Category Archives: British Columbia

SURREY, B.C. - Surrey city council has released its budget saying if it's forced to transition away from the RCMP to a local force it will cost half a billion dollars more over the next decade. It com...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is granting a one-time $430 benefit to the roughly 20,000 seniors in its support program for elderly low-income renters. B.C. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon sa...

ZEBALLOS - The skin of a young killer whale trapped in a Vancouver Island lagoon is turning white due to the low salinity of the water, but the Fisheries Department says the calf is active and isn't s...

PENTICTON, B.C. - Four people have been arrested over the death of a 22-year-old man in Penticton, B.C., more than two years after he was found gravely hurt in a field. B.C. RCMP spokesman Cpl. James ...

SAANICH, B.C. - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the government has asked the auditor general to review the province's grant programs after allegations of conflict-of-interest from a clean-tech...

VICTORIA - British Columbia is rolling out another round of COVID-19 vaccination boosters, with invitations starting to go out Monday. Ministry of Health says people who haven't received a booster aga...

SAANICH, B.C. - British Columbia's government is spearheading a new public development project on Vancouver Island aimed at bringing more affordable homes closer to transit access. Premier David Eby s...

VANCOUVER - A woman has been arrested over what Vancouver police say is a series of assaults against "random strangers" in the city. Police say officers responded to multiple calls on Sunday in the ci...

VANCOUVER - The B.C. company that operates Canada's largest container terminal is going to court against the federal government to keep five years of greenhouse-gas emissions data secret. GCT Canada L...

VANCOUVER - A Crown lawyer says holdups to the trial of a man found guilty of murdering a 13-year-old Burnaby, B.C., girl were mostly attributable to the defence and "discrete exceptional events," as ...