Category Archives: British Columbia

Sunken fish boat off B.C. shifts into deeper water, leaks fuel in key orca habitat
VICTORIA - Crews are working to drain fuel from a sunken fish boat in U.S. waters just east of Vancouver Island before it fouls a key feeding ground for endangered southern resident killer whales. An ...
Aug 16, 2022

Threatening flyers distributed throughout Vancouver tent encampment: police
VANCOUVER - Police are urging people living in a tent encampment in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to be vigilant after someone distributed threatening flyers in the area over the weekend. A statement ...
Aug 15, 2022

Man shot dead after woman tries to flee vehicle on highway near Kamloops, B.C.: RCMP
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The RCMP say a man has been shot dead after officers responded to reports of a woman trying to escape a vehicle travelling along the Trans-Canada Highway near Kamloops, B.C. They say ...
Aug 15, 2022

Fear for B.C.'s endangered orcas after U.S. boat sinks with 10,000 litres of fuel
VICTORIA - A fishing boat that sank with nearly 10,000 litres of fuel on board near the Canada-U.S. marine border went down in one of the worst possible places for endangered orcas, an ocean pollutant...
Aug 15, 2022

BCGEU announces targeted job action, picket lines, as strike notice expires in B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. - The British Columbia General Employees' Union says it will set up picket lines at four BC Liquor Distribution Branch wholesale and distribution centres as it begins targeted job action...
Aug 15, 2022

BCWS predicts stable forecast following persistent lightning strikes across province
VANCOUVER - A spokesperson for the BC Wildfire Service says 80 per cent of the 212 new fires sparked across the province since Wednesday were caused by lightning. Briana Hill says the service was well...
Aug 14, 2022

High risk sex offender found, rearrested in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A high risk sex offender who disappeared from his halfway house has been found and rearrested by police in Vancouver. Police said they were looking for 39-year-old Tony Okanase, who had be...
Aug 14, 2022

BC General Employees' Union issues strike notice on behalf of 33,000 public servants
BURNABY, B.C. - The union representing about 33,000 staff in the B.C. Public Service Agency has issued a strike notice to the government. BC General Employees' Union president Stephanie Smith issued a...
Aug 13, 2022

B.C. Premier John Horgan calls byelection in Surrey South on Sept. 10
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia Premier John Horgan has called a byelection for the Surrey South electoral district. The seat became vacant following the departure of Liberal Stephanie Cadieux, who re...
Aug 13, 2022

B.C. 'clear' there's not enough housing as Vancouver encampment ordered dismantled
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's acting attorney general says the province was "clear" with Vancouver officials that the Crown corporation responsible for subsidized housing does not have enough spaces ...
Aug 12, 2022