Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. adds 17 major projects as priority investments, in bid to accelerate growth
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is adding 17 new major investments to its list of priority projects, and Premier David Eby says the recent wrangling over Indigenous rights legislation won't...
Apr 29, 2026
Lawsuits depict Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shootings and victims in fresh detail
SAN FRANCISCO - Tech firm OpenAI and founder Sam Altman face seven wrongful death lawsuits over their alleged roles in the mass shootings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., earlier this year. The plaintiffs in t...
Apr 29, 2026
Court shoots down challenge to B.C. legal profession regulatory overhaul
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled the provincial government's legislation to overhaul regulation of lawyers, notaries and other legal professions is not unconstitutional. The government in ...
Apr 29, 2026
Environmental advocates call LNG tax incentive a fossil fuel subsidy
CALGARY - A tax incentive for "low carbon" liquefied natural gas facilities amounts to a government subsidy for the fossil fuel industry at a time when Canada should be pivoting to electrification and...
Apr 29, 2026
Governor General visits Tumbler Ridge, B.C., to show support as the community grieves
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon says returning to Tumbler Ridge, B.C., months after the tragic mass shooting in the community, is an experience that will stay with her for a long time. Simon said Wednesday that ...
Apr 29, 2026
Man dead, another injured when shots were fired at a vehicle in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY - One man has died and another has been injured after someone fired shots into a vehicle in Surrey, B.C., Tuesday evening. Police say they were called to the 6800 block of 148 Street just befor...
Apr 29, 2026
Tumbler Ridge families likely to seek US$1 billion in lawsuit against OpenAI: lawyer
VANCOUVER - An American lawyer representing some of the victims of the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., mass shooting says they will likely be seeking more than US$1 billion in their California legal action again...
Apr 29, 2026
Lululemon, founder Chip Wilson at odds over board nominees
A clash between Lululemon Athletica Inc. and its estranged founder will come to a head at the retailer's annual general meeting. Regulatory filings the Vancouver-based retailer made this week put forw...
Apr 29, 2026
Myles Gray death hearing delayed as lawyer for officer appointed provincial judge
VANCOUVER - A public hearing in Vancouver into the police-involved death of Myles Gray in 2015 has again been delayed after a lawyer representing one of the seven Vancouver officers under investigatio...
Apr 29, 2026
Former B.C. dance teacher faces sexual assault charges, RCMP says
WHITE ROCK - A man who taught girls to dance at a studio in White Rock, B.C., faces multiple sexual assault charges alleged to have taken place between 2006 and 2011. RCMP says 45-year-old Nigel Brock...
Apr 28, 2026