Category Archives: British Columbia

B.C. NDP expects to table more than two dozen new bills in spring legislature sitting
VICTORIA - A refreshed housing plan and health care, public safety, environment and cost-of-living initiatives will be the focus of the British Columbia New Democrat government's political agenda over...
Feb 05, 2023

One man dead, two suspects in custody after shooting in Abbotsford, B.C., home
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a shooting at a home in Abbotsford, B.C., has left one person dead. IHIT says officers from the Abbotsford Police Department were cal...
Feb 04, 2023

Elaine Tanner, 1960s swimming superstar, cherishes rare medal that Canada wanted back
NORTH SAANICH, B.C. - She was once hailed as Canada's best athlete and Elaine Tanner has the accolades to prove it as a teenage swimming prodigy known as "Mighty Mouse" at Olympic, Commonwealth and Pa...
Feb 04, 2023

House arrest, probation for old-growth protester who blocked Metro Vancouver traffic
VANCOUVER - A man who took part in four traffic-stopping protests in Metro Vancouver in an effort to save old-growth forests has been given a conditional sentence and six months' probation by a provin...
Feb 03, 2023

Metro Vancouver homicide team probes two separate shootings in less than 24 hours
VANCOUVER - Two people have died in separate shootings around Greater Vancouver and while homicide investigators are not linking the attacks, they say both appear targeted. A release from the Integrat...
Feb 03, 2023

Taseko in talks regarding potential deal to up stake in Gibraltar copper mine
VANCOUVER - Taseko Mines Ltd. says it is in talks regarding a potential deal to increase its stake in its Gibraltar copper mine in B.C. The company says it has been in confidential discussions with So...
Feb 03, 2023

'We have been in dark': B.C. family reacts to manslaughter charge against Mounties
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Family members of a British Columbia Indigenous man who died after being arrested by RCMP officers expect to wait years before learning if five Mounties will be convicted of mans...
Feb 02, 2023

Vancouver Chinatown vandalism suspect arrested, amid surge of reported incidents
Vancouver police say they've arrested a suspect in a spate of vandalism incidents in Chinatown. The department says in a news release that officers patrolling the neighbourhood arrested a man in his 6...
Feb 02, 2023

Teck completes sale of Fort Hills stake to project partners; exits oilsands
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. says it has completed the sale of its 21.3 per cent stake in the Fort Hills oilsands mine to Suncor Energy Inc. and TotalEnergies EP Canada Ltd. The Vancouver-based min...
Feb 02, 2023

B.C. court acquits man of stabbing his wife, finds he was in state of 'automatism'
VANCOUVER - A judge in British Columbia has acquitted a man of stabbing his partner with a kitchen knife, agreeing with defence arguments that the accused was in a drug and alcohol-induced state of "a...
Feb 02, 2023