British Columbia

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

Opposition demands audits of B.C. housing providers as Eby lays out more home plans

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Opposition Liberals are calling for independent audits of two social housing providers as Premier David Eby marks his first days in office by setting out plans to tackle ...

Nov 22, 2022

B.C. premier wins labour praise for poking Ontario, rejecting notwithstanding clause

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's new premier won enthusiastic approval from delegates to a BC Federation of Labour convention in Vancouver while taking a pointed jab at his Ontario counterpart. David Eb...

Nov 22, 2022

Canada's tourism spending may recover sooner than expected: Destination Canada

VANCOUVER - Tourism spending in Canada is expected to recover sooner than previously anticipated. Destination Canada published its latest tourism outlook today, which says it predicts tourism spending...

Nov 22, 2022

Man suspected in Prince Rupert, B.C., shooting dies of self-inflicted injuries: RCMP

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - RCMP in Prince Rupert, B.C., say a man has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, hours after shooting and killing a woman in the north coast city. A statement from the Prince R...

Nov 22, 2022