Category Archives: British Columbia
Two snowmobilers die after falling through ice in central B.C.: police
ANAHIM LAKE - RCMP in central British Columbia say their underwater recovery team has pulled the bodies of two snowmobilers from Charlotte Lake after they fell through the ice last week. Police in Ana...
Feb 23, 2026
Ex-B.C. school trustee to fight $750,000 penalty for 'insidious' anti-SOGI campaign
VANCOUVER - A former British Columbia school trustee will be going to court to challenge a $750,000 penalty imposed by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, which ruled that he poisoned the workplaces of LG...
Feb 23, 2026
Tentative contract reached for 25,000 B.C. health-science workers
VICTORIA - A tentative contract agreement has been reached for the group representing 25,000 health-science professionals in British Columbia. The Health Employers Association of BC and Health Science...
Feb 23, 2026
B.C. police release photo of now-deported extortion suspect in appeal for information
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., have released the image of a foreign national suspected of involvement in a wave of extortion gripping the region. The Surrey Police Service says 22-year-old Lovebir S...
Feb 23, 2026
B.C. approves expansion of open-pit Copper Mountain mine in southern Interior
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has approved the expansion of an open-pit copper and gold mine in the province's southern Interior. A statement from Ministry of Mining and Critical Minerals...
Feb 23, 2026
Mounties arrest dozens for retail theft at Metrotown mall in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY - Mounties say they made 73 arrests in a five-week retail theft operation at the Metrotown shopping centre in Burnaby, B.C. Police say they also recovered $23,000 worth of stolen merchandise i...
Feb 23, 2026
Man charged with impaired driving in northern B.C. crash that killed an Alberta man
FORT ST. JOHN - Police say a man has been charged with impaired driving causing death in a crash in northern British Columbia that killed a 32-year-old man from Alberta. Fort St. John RCMP say the cra...
Feb 23, 2026
RCMP investigating threats online and in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., after shootings
RCMP say they are investigating threats that have circulated online and within the community of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., on the same day that the funeral for one of the victims in the mass shooting had to...
Feb 21, 2026
B.C. paramedics union reaches agreement in principle, avoids possible job action
RICHMOND - The union representing more than 6,000 ambulance paramedics and dispatchers in British Columbia says it has reached an agreement in principle on a new contract, avoiding the possibility of ...
Feb 21, 2026
Heli-skier dies in avalanche near Revelstoke, B.C.
REVELSTOKE - A heli-skier has died after being caught in an avalanche in southeastern British Columbia. RCMP say they were told on Thursday about a fatality after an avalanche in a heli-skiing area ne...
Feb 20, 2026