a paramedic told a hearing into the actions of seven officers. Scott McEwe...
Mar 04, 2026

OpenAI agrees to strengthen safeguards following B.C. mass shooting: minister
Federal Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says the CEO of OpenAI has agreed to take several actions to bolster safety, including providing a report outlining the new systems the firm is de...
Mar 04, 2026
Man charged with murder in death of live-in partner: B.C. homicide investigators
SURREY - Police say a 48-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Jessica Cunningham, whose remains were found last August in a home the pair shared in Maple Ridge, B.C....
Mar 04, 2026

Photo Gallery: Dance festival celebrates Indigenous artistry
Clad in colourful regalia and intricate masks, the Dancers of Damelahamid perform an art form that was once outlawed in Canada. Now, 75 years after the end of the potlatch ban that forbade Indigenous ...
Mar 04, 2026

Appeal Court tosses case brought by B.C. health executive fired for vaccine refusal
VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a bid by a fired B.C. health executive to seek employment insurance benefits, nearly five years after he lost his job for refusing the COVID-19 va...
Mar 04, 2026