British Columbia

Suicide of Vancouver police officer will be subject of coroner's inquest

VICTORIA - The events leading up to the suicide of a 30-year-old Vancouver police officer will be the subject of a coroner's inquest next month. A lawsuit filed on behalf of Const. Nicole Chan's famil...

Nov 24, 2022

Coquitlam, B.C., shooting leaves two people dead, another expected to survive

COQUITLAM, B.C. - Two people are dead and another has been injured in a shooting in Coquitlam, B.C. A statement from Coquitlam RCMP says officers responded to numerous calls about a possible shooting ...

Nov 24, 2022

B.C. Premier Eby promises $230M in police funding for RCMP vacancies, new hires

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government will spend $230 million over the next three years to hire 277 RCMP officers to serve across the province in the latest in a whirlwind ...

Nov 23, 2022

B.C. man convicted of killing his four- and six-year-old daughters denied appeal

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia man who killed his two young daughters on Christmas Day in 2017 has been denied an appeal by the province's highest court. Andrew Berry claimed the lower court made nu...

Nov 23, 2022

B.C. human rights tribunal awards $150,000 in child welfare discrimination case

VANCOUVER - An Afro-Indigenous woman has been awarded $150,000 in compensation by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal after her children were wrongfully seized by a child welfare agency. The tr...

Nov 23, 2022

BC NDP housing legislation advances toward third reading after Tuesday votes

VICTORIA - The first two pieces of legislation proposed by Premier David Eby have passed second reading and return to the legislature today as he follows through on a pledge to act quickly on key issu...

Nov 23, 2022

Robbery, chase, shooting, crash and police response cause mayhem in Coquitlam, B.C.

COQUITLAM, B.C. - A search is underway for two people linked to a violent series of events that brought the Tuesday evening rush hour to a standstill along a section of Highway 1 through Coquitlam, B....

Nov 23, 2022

Unexplained wealth orders will make life harder for B.C. criminals: compliance expert

VANCOUVER - Plans by the British Columbia government to confiscate suspected proceeds of crime with "unexplained wealth orders" are drawing praise from an expert in financial compliance as a way to ma...

Nov 23, 2022

B.C. auditor highlights costs of 2021 disasters, pandemic relief payments

VICTORIA - An annual report from British Columbia's auditor general says the province is owed millions by people who were ineligible for COVID-19 relief grants and that the government will spend billi...

Nov 22, 2022

B.C. government 'doing everything' it can to stop spread of bird flu, minister says

VICTORIA - Farmers in British Columbia's Fraser Valley are facing "intense disease pressure," with an avian flu outbreak in commercial farms that the agriculture minister says is concerning. Lana Poph...

Nov 22, 2022