British Columbia

Ritchies Bros. tweaks offer for IAA to up cash component, but trim overall value

VANCOUVER - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. is changing the terms of its proposal to buy IAA Inc. to increase the proportion of cash offered but trim the overall value of the bid. The Vancouver-based c...

Jan 23, 2023

Deadly California shooting casts pall over Canadian Lunar New Year festivities

VANCOUVER - The joy of Lunar New Year parades, parties and other festivities was tempered with sadness on Sunday following a deadly mass shooting in California that appeared to target people celebrati...

Jan 22, 2023

Second officer dies in hospital after avalanche near Kaslo, B.C.

NELSON, B.C. - The second off-duty officer who was caught in an avalanche in the British Columbia Interior earlier this month has died. The City of Nelson says Const. Mathieu Nolet suffered severe int...

Jan 21, 2023

'Homicide in slow motion': Police urged to tackle stalking amid rise of tracking tech

VANCOUVER - Stephanie Forster did everything right. She obtained a restraining order, changed her phone number and moved three times in six months. She once found an Apple AirTag in her car so she ask...

Jan 21, 2023

Civilian police investigator targets evasive Vancouver officers for further probe

VANCOUVER - Two Vancouver police officers who punched and injured a drunken man won't face further investigation into their use of force, but four other officers who witnessed the arrest last year mig...

Jan 20, 2023

Police to release their findings of B.C. bank shootout where two suspects died

SAANICH, B.C. - Police will release the results of their investigation into the dramatic shootout last June in which two gunmen were killed outside a Victoria-area bank branch. The Vancouver Island In...

Jan 20, 2023

Eby promises $50M to help get fire-damaged wood to B.C. mills

VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby is promising $50 million from the upcoming budget to help transfer fire-damaged wood from remote areas to pulp mills. Eby told the Truck Loggers Associat...

Jan 19, 2023

Slide keeps residents out of two Campbell River, B.C., condos for another night

CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. - About 30 people living in two condominiums in Campbell River, B.C., remain out of their homes after two small slides on the hill behind the buildings. An evacuation order was is...

Jan 19, 2023

More universities reviewing honorary degrees given to Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond

VANCOUVER - Six out of 10 universities say they're reviewing honorary degrees conferred on retired judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, after being asked by a group of Indigenous women to revoke them follo...

Jan 18, 2023

Retail outlet Zellers announces return to B.C. with four locations

Zellers is making a comeback.HBC has announced the planned locations for its first 25 Zellers store experiences within Hudson's Bay.The locations will complement the first-ever Zellers.ca ecommerce si...

Jan 18, 2023