British Columbia

B.C., Vancouver partner to build modular housing for Downtown Eastside residents

VANCOUVER - British Columbia and the City of Vancouver are teaming up to build 90 modular housing units with round-the-clock supports for people experiencing homelessness in the Downtown Eastside. Pre...

Dec 14, 2022

Ottawa aims to reduce size of salmon fishing industry by buying licences

VANCOUVER - The federal government is offering to buy Pacific salmon commercial fishing licences from those looking to get out of the declining industry as it tries to protect the fish that remain. Fi...

Dec 14, 2022

Cameras at babies' bedsides in B.C. neonatal intensive care unit comfort parents

VANCOUVER - When Preethi Krishnan would return home from the hospital after visiting her premature twins, she took comfort in knowing they were just a few clicks away on her laptop or phone, even in t...

Dec 14, 2022

Murder suspect to be tried by jury

A trial date has been set for a man accused of killing his girlfriend near Salmon Arm.Derek Favell is charged with the second degree murder of Ashley Simpson who was 32 when she went missing in April ...

Dec 13, 2022

Defence lawyer in trial of escaped B.C. inmate says Crown did not prove guilt

VANCOUVER - The defence lawyer in the B.C. Supreme Court murder trial of an escaped inmate says the jury must acquit his client because the evidence doesn't align with the prosecution's theory of even...

Dec 13, 2022

Sticking with RCMP would save Surrey, B.C., $235 million: report

SURREY, B.C. - City council in Surrey, B.C., has voted to send a plan to the province to keep the RCMP as its police force, saying it would save $235 million over five years. Mayor Brenda Locke, who c...

Dec 13, 2022

Crown argues two men planned murder of B.C. resident for banking information

VANCOUVER - The prosecutor in the B.C. Supreme Court murder trial for an escaped inmate says evidence shows the accused and another escapee were "inseparable," and proves the pair planned their attack...

Dec 12, 2022

ICBC applies to regulator for two-year rate freeze on basic auto insurance

VANCOUVER - Premier David Eby says the provincial auto insurer is applying for a two-year rate freeze on basic auto insurance to help alleviate some of the high cost-of-living pressures on British Col...

Dec 12, 2022

Bank of Canada governor warns geopolitical trends could make inflation fight harder

VANCOUVER - Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem says the bank was surprised this year how the combination of large supply chain shocks and an overheated economy would play out on inflation. He says R...

Dec 12, 2022

Business group offers $100,000 reward over attack on Coastal GasLink site

SURREY, B.C. - The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C. is offering a $100,000 reward for information about an attack on Coastal GasLink employees at a northern work site in Febr...

Dec 12, 2022