Category Archives: British Columbia

Mounties seize 171,000 packs of illicit cigarettes in Langford, B.C.
LANGFORD, B.C. - Mounties in British Columbia say officers have seized more than $1.7 million worth of contraband tobacco after executing a search warrant at a property in Langford. West Shore RCMP sa...
Jan 08, 2025

Police incident ends in New Westminster, B.C., after court and college evacuated
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Police say an incident that triggered the evacuation of the court complex at New Westminster, B.C., and the nearby campus of Douglas College has ended. New Westminster Police s...
Jan 07, 2025

Special prosecutor appointed in case involving relative of B.C. provincial judge
VICTORIA - The BC Prosecution Service says it has appointed a special prosecutor in a case involving a person related to a provincial court judge. It says senior lawyer Chris Johnson was chosen in ord...
Jan 07, 2025

Okanagan winery banned from hiring foreign workers after breaching abuse rules
OLIVER, B.C. - A winery in B.C.'s Okanagan Valley has been permanently banned by the federal government from hiring foreign workers and fined $118,000 for breaking program rules. Immigration, Refugees...
Jan 07, 2025

David Eby among premiers heading to Washington to tamp down Trump tariff threat
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says he and his counterparts from across Canada will take leadership in the fight against threatened tariffs from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. Eby ...
Jan 07, 2025

B.C. wineries again allowed to sell direct-to-consumer in Alberta
VANCOUVER - British Columbia wineries can again sell their products directly to Alberta consumers this week, months after an interprovincial deal was announced between the two provinces last summer. T...
Jan 07, 2025

GFL Environmental selling majority stake in environmental services business
VAUGHAN, Ont. - GFL Environmental Inc. has signed a deal to sell a majority interest in its environmental services business to private equity firms Apollo and BC Partners in an agreement that will see...
Jan 07, 2025

Study reveals annual activity of sneezing sea sponge off B.C. coast
VANCOUVER - A study into the behaviour of a sea sponge off the coast of British Columbia has revealed the animals have the humanlike ability to sneeze. Researcher Sally Leys said her team examined foo...
Jan 07, 2025

Police in B.C. suspect homicide after body found in fire at Surrey abandoned house
SURREY, B.C. - Police in Surrey, B.C., say homicide investigators have taken over the case of a body found after a fire was put out at an abandoned house over the weekend. Police say the death of man ...
Jan 06, 2025

CBSA says it acted in 'good faith' detaining solar panels in forced labour probe
VANCOUVER - The Canada Border Services Agency says it acted lawfully and in "good faith" when it detained nearly 50 containers of solar panels belonging to a Victoria, B.C., company over concerns they...
Jan 06, 2025