Category Archives: British Columbia
Pause of Indigenous rights act won't be confidence vote, B.C. election prospect fades
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said he may extend the current legislative session to find support among individual First Nations over his plans to suspend parts of the Declaration on th...
Apr 13, 2026
B.C. First Nation asks UN body to count cultural losses in spill compensation formula
VICTORIA - An international group that sets the compensation formula for maritime oil spills doesn't factor in the devastating cultural losses to First Nations, says an Indigenous leader whose Coastal...
Apr 13, 2026
Number of candidates running for leader of B.C. Conservatives has shrunk to five
The number of candidates running to replace John Rustad as leader of the Conservative Party of B.C. has shrunk to five. Contractor Warren Hamm of Rossland, B.C., says he has dropped out of the race an...
Apr 12, 2026
Police in B.C. after investigating fatal collision between motorcyclist, semitruck
VICTORIA - Police in Delta, B.C., say a 31-year-old man is dead after his motorcycle collided with a semi-truck on a major bridge in Metro Vancouver. A statement from Delta Police says the motorcyclis...
Apr 12, 2026
Conservative leadership hopeful Milobar changes campaign manager after investigation
VICTORIA - Peter Milobar will be without his longtime campaign manager during the final stretch of the race to become the new leader of the Conservative Party of B.C. amid controversy stemming from a ...
Apr 11, 2026
City spokesperson says Crystal Pool is safe again, but remains closed until Tuesday
VICTORIA - All eight people taken to hospital Friday after two chemicals combined to create chlorine gas in a Victoria recreation facility have been released, as the investigation into the exposure co...
Apr 11, 2026
Memorial mass for Lapu Lapu victims as anniversary of Vancouver attack nears
VANCOUVER - Rev. Salvador Reyes says he is remembering the Lapu Lapu Day attack that claimed 11 lives in Vancouver not just with pain, but with love. Reyes said in a sermon at a mass to mark the appro...
Apr 10, 2026
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip says 'heartsick' MLA wife doesn't support DRIPA pause
VANCOUVER - A First Nations leader whose wife is a B.C. government legislator says she doesn't support Premier David Eby's plan to suspend parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ...
Apr 10, 2026
Resolving softwood dispute mutually beneficial for Canada, U.S., B.C. premier says
VANCOUVER - Ottawa must make a case of "mutual benefit" with the United States as it advocates for Canada's softwood lumber industry during trade negotiations, British Columbia Premier David Eby said ...
Apr 10, 2026
Tumbler Ridge shooting victim Maya Gebala to head to L.A. for treatment: mom
VANCOUVER - The mother of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., mass shooting victim Maya Gebala says her daughter is heading to Los Angeles for specialized treatment. Cia Edmonds says in a Facebook post that the 12-y...
Apr 09, 2026