Category Archives: British Columbia
Abbotsford, B.C., lifts all evacuation alerts as flood watch ends and waters recede
VANCOUVER - The City Of Abbotsford, B.C., has lifted all evacuation alerts related to flooding that inundated the Fraser Valley community last week. It says in an update late Thursday that it's moving...
Dec 18, 2025
Federal help with infrastructure is critical to trade, B.C. Premier Eby says
VANCOUVER - Federal government investment in provincial transportation infrastructure is crucial to avoid long-term impacts on cross-Canada trade and companies' willingness to work in British Columbia...
Dec 17, 2025
B.C. says violent repeat offender scheme cuts police interactions by 50 per cent
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says its program targeting repeat, violent offenders has resulted in 50-per-cent fewer police interactions involving such offenders in the 18 months since it...
Dec 17, 2025
Power knocked out to thousands of customers as strong winds swept through B.C.
VANCOUVER - Thousands of people across British Columbia lost power overnight as strong winds swept across the province, generating gusts in excess of 100 kilometres an hour in some communities. BC Hyd...
Dec 17, 2025
Ex-grocery executive, Jones, says customer is boss as he eyes B.C. Conservative job
VICTORIA - Former grocery executive Darrell Jones said he plans to apply lessons learned from B.C. billionaire Jimmy Pattison to the political world as he considers running for the leadership of the p...
Dec 17, 2025
B.C. mink farmers drop legal challenge of ban, citing costs after four-year fight
VANCOUVER - Mink farmers in British Columbia and elsewhere in Canada are dropping their legal challenge over a pandemic-era ban in the province due to legal fees they say are "far beyond their means."...
Dec 17, 2025
Two new cases of chronic wasting disease confirmed in deer in B.C.'s Kootenay
VICTORIA - Two new cases of chronic wasting disease have been detected in deer in British Columbia's Kootenay region, bringing the total cases discovered in the province to eight. A statement from the...
Dec 16, 2025
Police seek suspect in two attempted abductions in Mission, B.C., within 24 hours
CHILLIWACK - Police in the Fraser Valley in British Columbia are warning the public to be on the lookout after two alleged abduction attempts within 24 hours. Mission RCMP say the first case happened ...
Dec 16, 2025
Additional charge laid against man connected to fatal Vancouver triple stabbing
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say the Crown has approved a third count of second-degree murder against a man linked to the deaths of three women last year. Police say Viet Quy John Ly was arrested o...
Dec 16, 2025
Man wanted by Calgary police on more than thirty charges arrested in B.C.
SURREY - A 39-year-old man wanted by Calgary police on more than thirty charges has been arrested in Surrey, B.C. The Surrey Police Service says officers from the Calgary Police Department reached out...
Dec 16, 2025