British Columbia

AI brings deepfake pornography to the masses, as Canadian laws play catch-up

VANCOUVER - Underage Canadian high school girls are targeted using AI to create fake explicit photos that spread online. Google searches bring up multiple free websites capable of "undressing" women i...

Feb 03, 2024

Minister sorry for 'crappy piece of land' remark that angered pro-Palestinian groups

VERNON, B.C. - B.C. Premier David Eby saysPost-Secondary Education Minister Selina Robinson needs to "repair the damage" caused by her comments that Israel was founded on a "crappy piece of land," ang...

Feb 02, 2024

Eby 'profoundly disturbed' by attack on B.C. Crown prosecutor near courthouse

VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says he was "profoundly disturbed" to hear that a provincial Crown prosecutor had been assaulted in Vancouver. Eby says he's been told the woman is recei...

Feb 02, 2024

First cases of fatal chronic wasting disease found in B.C. deer

VICTORIA - Researchers say a deadly disease starts out slow but has the potential to devastate British Columbia's deer population over time, after the discovery of the first cases in the province. The...

Feb 02, 2024

Lawyer for father of murdered B.C. girl denies client brought gun to Ali verdict

VANCOUVER - A lawyer representing the father of a murdered 13-year-old girl says the man did not bring a gun into a Vancouver courtroom eight weeks ago, on the day Ibrahim Ali was convicted of the kil...

Feb 02, 2024

Judge sets aside ruling that granted U.S. trans woman's refugee status in Canada

VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge has set aside a decision to grant refugee status to an American transgender woman, sending her application back for redetermination. In a decision released this week,...

Feb 02, 2024

B.C. coroner's inquest jury begins deliberations about deadly Winters Hotel fire

VANCOUVER - The jury in a coroner's inquest into the Winters Hotel fire in Vancouver two years ago has been stood down to deliberate its recommendations about the deadly blaze. For two weeks the inque...

Feb 02, 2024

Vancouver home sales rise in January as demand outpaces newly listed properties

VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouversays home sales got off to a strong start in the first month of 2024 but the pace of newly listed properties did not keep up with demand. The boar...

Feb 02, 2024

Shots fired at B.C. home of Sikh activist, an associate of slain Nijjar, group says

SURREY, B.C. - The spokesman for a group advocating Sikh independence says that a Metro Vancouver home hit by gunfire on Thursday belonged to a member of the movement. Surrey RCMP say multiple shots w...

Feb 02, 2024

B.C.'s dramatic temperature swings put stress on bees and cattle

VANCOUVER - Recent wild temperature swings in British Columbia have raised concerns about the impact on some local animals' health, and potentially their survival. Temperatures in the Fraser Valley ci...

Feb 02, 2024