British Columbia

Policing in flux across B.C., as political pledges prove complex to implement

SURREY, B.C. - When Novi Jette left her job with the Vancouver Police Department to join the new Surrey Police Service, she knew she was taking a risk but felt she'd done her homework. Jette resigned ...

Nov 13, 2022

Remembrance Day ceremonies to be held amid 'uncertain global landscape': premier

VANCOUVER - British Columbians will gather at cenotaphs across the province today to honour those who've made the ultimate sacrifice in the name of their country. Cities holding Remembrance Day ceremo...

Nov 11, 2022

Ex-nurse donates $3.8M for health unit in Downtown Eastside where she worked in 1950s

VANCOUVER - Lily Lee's first contribution to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and Chinatown neighbourhoods was as a 21-year-old community nurse in the 1950s when she was fresh out of the University of Br...

Nov 11, 2022

94% of municipal police in Surrey, B.C., sign vow not to join 'toxic' RCMP: union

SURREY, B.C. - The union representing members of the fledgling Surrey Police Service says its officers and civilian workers have "no intention" of joining the RCMP, should the municipal force be scrap...

Nov 10, 2022

B.C. group wants better use of federal flood recovery fund in Abbotsford area

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A group in British Columbia wants better accountability for the use of a $5-billion recovery fund as provincial, municipal and Indigenous officials prepare to issue an update on rep...

Nov 10, 2022

Vancouver police report on 'social safety net' spending under fire from councillor

VANCOUVER - A report commissioned by the Vancouver Police Department says $5 billion a year is being spent on the city's "social safety net," but is being criticized by a city councillor over its meth...

Nov 09, 2022

Highway swept away in 2021 floods reopens between Merritt and Spences Bridge, B.C.

VICTORIA - A highway that washed out in more than two dozen places has reopened to the public a year after a series of atmospheric rivers stalled over southern British Columbia. Transportation Ministe...

Nov 09, 2022

Lawyer for former Surrey, B.C., mayor says Crown can't prove he lied

SURREY, B.C. - A defence lawyer for former Surrey, B.C., mayor Doug McCallum says his client should be acquitted of a public mischief charge because the Crown failed to prove he intended to mislead po...

Nov 09, 2022

Jury makes seven recommendations after man who stabbed officer shot 9 times by police

BURNABY, B.C. - Better training for staff selling firearms and a better process for booking mental-health appointments are among the recommendations being made by a B.C. jury that examined a 2016 poli...

Nov 09, 2022

Homicide team probes two suspicious deaths after bodies found in Chilliwack, B.C.

CHILLIWACK, B.C. - Homicide detectives are investigating the discovery of two bodies in a home in Chilliwack, B.C. A statement from RCMP in the Fraser Valley city says police were called to the home i...

Nov 09, 2022