Category Archives: British Columbia

B.C. woman sentenced to 5 1/2 years for smuggling 108 kilograms of meth from U.S.
NEW WESTMINSTER - A British Columbia woman who worked in Punjabi-language broadcasting has been sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison after attempting to smuggle more than 100 kilograms of methamphetamin...
Apr 15, 2026

No ongoing public safety threat after grizzly bear attacks man in Vanderhoof, B.C.
VANDERHOOF - A man who encountered a grizzly while walking on his own property in central B.C. escaped with a leg injury after scrambling under a barbed-wire fence. The provincial Conservation Officer...
Apr 14, 2026

Labour complaint filed by union representing workers at B.C. Interior ferry service
BURNABY - The union representing workers at the Kootenay Lake Ferry in B.C.'s Interior has filed an unfair labour practice complaint against the operator of the service. The BC General Employees' Unio...
Apr 14, 2026

B.C. tables treaty legislation after 30-year negotiation with K’omoks First Nation
A First Nation in British Columbia is one step closer to a fully ratified treaty after the province tabled implementation legislation on Tuesday, about 30 years after negotiations began. The treaty wo...
Apr 14, 2026

B.C.'s growth minister says Iran war tightens fertilizer, fuel and pharma supplies
VICTORIA - The American war with Iran isn't just a problem at the gas pump - B.C.'s minister of economic growth says fertilizer and pharmaceutical ingredients could also be in short supply. Ravi Kahlo...
Apr 14, 2026

Police say 10 'unruly' passengers arrested on Vancouver flight departing for Mexico
RICHMOND - Ten people on a flight from Vancouver to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, were arrested over the weekend after police say their unruly behaviour created "safety concerns." RCMP say in a news release...
Apr 14, 2026

Gender-based violence costs B.C. $1.12 billion annually, YWCA report says
VANCOUVER - Gender-based violence is costing British Columbia an estimated $1.12 billion each year, says a new report commissioned by the provincial YWCA. The report, titled The Cost of Inaction: Meas...
Apr 14, 2026

B.C. police chase sees pickup truck lose couch, crash into two RCMP cruisers
SALMON ARM - Mounties in B.C.'s southern interior say a wild chase ended with two police cruisers being hit and a couch flying from the back of a pickup truck. RCMP say officers were called two weeks ...
Apr 14, 2026

'Desperately missed' victims honoured as B.C. marks 10 years of toxic drug emergency
VICTORIA - Paula Beardy said her grandson Sheldon Beardy was a good kid. He would have turned 28 on Monday. But his mother died last year, and after attending her memorial service in August, Sheldon a...
Apr 14, 2026

BC United executives eye Conservative race, as donations still flow for dormant party
VANCOUVER - It was a once-dominant force in British Columbia politics, but for more than a year and a half the party formerly known as the BC Liberals has been dormant - at least in the public eye. No...
Apr 14, 2026