British Columbia

B.C. funds Fraser River shoreline flood protection in Fraser Valley

CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A British Columbia First Nation that its chief says is under consistent threat of flooding is to receive a boost from the province for shoreline stabilization. The $5 million aimed ...

Feb 10, 2023

B.C. Premier Eby uses surplus budget cash for one-time billion-dollar growth fund

SURREY, B.C. - Every community in British Columbia will be eligible for infrastructure grants coming from a one-time $1-billion government fund. Premier David Eby says the money has been set aside in ...

Feb 10, 2023

Police release photo of female suspect in Vancouver's first homicide of 2023

VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say they have gathered important evidence related to the city's first murder of 2023 and are releasing a photograph of a female suspect as they seek more clues. The sta...

Feb 10, 2023

North Vancouver mayor says former councillor and his daughter killed in house fire

VANCOUVER - Flags in the City of North Vancouver are at half-mast to mark a former councillor's death in a house fire. North Vancouver Mayor Linda Buchanan says in a statement that former councillor B...

Feb 10, 2023

B.C. First Nation declares emergency over drug and alcohol crisis

ZEBALLOS, B.C. - A First Nation on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island has declared a state of emergency over what its leadership describes as the "unrelating impact of drugs and alcohol" on its m...

Feb 09, 2023

Former B.C. premier John Horgan to leave early as member of legislature

VICTORIA - Former British Columbia premier John Horgan says he is leaving politics, and gave an emotional farewell speech in the legislature. While he didn't give a specific time for his departure, he...

Feb 09, 2023

Gap in services for Indigenous people in B.C. correctional centres: audit

VICTORIA - An audit has found British Columbia's Provincial Health Services Authority did not consistently provide Indigenous inmates with mental health or addictions diagnoses with access to services...

Feb 09, 2023

Rescue team faces hurdles getting to Turkey quake, days after B.C. offer to Ottawa

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia search and rescue team is ready and willing to head to Turkey to help after a devastating earthquake, but it's facing multiple hurdles as it awaits approval from federal...

Feb 09, 2023

RCMP's shorter version of injunction prompts court's acquittal of B.C. protester

NANAIMO, B.C. - An old-growth logging protester accused of criminal contempt of court for blockading a forestry road has been acquitted because Mounties read out a short form of the court injunction. ...

Feb 09, 2023

RCMP say man and woman killed as fire sweeps through North Vancouver home

VANCOUVER - Two people have died in a house fire in North Vancouver. A statement from North Vancouver RCMP says the blaze engulfed the single-family home at about 3 a.m. Thursday. Several people escap...

Feb 09, 2023