Category Archives: British Columbia
Drugs disguised as dog treats seized by Metro Vancouver Transit Police
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Two people have been charged after a Metro Vancouver Transit Police investigation turned up guns and illicit drugs, including fentanyl disguised as dog treats. Police say they ...
Nov 12, 2024
Ottawa provides $9 million to fight homelessness among veterans in B.C., Yukon
SURREY, B.C. - The federal government is providing more than $9 million in funding for programs in British Columbia and Yukon to combat homelessness among veterans. The announcement, which comes a day...
Nov 12, 2024
B.C. teen with bird flu is in critical care, infection source unknown: health officer
The teenager who tested positive for bird flu in British Columbia is in critical condition and being treated at B.C. Children's Hospital, the provincial health officer says. Dr. Bonnie Henry said Tues...
Nov 12, 2024
Former B.C. premier John Horgan dies aged 65, after third bout with cancer
Ambassador to Germany and former British Columbia premier John Horgan has died at the age of 65, after his third bout with cancer. Horgan served as B.C.'s New Democrat premier for five years before st...
Nov 12, 2024
Rain, wind warnings issued along B.C. south coast
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning along northern sections of east Vancouver Island, with downpours expected to begin this evening as a "vigorous Pacific frontal system" move...
Nov 12, 2024
Highway 1 in Burnaby closed after early morning crash sends five to hospital
BURNABY, B.C. - Mounties in Burnaby say westbound lanes of Highway 1 near the city have been shut after a multi-vehicle crash. They say just before 3 a.m., officers responded to reports of a five-car ...
Nov 12, 2024
Federal government moves to end port strikes, orders binding arbitration
OTTAWA - Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon says he is intervening to end the work stoppages at ports in both British Columbia and Montreal. He says the negotiations have reached an impasse and he is di...
Nov 12, 2024
B.C. RCMP arrest man after short standoff along Highway 1
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - Mounties in Chilliwack, B.C., say a man was arrested after a short standoff with police along Highway 1 over the weekend. RCMP say officers attended a call for a single-vehicle inci...
Nov 11, 2024
B.C. veteran, 101, recalls danger, discipline of war, as Vancouver cenotaph turns 100
Second World War veteran Percival Smith says he entered the British Merchant Navy as a teenager and came out as a man, going home to a family that he "couldn't even recognize" after the war Smith, 101...
Nov 11, 2024
'I get goosebumps': Canadians across the country mark Remembrance Day
OTTAWA - An echoing peal of cannon fire signalled the start of a moment of silence Monday in St. John's, N.L., and throngs of people along the city's two main downtown streets fell quiet and bowed the...
Nov 11, 2024