Category Archives: British Columbia
Talk of changing Vancouver's supportive housing policy has organizations on edge
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...
Feb 05, 2025
Police ask for help in probe of B.C. woman's death in fall from a truck
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...
Feb 05, 2025
Environment Canada cautions of frostbite as frigid temperatures linger in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada is warning that frostbite and hypothermia that can occur within minutes as frigid conditions linger over much of British Columbia. Extreme cold and arctic outflow warnin...
Feb 05, 2025
Donations flowed to BC United long after it suspended election campaign
Political financing reports show that the collapsed BC United party collected more than $223,000 in donations after it suspended campaigning in last year's provincial election, including tens of thous...
Feb 05, 2025
B.C. homicide team investigates beating death of a 19-year-old man
ABBOTSFORD - Homicide investigators are looking into an attack on a 19-year-old man that started in Abbotsford, B.C., then led officers to Crescent Beach in Surrey more than 45 kilometres away. Office...
Feb 04, 2025
B.C. fast-tracking 18 mining and energy projects in face of U.S. tariff threat
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has released a list of 18 critical mineral and energy projects worth roughly $20 billion that it says it's working to accelerate in the face of ongoing tarif...
Feb 04, 2025
Alberta woman fined $15K after pleading guilty to importing serval cats
OKOTOKS, Alta. - An Alberta woman has been fined $15,000 after she pleaded guilty to illegally importing two serval cats into the province. Alberta Fish and Wildlife says it's illegal to import or pos...
Feb 04, 2025
B.C. human rights commissioner wants study of police in schools after board's firing
VICTORIA - British Columbia's human rights commissioner says the provincial government has effectively made police liaison programs mandatory in schools with its firing of the Greater Victoria school ...
Feb 04, 2025
Drug deaths in B.C. drop 13 per cent, hitting four-year low of 2,253
VICTORIA - The BC Coroners Service says toxic drug deaths in British Columbia were down 13 per cent last year, with the toll now lower than any year since 2020. Chief Coroner Dr. Jatinder Baidwan says...
Feb 04, 2025
Man injured in avalanche on Vancouver Island, taken by rescue helicopter to hospital
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - A man has been seriously injured in an avalanche on Vancouver Island and required the rescue helicopter to fly him directly to hospital for treatment. Metro Vancouver-based Nor...
Feb 04, 2025