Category Archives: British Columbia

VICTORIA - British Columbia is undertaking a $600,000 expansion of the province's forensic firearms lab, a move the government says is a direct response to the recent rash of extortion violence. The f...

VICTORIA - Former grocery executive Darrell Jones says he'll be making a "big announcement" next week as he considers running for the leadership of the B.C. Conservatives. Jones, whose announcement is...

VANCOUVER - A public hearing into the 2015 police beating death of Myles Gray that got underway in Vancouver this week has been adjourned because a lawyer used a strong obscenity to describe someone i...

ALERT BAY - A wood chip plant on Vancouver Island that's majority-owned by a First Nation in British Columbia and was acquired with help from provincial funding, says it is closing, the latest setback...

A British Columbia judge has rejected a bid by prosecutors to have a man who was convicted of attempted robbery jailed indefinitely as a dangerous offender, a designation typically reserved for violen...

VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver are investigating the city's first homicide of 2026. A statement from police says a man was stabbed Tuesday near East 10th Avenue and Commercial Drive. Police say they ...

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck off the British Columbia coast, with provincial emergency officials saying no damage or injuries are expected. The quake was recorded off the southern tip of the ...

The killing of a Vancouver Island academic is spurring calls for action against gender-based violence. Saanich police said earlier this month that Muhammed Basar had been charged with murder in the ki...

VANCOUVER - United States procurement records show that Vancouver tech firm Hootsuite is providing social media services to the Department of Homeland Security - five years after it axed a contract wi...

VICTORIA - Premier David Eby says B.C. will play a "key role" in a new international order charted by Prime Minister Mark Carney in a speech in Davos, Switzerland. Carney told the World Economic Forum...