Category Archives: British Columbia
Francophonie ministers stress collaboration on official languages action plan
VANCOUVER - Ministers have wrapped up a meeting in Vancouver with the hope of increasing francophone immigration and addressing the decline of French across Canada. The Ministers' Council on the Canad...
Jul 07, 2023
Family of Jared Lowndes sue RCMP over 2021 shooting death in Campbell River
VANCOUVER - Family members of a man shot and killed by the RCMP have filed a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court, the day before the two-year anniversary of his death. Relatives of Jared Lowndes say in a no...
Jul 07, 2023
B.C. mass-stabbing killer apologizes to victims, cites 'enormous' drug use
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The man who committed a deadly mass stabbing at a library in North Vancouver, B.C., two years ago, has apologized to each of his victims by name at his sentencing hearing. Yann...
Jul 07, 2023
Lack of staff forces Saanich hospital to close ER overnight for two months
NORTH SAANICH, B.C. - Island Health says a lack of staff has forced it to begin overnight closures of the emergency room at a small Victoria-area hospital. A statement from the health authority says c...
Jul 07, 2023
Tree planter airlifted to hospital after bear attack near Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A tree planter has been attacked by a bear in northeastern British Columbia. Few details have been released, but a statement from the Conservation Officer Service says it happene...
Jul 07, 2023
B.C. port strike enters day seven as union, employers association trade barbs
VANCOUVER - The strike by thousands of workers at more than 30 British Columbia ports has entered its seventh day, as their union and the association representing B.C. maritime employers trade barbs a...
Jul 07, 2023
Airbnb wins Vancouver privacy ruling, as court quashes order to release host data
VANCOUVER - Airbnb has won a court ruling that quashes an order from British Columbia's privacy commissioner that would have identified hosts and their home addresses in Vancouver. The B.C. Supreme Co...
Jul 06, 2023
Community, Indigenous drug rehab programs across West get $20M in federal funds
SQUAMISH, B.C. - Dozens of community and Indigenous groups across Western Canada will share $20 million in federal funding to boost their drug awareness, treatment, rehabilitation and mental-health se...
Jul 06, 2023
Mother-in-law of B.C. knife victim says 'monster' robbed son of woman he loved
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The mother-in-law of a woman killed in a mass stabbing at a North Vancouver, B.C., library two years ago has told a sentencing hearing that her attacker is a "monster" who stol...
Jul 06, 2023
Most of B.C. under campfire ban as heat, lightning likely to ramp up wildfire risk
VANCOUVER - More campfire bans are on the way in British Columbia as a heat wave in many areas is not expected to ease for days and a moderate to extreme wildfire risk covers all but the southeast cor...
Jul 06, 2023