British Columbia

Financial pressures difficult, but not the time for service, support cuts, says Eby

VICTORIA - Premier David Eby says the New Democrat government remains committed to providing services and supports for people in British Columbia and cuts are not on his agenda. Eby says people have b...

Sep 10, 2024

Canada begins process to impose tariffs on Chinese batteries, critical minerals

NANAIMO, B.C. - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the required consultation period to impose tariffs on more clean energy goods coming from China will begin today. The move follows a decision in...

Sep 10, 2024

Weather aids B.C. fire fight amid evacuation order and alerts in southeast

The BC Wildfire Service says rain, light winds and cooler temperatures are expected to decrease fire behaviour in the province this week, just as a newly discovered blaze in the East Kootenays prompts...

Sep 10, 2024

Mark Carney to present his economic vision for the Liberals to caucus

NANAIMO, B.C. - Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney will present his vision for the Liberals' economic policy when he meets with MPs in Nanaimo, B.C., today. The party announced Carney's new ro...

Sep 10, 2024

Woman asked to be taken to hospital before she died in cell, says police watchdog

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's police watchdog says a woman who died of an overdose in an RCMP jail cell had asked to go to hospital twice. A report released by the Independent Investigations Office s...

Sep 09, 2024

Police union calls for 'fulsome public safety plan' in B.C. ahead of provincial vote

VICTORIA - The national union for RCMP officers is seeking to make public safety and bail reform a British Columbia election issue after repeat offenders were arrested for violent crimes, including a ...

Sep 09, 2024

B.C. files unexplained wealth order following Vancouver shooting investigation

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Public Safety Ministry says it has filed an unexplained wealth order application in court following a 2023 shooting at a Vancouver home. As part of a criminal investigati...

Sep 09, 2024

B.C. set up a panel on bear deaths, will review conservation officer training

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is partnering with a bear welfare group to reduce the number of bears being euthanized in the province. Nicholas Scapillati, executive director of Grizzly Be...

Sep 09, 2024

BC United sources leak 'extremism' file on B.C. Conservatives' executive Isidorou

VICTORIA - Sources in the Official Opposition BC United party have leaked a file on the "extremism" of the B.C. Conservatives' executive director, Angelo Isidorou, less than two weeks after the partie...

Sep 09, 2024

Woman charged in weekend home invasion, stabbing in Kelowna, B.C.

KELOWNA, B.C. - A 24-year-old woman faces a charge for what RCMP in Kelowna, B.C., say was a home invasion where another woman was repeatedly stabbed. Officers responded to the call on Saturday and fo...

Sep 09, 2024