British Columbia

Man arrested after attempted armed robbery at Holt Renfrew in Vancouver

VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say a man has been charged after an attempted armed robbery at a store in the city's downtown. They say officers responded to a call at Holt Renfrew just before noon on...

Jan 01, 2025

Missing hiker with arrest warrant found after friends delay police report, says RCMP

PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - Mounties in British Columbia are asking the public to be honest after a missing hiker's friends delayed reporting her disappearance to police. Port Alberni RCMP say they received ...

Dec 31, 2024

VPD seeks crash witnesses after 85-year-old pedestrian dies

VANCOUVER - Vancouver Police are seeking witnesses to a collision involving an 85-year-old pedestrian who later died in hospital. Police say in a news release the collision happened on Dec. 15 when th...

Dec 31, 2024

Surfing sea otter clambers onto board in B.C., prompting warning

SOOKE, B.C. - A sea otter has been seen clambering onto a surfboard and following surfers off Vancouver Island, prompting reminders from Fisheries and Oceans Canada to avoid close interactions with th...

Dec 31, 2024

Oliver is B.C.'s most popular name in 2024, as century of data show names come and go

VICTORIA - Oliver was the most popular name for babies in British Columbia in 2024, taking over from Noah, but both still have a long way to go to catch up with the most popular name of the past 100 y...

Dec 31, 2024

Rare cougar sighting reported in urban Vancouver, far from wilderness

VANCOUVER - A rare cougar sighting has been reported in Vancouver's urban Dunbar neighbourhood. The BC Conservation Officer Service says in a statement that the big cat was reported on Dec. 26 around ...

Dec 31, 2024

B.C. police find 'ghost gun' in car after driver said she couldn't remember name

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - Police say a woman in northeastern British Columbia who told an officer she couldn't remember her name during a traffic stop has been arrested after an untraceable "ghost gun" wa...

Dec 31, 2024

B.C. ringing in new year with new rules, including 20 per cent home-flipping tax

VICTORIA - A maximum 20-per-cent home-flipping tax is among a number of new regulations coming into effect in British Columbia starting Jan. 1. The previously announced tax, to be levied against non-e...

Dec 31, 2024

'It isn't a future thing.' Climate change is taking a toll on Canada's lighthouses

HALIFAX - For more than 150 years, the stout and tidy Walton Harbour lighthouse in Nova Scotia has stood watch from a cliff overlooking the upper Bay of Fundy. But in recent years, coastal erosion lef...

Dec 31, 2024

Vancouver's Bench Accounting to be acquired by California-based HR tech company

VANCOUVER - A California-based HR tech company says it will acquire a Vancouver-based bookkeeping service that abruptly halted operations last week. Bench Accounting announced its sudden closure on Fr...

Dec 30, 2024