British Columbia

Mounties bust massive B.C. drug 'superlab' linked to transnational organized crime

Mounties have dismantled what they say is the largest, most sophisticated illicit drug "superlab" in Canada. Police say they believe organized crime ran the operation where there was mass-production a...

Oct 31, 2024

B.C.'s Golden Ears park closed due to damage from atmospheric river

A popular park in British Columbia's Lower Mainland remains closed due to damage from an atmospheric river weather system that drenched the province's south coast, triggering a mudslide and local floo...

Oct 31, 2024

Assassins of B.C. man acquitted of Air India bombing 'hired and paid': court document

Court documents in the case of two men who murdered British Columbia businessman Ripudaman Singh Malik in 2022 say they were "hired and paid" to kill him. However, the agreed statement of facts does n...

Oct 31, 2024

Union talks underway between foremen, employers to avoid latest B.C. port strike

VANCOUVER - Negotiations between British Columbia's port employers and the union representing foremen are entering a final scheduled day in a bid to avoid a labour disruption. Both the BC Maritime Emp...

Oct 31, 2024

'Out of control': Room costs spike 10 times higher on Taylor Swift Canada show nights

VANCOUVER - Taylor Swift fan Kelly Hall was elated when she beat the odds and was allocated three coveted tickets for The Eras Tour in Vancouver. Then she started looking for a hotel. Hall, who lives ...

Oct 31, 2024

B.C. judge halts the medically assisted death of Alberta woman

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia judge has granted an injunction stopping a woman's medically assisted death, the day before it was scheduled to take place in Vancouver. The injunction granted on Saturd...

Oct 30, 2024

B.C. groups lose bid to stop Alaskan fishery's sustainable certification

A coalition of Canadian environmental groups has lost its latest bid to prevent Alaska's salmon fishery from being labelled as sustainable by an international certification body. The groups - includin...

Oct 30, 2024

Drug-trafficking investigation leads to charges against 19 people in northern B.C.

Federal prosecutors have approved charges against 19 people, eight of them still at large, after an investigation into what police call a violent drug trafficking network in northeastern British Colum...

Oct 30, 2024

TSB says B.C. helicopter crashed in 2021 after rotors collided

Canada's Transportation Safety Board says the fatal crash of a British Columbia logging helicopter was caused when the chopper's rotor system broke up mid-flight. A final report from the board says th...

Oct 30, 2024

Precision Drilling expects rig demand growth with LNG Canada startup

CALGARY - Precision Drilling Corp. said it will be closely watching the startup of this country's first liquefied natural gas export facility after being caught off guard by the dramatic increase in d...

Oct 30, 2024