British Columbia

RCMP officer killed at Burnaby homeless camp

BURNABY, B.C. - An RCMP officer in Burnaby, B.C., has been killed in what Solicitor General Mike Farnworth calls a terrible tragedy. Media reports say the female officer was stabbed to death at a home...

Oct 18, 2022

Health care tops list of complaints to B.C.'s ombudsperson: report

VICTORIA - Complaints about British Columbia's health-care system to the provincial ombudsperson have reached a 10-year high. Jay Chalke's annual report for 2021-2022 says the office received almost 1...

Oct 18, 2022

Drought, lack of rain, high temperatures and wildfires by the numbers in B.C.

VANCOUVER - British Columbia should be well into its rainy season, but instead, persistent hot and dry weather has created drought conditions. Here are some of the numbers connected with the drought: ...

Oct 18, 2022

B.C. drought forces emergency order on Sunshine Coast, but officials urge calm

SECHELT, B.C. - Some businesses and amenities on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast have been told to stop using all treated drinking water later today due to severe drought, but officials say there's ...

Oct 18, 2022

McCallum not conceding in Surrey, B.C., considering judicial recount of vote: party

SURREY, B.C. - Mayor Doug McCallum's political party says he's not conceding the election in Surrey, B.C. The Safe Surrey Coalition says in a statement that with less than a 1,000-vote difference from...

Oct 17, 2022

B.C.'s Sunshine Coast declares state of emergency over drought

SECHELT, B.C. - A British Columbia community has declared a state of local emergency as a drought drags on and the area risks running out of drinking water. The Sunshine Coast Regional District, the D...

Oct 17, 2022

NDP leadership hopeful Appadurai shakes up race in B.C., but faces disqualification

VICTORIA - Anjali Appadurai says she knows she's upset the New Democratic Party establishment, but that shouldn't keep her out of the race for the party leadership. The former federal NDP candidate en...

Oct 17, 2022

B.C. changes opioid lawsuit to help recover more money from drug makers

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has moved to expand its proposed class-action lawsuit against opioid makers, allowing the federal government to join the legal action. Other changes planned ...

Oct 17, 2022

Man shot dead in parking lot of University of B.C. golf course

VANCOUVER - The parking lot at the golf club near the University of British Columbia is behind yellow police tape as officers investigate a fatal shooting. A sheet is covering a body in the parking lo...

Oct 17, 2022

Vancouver mayor-elect Ken Sim says transition plan has begun for rollout of pledges

Vancouver's next mayor says he expects the first of 100 additional police officers promised in his election platform to hit the streets within a year. Ken Sim, who takes office Nov. 7, says adding the...

Oct 17, 2022