Category Archives: British Columbia
Feds release Musqueam title agreements covering much of greater Vancouver
OTTAWA - The federal government has released details of recent agreements with the Musqueam First Nation recognizing Aboriginal title over an area potentially covering much of Greater Vancouver, but i...
Mar 02, 2026
Alberta's Smith looking to ditch clock changes as B.C. moves to permanent daylight
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says with the province's neighbours to the west moving to adopt year-round daylight time, it's once again time to consider abandoning the practice of changing...
Mar 02, 2026
B.C. Mountie gets probation in fatal 2017 arrest of Dale Culver in Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - An RCMP officer convicted of obstruction of justice in the death of an Indigenous man while in custody in 2017 has been handed 18 months probation by a court in British Columbia. The B...
Mar 02, 2026
B.C. and Cowichan chiefs start negotiations after landmark court ruling on title
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government and chiefs from the Cowichan Nation say they've begun negotiations after a landmark court ruling awarded Aboriginal title over a swath of property in Richmon...
Mar 02, 2026
Police-involved shooting in Kelowna, B.C., as driver alleged to have dragged officer
SURREY - Mounties in British Columbia and the province's police watchdog agency are both investigating after shots were fired during a traffic stop in Kelowna where an officer was dragged with a vehic...
Mar 02, 2026
Officer says Myles Gray was restrained face-down for several minutes before death
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver police officer testifying at a public hearing into the 2015 police-involved death of Myles Gray said Monday that Gray was handcuffed and hobbled, and struggled while being rest...
Mar 02, 2026
Sunday 'spring forward' will be B.C.'s final time change
VICTORIA - B.C. is planning to adopt daylight savings time year-round, effective Sunday. After decades of campaigning against the twice-annual adjustment of the clocks, Premier David Eby announced Mon...
Mar 02, 2026 Sunday's spring forward will be the province's last, with B.C. adopting daylight savings time year round. (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
What you need to know about new legislation that could expand First Nations status
OTTAWA - All four opposition parties in the House of Commons are backing legislation to change status rules in the Indian Act to end what is known as the second-generation cutoff. But the Liberals say...
Mar 02, 2026
Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooting victim Abel Mwansa Jr. laid to rest in Zambia
KITWE - A 12-year-old boy killed in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., last month has been laid to rest after a funeral in the African country of Zambia, after his father told of his forgiveness ...
Mar 02, 2026
Avalanche kills 23-year-old man snowmobiling in B.C.'s Kootenay Pass
CRESTON - RCMP say an avalanche swept away two snowmobilers in British Columbia's Kootenay Pass area, killing one of them. Mounties in Creston, B.C., say they were notified by an SOS tracking device o...
Mar 01, 2026