British Columbia

Essential workers to come back as Hay River, N.W.T., eyes Sunday for public's return

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. - The 3,500 residents of Hay River, N.W.T., could be returning home on Sunday if all goes well. Essential workers are being allowed to return starting Wednesday at 9 a.m. The town sa...

Sep 12, 2023

A list of some of those found not criminally responsible by a court

VANCOUVER - Blair Donnelly, 64, faces three counts of aggravated assault over allegations he stabbed and injured three people at a Vancouver Chinatown festival on Sunday. Donnelly was free on day rele...

Sep 12, 2023

B.C. premier breaks ground on second hospital, cancer centre at cost of $2.88 billion

SURREY, B.C. - A long-awaited and often promised second hospital for the City of Surrey marked a milestone today with a groundbreaking ceremony promising the opening of the new facility by 2029. Premi...

Sep 12, 2023

Premier Eby 'white-hot' angry over Chinatown stabbing suspect's release from hospital

SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia Premier David Eby says he is "white-hot" angry over the day release of a man from a forensic psychiatric hospital before he was arrested for a triple stabbing in Vancou...

Sep 12, 2023

One evacuation imposed, another dropped, as B.C. wildfires burn through September

VANCOUVER - The latest evacuation order issued due to a wildfire in British Columbia covers a rural area north of Prince George in a region straddling the boundaries of two regional governments. The r...

Sep 12, 2023

Teacher in Creston, B.C., charged with multiple sex offences against two students.

CRESTON, B.C. - A British Columbia high school teacher has been charged with multiple sexual offences against two students, as well as harassment and extortion. Mounties say a teacher from Kootenay Ri...

Sep 11, 2023

Chinatown stabbing suspect was on day release from psychiatric facility: VPD chief

Vancouver's police chief says the suspect in a triple stabbing at a Chinatown festival over the weekend was on day release from a forensic psychiatric hospital. Chief Adam Palmer told a news conferenc...

Sep 11, 2023

B.C. caps allowable rent increases at 3.5 per cent, 2 points lower than inflation

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has set the allowable rent increase for next year at 3.5 per cent. The rate is more than two percentage points below the 12-month average inflation rate of 5...

Sep 11, 2023

B.C. Premier David Eby set to visit Kamloops, Salmon Arm amid devastating wildfires

B.C. Premier David Eby and Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma are set to visit the province's southern Interior today to meet with those affected by this season's devastating wildfires. The provi...

Sep 11, 2023

Three people injured, suspect in custody following stabbings in Vancouver's Chinatown

VANCOUVER - One man is in police custody after three people were stabbed at Vancouver's Light Up Chinatown! festival. Vancouver police say the attack took place just before 6 p.m. Sunday, near the fes...

Sep 10, 2023