British Columbia

CP NewsAlert: Ibrahim Ali's lawyers call no evidence in B.C. murder trial

VANCOUVER - Ibrahim Ali's lawyers have told the jury in his first-degree murder trial they will not be calling any evidence in defence of allegations he sexually assaulted and killed a 13-year-old gir...

Nov 21, 2023

Victoria Police warn pedestrians of cougar roaming near downtown

VICTORIA - Police are warning pedestrians about an adult cougar roaming near downtown Victoria, telling them to avoid the area this morning. Victoria Police say on social media the cougar was spotted ...

Nov 21, 2023

Mayor of Surrey, B.C., announces constitutional challenge over policing

SURREY, B.C. - The mayor of Surrey, B.C., says the city will mount a constitutional challenge to the province's appointment of an administrator to take over the police board and oversee the transition...

Nov 20, 2023

After trying to buck trend, newspaper founded with Ralph Nader's succumbs to financial woes

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - After trying to buck a national trend of media closures and downsizing, a small Connecticut newspaper founded earlier this year with Ralph Nader's help has succumbed to financia...

Nov 20, 2023

CRA claws back $458 million in pandemic-era wage subsidies after partial audit

OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency has denied or adjusted $458 million in funds disbursed to employers through a pandemic-era wage subsidy program as a result of a partially completed auditing process...

Nov 20, 2023

Police watchdog called to investigate man's death in Dawson Creek, B.C.

DAWSON CREEK, B.C. - Mounties in northeastern British Columbia say one man is dead after exchanging gunfire with police and barricading himself inside an apartment overnight. Officers found the man de...

Nov 19, 2023

Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh blasts Trudeau, Poilievre at B.C. convention

VICTORIA - Federal New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh took political swings at both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre today at a convention for British Columbia Pre...

Nov 19, 2023

B.C. stream watchers link 'unprecedented' coho salmon kill to tire toxin and drought

VANCOUVER - John Barker has been volunteering with the West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society for more than 20 years and says he's never seen anything like it, dozens of coho salmon, pre-spawn and silver...

Nov 19, 2023

B.C. New Democrats gather in Victoria for convention ahead of next year's election

VICTORIA - British Columbia New Democrats gather in Victoria this weekend to debate policy and strategy at the party's convention ahead of next year's provincial election. Premier David Eby will addre...

Nov 18, 2023

Highway 97C shut after truck with chemicals catches fire near West Kelowna, B.C.

WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - Police say a portion of the Coquihalla Connecter outside West Kelowna, B.C., is closed after a commercial truck carrying chemicals caught fire. West Kelowna RCMP say the eastbound...

Nov 17, 2023