Category Archives: British Columbia

Interior Health CEO is out over closure of Kelowna, B.C., pediatric unit
KELOWNA - The head of British Columbia's Interior Health authority is stepping aside six months early over staff shortages that forced the closure of Kelowna General Hospital's dedicated pediatric uni...
Jun 27, 2025

B.C. minister Bowinn Ma tells of 'frightening' incident at her constituency office
NORTH VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma says there was a "frightening" security incident at her constituency office in North Vancouver early Friday. Ma says in a stateme...
Jun 27, 2025

B.C. billionaire Ruby Liu gets keys to first retail store once owned by The Bay
DELTA - British Columbia billionaire Ruby Liu has received the keys to a store taken over from Hudson's Bay, the first of more than two dozen that she has her eyes on. Liu plans to turn the former Sak...
Jun 26, 2025

B.C.'s Interior health authority confirms additional measles cases
KAMLOOPS - British Columbia's Interior health authority says it has confirmed additional cases of measles in the region spanning the province's southern Interior. A statement from Interior Health says...
Jun 26, 2025

B.C. police watchdog calls hearing into officers' 'racist, sexist' WhatsApp group
British Columbia's Police Complaint Commissioner says he's called a public hearing to probe misconduct allegations against three current and three former Nelson police officers over alleged racist, se...
Jun 26, 2025

Minister says police intelligence behind B.C. call for Bishnoi gang's terror listing
British Columbia's public safety minister says police intelligence has linked many cases of extortion against the South Asian community to India's Lawrence Bishnoi gang, giving the government confiden...
Jun 26, 2025

Federal bank loaning $1B for BC Ferries to buy Chinese-made ships
VICTORIA - A federal Crown corporation is loaning BC Ferries $1 billion to help buy four Chinese-made ferries, a purchase that federal transport minister Chrystia Freeland recently said was dismaying ...
Jun 26, 2025

Six still in hospital, two months after attack on Vancouver's Lapu Lapu festival
VANCOUVER - Police say six victims remain in hospital two months after the attack on Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day street festival that killed 11 people. Vancouver police say in an email response that one...
Jun 26, 2025

B.C.'s premier says measles spikes across Canada a result anti-vax 'recklessness'
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the growing spread of measles across Canada is "the sadly predictable outcome" of the "recklessness" of anti-vaccination politicians. Eby says the d...
Jun 25, 2025

Life sentence with no parole for 12 years for killer of Mission, B.C., man
ABBOTSFORD - The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a man arrested for murder in January 2023 has been given a life sentence without the chance of parole for 12 years in the death of a man in...
Jun 25, 2025