Category Archives: British Columbia

B.C. plans 'substantive changes' for interprovincial trade
VICTORIA - British Columbia's economic development minister says the government plans to enter next week's meeting with other provinces prepared to make "substantive changes" to its interprovincial tr...
Feb 21, 2025

5.1 earthquake shakes Vancouver, Victoria and other southwest B.C. cities
VANCOUVER - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 has shaken Vancouver, Victoria and other cites on B.C.'s southwest coast. Natural Resources Canada says the quake was centred 24 kilometre...
Feb 21, 2025

B.C. RCMP investigates swastika graffiti on tribal building as hate crime
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - Mounties in Fort St. John, B.C., say they're investigating graffiti including swastikas spray painted on the Treaty 8 Tribal Association building as a hate crime. Staff Sgt. Scot...
Feb 21, 2025

Heiltsuk Nation written constitution passes with 67 per cent of votes
VANCOUVER - The Heiltsuk Nation has approved the adoption of a written constitution for the First Nation on British Columbia's central coast. The nation says 67 per cent of the 725 people who voted on...
Feb 21, 2025

Ex-coroner says B.C.'s drug policy overhaul looks like 'impulsive political decision'
British Columbia's former chief coroner says she's disappointed by the province's overhaul of its program that provides prescription alternatives to toxic street drugs, a shift she says "feels like a ...
Feb 21, 2025

Police release names of victims in Abbotsford, B.C. double homicide
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Police have released the names of the two victims in an Abbotsford, B.C., double homicide in January. A statement from the province's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says pol...
Feb 20, 2025

B.C. task force aims to grow agriculture, food processing industries
British Columbia is launching a task force focused on growing the agriculture and food processing industries after years of struggle due to climate, labour concerns and now the threat of tariffs from ...
Feb 20, 2025

Two drivers accused of hitting same pedestrian then leaving B.C. crash site
COQUITLAM, B.C. - Mounties in Coquitlam, B.C., say charges have been approved against two drivers who are accused of leaving the scene after allegedly running over the same pedestrian. Police say a lo...
Feb 20, 2025

Flood watch up due to possible ice jam on B.C. Interior waterways
VICTORIA - British Columbia's River Forecast Centre has posted a flood watch on three Interior waterways because of the chance of a midseason ice jam. The centre says temperatures in the first two wee...
Feb 20, 2025

B.C. Conservative MLA says drug crisis cost lives of her brothers, niece and nephew
VICTORIA - The House Leader of the Opposition B.C. Conservatives has described the "unsurmountable" personal impact of the toxic drug crisis, which she says claimed the lives of two of her brothers, a...
Feb 20, 2025