Category Archives: British Columbia

VICTORIA - British Columbia's children's representative says child welfare social workers in the province are "in a state of crisis" and it will likely take a decade to fix things, even with committed...

BELLA BELLA, B.C. - Online voting has begun in what the Heiltsuk Nation calls a historic referendum on a written constitution for the First Nation on British Columbia's central coast. A statement from...

TORONTO - Average asking rents across Canada hit an 18-month low in January, declining 4.4 per cent on an annual basis to $2,100. A monthly report by Rentals.ca and Urbanation, which analyzes listings...

VANCOUVER - Much of British Columbia is thawing to seasonal temperatures, although arctic outflow warnings remain in place for some parts of the province. Environment Canada says an arctic air mass is...

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Police say an East Abbotsford daycare owner has been charged with allegedly assaulting children in her care. Abbotsford Police say officers launched an investigation into reports th...

AGASSIZ, B.C. - RCMP in Agassiz, B.C., say two men who went ice fishing at a small lake in the Fraser Valley died when they fell through the ice. Police were notified Tuesday that the men hadn't retur...

VICTORIA - A recent B.C. Ministry of Health document says a "significant portion" of opioids prescribed by doctors and pharmacists are being diverted and that prescribed alternatives are being traffic...

VANCOUVER - A man who spent 27 years in prison before he was found wrongfully convicted has been ordered by a British Columbia Supreme Court judge to pay $375,000 each to five women who sued him for s...

VANCOUVER - A proposal by Vancouver's mayor to halt new supportive housing projects in the city has organizations with plans in various stages of completion worried about the projects they've spent ye...

TRAIL, B.C. - The RCMP's major crime unit is asking for the public's help in investigating the death of a woman almost a month ago in Trial, B.C. Police say 38-year-old Laura Morrison was the front pa...