British Columbia

Teck Resources posts record quarterly profit amid soaring commodity prices

VANCOUVER - High commodity prices boosted Teck Resources Ltd.'s balance sheet as the mining company posted a record quarterly profit more than five times higher than the same period last year. The Van...

Jul 27, 2022

Police release photos of gunman and seek witnesses to shootings in Langley, B.C.

LANGLEY, B.C. - Police have released photographs of a 28-year-old gunman, as they seek witnesses to Monday's shooting rampage in Langley, B.C., that left two victims dead and two wounded. The photos s...

Jul 26, 2022

Gaps remain in involuntary psychiatric admission compliance, says B.C. ombudsperson

VICTORIA - A report says three-year-old recommendations to protect the legal rights of people involuntarily admitted to psychiatric facilities in British Columbia are still not being adequately implem...

Jul 26, 2022

Sex charges stayed in case of former B.C. Indigenous leader Edward John

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - The B.C. Prosecution Service says a stay of proceedings has been directed in the sex assault trial of former provincial cabinet minister and Indigenous leader Edward John. The de...

Jul 26, 2022

Crown begins closing argument in trial for Dutch man accused of extorting B.C. teen

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Crown and defence counsel have finished calling evidence in the British Columbia Supreme Court trial for the Dutch man accused of harassing and extorting teenager Amanda Todd b...

Jul 26, 2022

Salvage work begins to remove barge stuck for months on Vancouver beach

VANCOUVER - Work is finally underway in Vancouver's English Bay to remove a huge barge that has been washed up on the beach for eight months. A company has begun drilling piles into the shoreline to a...

Jul 26, 2022

B.C. residents 'fearful' after latest 'unsettling' shooting: minister

LANGLEY, B.C. - British Columbia's public safety minister says the latest round of shootings in public spaces has been "unsettling" for residents. Mike Farnworth called yesterday's shooting deaths of ...

Jul 26, 2022

Steven Michael Bacon set to plead guilty in death of Nanaimo teenager

NANAIMO - The lawyer for Steven Michael Bacon says his client intends to change his stance on a first-degree murder charge. During an appearance in B.C. Supreme Court in Nanaimo on Monday, July 25, Gi...

Alex Rawnsley Jul 25, 2022

Heat warnings for much of B.C. with temperatures up to 40 C through to Saturday

VANCOUVER - Heat warnings have been posted across much of British Columbia as Environment Canada predicts temperatures up to 40 C in some regions. The warnings cover an area from the inner south coast...

Jul 25, 2022

Suspect in custody, several people shot in Metro Vancouver city of Langley, B.C.

LANGLEY, B.C. - RCMP say "several people" have been shot and a suspect is in custody, after an early morning incident in the Metro Vancouver city of Langley that left a vehicle riddled with bullets. P...

Jul 25, 2022