British Columbia

Doctor says Port Hardy, B.C., ER should re-open 24/7 as town has 'lots of physicians'

VICTORIA - The medical director of a health centre in Port Hardy, B.C., is calling for the reopening of the community's overnight emergency room that has been shut for 31 months, saying the community ...

Aug 29, 2025

B.C. watchdog refers RCMP officer for possible charges over fatal 2024 crash

NAKUSP - British Columbia's police watchdog is asking the provincial prosecution service to consider charging an RCMP officer after a crash that killed a man in the West Kootenay region last year. A s...

Aug 29, 2025

Nanaimo mall owner wanting Bay leases doesn't have cash to launch new chain: landlord

TORONTO - Hudson's Bay landlords are back in court today, where they're arguing a B.C. billionaire, and owner of Nanaimo's Woodgrove Centre, doesn't have the cash needed to launch a new retailer. Ruby...

Alex Rawnsley Aug 29, 2025 Billionaire Ruby Liu listens during an interview at a former Hudson's Bay-owned Saks Off 5th department store after a "handover ceremony" where she received the keys to the space at Tsawwassen Mills shopping mall that she owns, in Tsawwassen, B.C., on Thursday, June 26, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Vancouver Coastal Health warns of possible hepatitis A exposure in Gibsons, B.C.

GIBSONS - Vancouver Coastal Health says people who ate from a food truck in Gibsons, B.C., this month may have been exposed to hepatitis A. The health authority says the Sea Monkey Coffee truck was at...

Aug 28, 2025

Penticton, B.C., staff member receives violent threat after transportation discussion

Officials in Penticton, B.C., say police are investigating a recent "threat of violence" directed at a senior member of municipal staff in the Okanagan city. A statement from the city says the person ...

Aug 28, 2025

B.C. backs expansion at Mount Polley mine that could extend operations until 2033

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has granted consent for a proposed expansion at the Mount Polley copper and gold mine that could extend its operations for another two years until 2033. The ...

Aug 28, 2025

Victoria's new police chief says she will apply lessons from Vancouver

VICTORIA - Victoria's new police chief, Fiona Wilson, says she will apply lessons from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to the most downtrodden community in the provincial capital, but acknowledges she s...

Aug 28, 2025

Police searching for B.C. woman Jessica Cunningham find body, man charged

MAPLE RIDGE - Police investigating the disappearance of British Columbia woman Jessica Cunningham have found human remains in a neighbourhood of Maple Ridge, B.C. They say Mylie Barron has been charge...

Aug 28, 2025

Brandon Teixeira convicted of first-degree murder in B.C. organized crime killing

SURREY - British Columbia homicide investigators say a man has been found guilty of first-degree murder over a 2017 organized-crime killing in Surrey, B.C. The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit...

Aug 28, 2025

Several people injured when boat lands on another on B.C.'s Okanagan Lake: police

KELOWNA - Mounties in British Columbia say several people were injured after a boat crash that resulted in a powerboat being lodged on top of another on Okanagan Lake near Kelowna. A statement from We...

Aug 28, 2025