Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. home sales and prices both down about 6% last month, amid Lower Mainland slump
VANCOUVER - British Columbia home sales fell by almost 6 per cent last month on a year-over-year basis, with realtors noting market weakness "concentrated" in the Lower Mainland. The B.C. Real Estate ...
Jan 13, 2026
Almost 300 millimetres of rain on Vancouver Island in three-day drenching
VANCOUVER - A number of communities in British Columbia's south coast have received more than 100 millimetres of rain in the atmospheric river event over the last three days, with one station reportin...
Jan 13, 2026
Coastal First Nations call on Carney to defend the B.C. tanker ban in pipeline talks
PRINCE RUPERT - Coastal First Nations president Marilyn Slett said she called on Prime Minister Mark Carney in a meeting Tuesday to maintain and protect the oil tanker moratorium in his government's p...
Jan 13, 2026
Chinese-language paper Ming Pao winding up Canadian operations, laying off 60 staff
VANCOUVER - Chinese-language newspaper Ming Pao Daily News, which has newsrooms in Richmond, B.C., and Toronto, is winding up its Canadian operations. A letter from Ming Pao Newspapers (Canada) to the...
Jan 12, 2026
Mental fitness test for suspect in killing of B.C. RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang
VANCOUVER - A judge has ordered a mental fitness assessment for the man accused of killing British Columbia RCMP officer Const. Shaelyn Yang more than three years ago. Jongwon Ham, who appeared in B.C...
Jan 12, 2026
Hearing into police action in Myles Gray's 2015 beating death to begin next week
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's police watchdog agency says a 10-week public hearing into the death of Myles Gray after a beating by Vancouver officers will begin next week. Seven officers were cleared...
Jan 12, 2026
Photographer and news outlet sue RCMP, alleging wrongful arrest at pipeline protest
VANCOUVER - A photographer and the news organization that sent her to cover an anti-pipeline protest in British Columbia are suing the RCMP for wrongful arrest in a case they say has implications for ...
Jan 12, 2026
Two officers cleared in fatal shooting of Vancouver man who was wielding knife
SURREY - British Columbia's civilian police watchdog agency has cleared two Vancouver officers of wrongdoing in the shooting death of a man last August. The Independent Investigations Office says in a...
Jan 12, 2026
Homicide probe after man found dead in burning home in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY - Homicide officers have taken over the investigation into the discovery of a man's body inside a burning home in Surrey, B.C., early on Monday. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says ...
Jan 12, 2026
Carney to discuss major projects, conservation with Coastal First Nations on Tuesday
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with Coastal First Nations on Tuesday to discuss major projects and marine conservation. Carney is travelling to Prince Rupert, B.C. for the meeting, alon...
Jan 12, 2026