Category Archives: British Columbia
Darrell Jones drops out of B.C. Conservative leadership race, six candidates remain
VICTORIA - The number of candidates running for the leadership of the British Columbia Conservatives has shrunk to six, with candidate Darrell Jones announcing he will be throwing his support behind C...
Mar 28, 2026
Family fighting to bring B.C. senior home after she fell into a coma in China
It was supposed to be a joyful family reunion, but instead a British Columbia grandmother is stranded in China in a coma, her family unable to pay the hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring her hom...
Mar 28, 2026
Quicksketch: Who's who in the NDP leadership race
WINNIPEG - The next NDP leader will be announced on Sunday. There are five candidates on the ballot and voting concludes Saturday. Here's a quick look at the candidates and how the last six months hav...
Mar 28, 2026
Site C work camp moved to support nation-building project in northern B.C.
VANCOUVER - BC Hydro says it's relocating and repurposing the majority of its work camp for building the Site C hydroelectric dam to support the construction of the North Coast Transmission Line proje...
Mar 27, 2026
Joint federal-provincial commission into Tumbler Ridge shooting an option: minister
VICTORIA - A joint federal-provincial commission could look into the shooting that killed eight people in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., says British Columbia's public safety minister. Nina Krieger says a joint...
Mar 27, 2026
A year after the tragedy, Lapu Lapu festival victims question donations
VANCOUVER - Family members of the Lapu Lapu Day festival tragedy victims said they are not getting as much financial support as they expected, and are calling on organizers to halt plans for this year...
Mar 27, 2026
Political science lecturer says calls for resignation of MLA Chan hold water
VICTORIA - A University of British Columbia political analyst says calls for the resignation of Independent MLA Hon Chan are appropriate, after the legislator was charged this week in relation to an a...
Mar 27, 2026
Man faces one count of bestiality after alleged horse assault in Vernon, B.C.
VERNON - A man in Vernon, B.C., has been charged with bestiality after he was allegedly captured on security cameras trespassing on a rural property occupied by a horse jumping and training business i...
Mar 27, 2026
Family of China murder victim loses B.C. lawsuit against family of executed killer
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the family of a man murdered in a "contract killing" in 2017 in China, against the family of the killer who they say used the victim...
Mar 27, 2026
'Going backwards': Advocate urges action on services for B.C. seniors
VICTORIA - British Columbia's aging population is set to soar over the next decade, and some services for them are falling short and "going backwards," BC Seniors Advocate Dan Levitt says. He's urging...
Mar 26, 2026