Category Archives: British Columbia
Rustad says 'dirty trick' by BC United may have cost Conservatives election victory
Former B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad says he was "furious" to learn that BC United was behind a website calling for him to be ousted before the 2024 provincial election. Elections BC fined the ...
Apr 09, 2026
Man dies after being found gravely injured in Surrey, B.C., homicide probe underway
SURREY - Homicide investigators are looking into the death of a man who was found gravely injured in Surrey, B.C., late Wednesday and later died in hospital. Surrey police say they were called about t...
Apr 09, 2026
LNG Canada gas flaring far exceeding volumes allowed under permits: documents
Documents show the volume of gas flared at the LNG Canada plant on British Columbia's north coast between October and January far surpassed what its permit allows. University of Victoria air quality r...
Apr 09, 2026
These are the faces of B.C.'s 10-year toxic drug emergency
More than 18,000 people have died of drug overdoses since British Columbia declared the issue a public health emergency on April 14, 2016. The crisis has touched the lives of many more survivors, and ...
Apr 09, 2026
B.C. First Nations leaders say Eby's planned DRIPA pause breaks trust
VANCOUVER - First Nations leaders say the British Columbia New Democrat's plans to suspend sections of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act has hurt their relationship with the gove...
Apr 09, 2026
How a Canadian auction house unravelled a Hudson's Bay art collection mystery
When Heffel Fine Art Auction House was getting ready to sell the second round of treasures from Canada's oldest company, staff were so in awe of one of the paintings that they started to think it was ...
Apr 09, 2026
Brain injury a shadow crisis amid overdose deaths in British Columbia
VANCOUVER - Edwin Bergsson's friend broke down the door of his recording studio in Victoria about five years ago, found him unconscious, and saved his life. "It's incredible that I'm here today," Berg...
Apr 09, 2026
BC United was secretly behind website calling for Rustad to be fired: Elections BC
Elections BC says a website set up in 2024 to demand the firing of then B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad wasn't the work of disgruntled members, as it claimed, but was instead created on the order...
Apr 08, 2026
Four B.C. companies divvy $6.75 million in provincial funding to expand their work
KELOWNA - Four manufacturing businesses in British Columbia are being given a total of $6.75 million to help expand their production, while creating more than 100 jobs. B.C. Premier David Eby was in K...
Apr 08, 2026
B.C. Premier Eby defends coffee-with-doctors recruitment after 'stunt' accusation
KELOWNA - British Columbia Premier David Eby is praising the jolt the province got from a campaign to attract doctors over a cup of coffee despite criticism of wasteful spending from a national taxpay...
Apr 08, 2026