Category Archives: British Columbia

VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general has released a report on two key government programs aimed at curbing the death toll from the toxic-drug crisis. The first audit examined the implementati...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general is expected to release two independent audits on government programs aimed at curbing the death toll from the toxic drug crisis. Michael Pickup's office h...

VANCOUVER - The COVID-19 lockdown for humans was not an opportunity for wildlife to run free, in fact a new study found herbivores tend to be more active around people, while carnivores remained hidde...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is introducing technology to improve wildfire prediction and decision-making even as the association representing Canadian insurance companies warns residents about the po...

DELTA, B.C. - Unprecedented drought in British Columbia last year has prompted the provincial government to invest $80 million to help manage, collect and store water for crops and livestock. Premier ...

VANCOUVER - Balmy weather across much of British Columbia helped set dozens of new temperature records across the province on Saturday. Environment Canada says a ridge of high pressure brought warm te...

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - British Columbia's integrated homicide investigation team says a man in Abbotsford, B.C., has been charged with murder in the death of his wife. IHIT says in a news release that off...

SURREY, B.C. - Mounties in Surrey are investigating a weekend stabbing on a city bus that has sent a man to the hospital. They say it happened shortly before 2:40 p.m. on Saturday when officers got wo...

VANCOUVER - The dispatch service that handles most of British Columbia's 911 calls says its lines are again operating as normal after an "unplanned outage" Saturday morning. A spokeswoman with E-Comm ...

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Police in Abbotsford say a man has been arrested in the death of a woman after officers responded to a report of an assault at a home in the city Friday night. They say that patrol ...