Category Archives: British Columbia
Vancouver Island MP Aaron Gunn won't run for leadership of B.C. Conservatives
VICTORIA - Vancouver Island MP Aaron Gunn said he won't run for the leadership of the Conservative Party of B.C. because he doesn't want to risk giving the federal Liberals a majority government. Gunn...
Dec 24, 2025
Snowfall warnings issued for Coquihalla, Sea to Sky highways in B.C.
Snowfall warnings are in effect for some major highways coming to and from British Columbia's Lower Mainland. Environment Canada says a weather system approaching from Washington state will result in ...
Dec 24, 2025
BR-YEAR-Whale-Coroner
VICTORIA - Veterinary pathologist Stephen Raverty says answers about the recent deaths of three whales this fall in British Columbia waters could come out in early January. Raverty says one of the wha...
Dec 24, 2025
For B.C. whale coroner, a gruesome duty to 'revered' animals approached with humility
VICTORIA - When veterinary pathologist Stephen Raverty is chest deep in work, the term takes on a gruesome meaning. Picture Raverty deep in the innards of a humpback whale, trying to retain his balanc...
Dec 24, 2025
Surrey, B.C., Conservative candidate scraps the court challenge of his loss
SURREY - The B.C. Conservative Party candidate who lost in the riding of Surrey-Guildford by 22 votes in last year's provincial election has given up his court challenge of the results. Honveer Singh ...
Dec 23, 2025
B.C. court orders alleged U.S fraudster to explain millions sent to disbarred lawyer
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Supreme Court has ordered a man accused of participating in a multimillion-dollar securities fraud in the United States to explain the source of "large sums" of money ...
Dec 23, 2025
Purple haze in the sky over Delta, B.C., sets off awe, curiosity and questions
On the darkest nights of winter when the cloud cover is just right, there's a purple haze above parts of Metro Vancouver and it has nothing to do with Christmas or Jimi Hendrix. Cathy Latremouille sai...
Dec 23, 2025
B.C. mills processed more than one million cubic metres of wildfire chips in 2024-25
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says cutting red tape has allowed provincial pulp mills to more than double their use of timber salvaged from forest fires. The Ministry of Forests says in a...
Dec 23, 2025
B.C. police watchdog called in after man injured during arrest by Port Alberni RCMP
SURREY - The Independent Investigations Office of BC says it has been called in to probe an arrest in Port Alberni that left a man with serious injuries last weekend. The office says in a statement th...
Dec 23, 2025
B.C. holiday travellers hindered by ferry delays and highway closures
Kevin Ilomin has travelled the Coquihalla Highway safely on countless occasions, but when his bus got stuck in the snow on the way to Kelowna on Monday, he was starting to think this trip might have a...
Dec 23, 2025