British Columbia

Telus combines mobility and home service to create new business unit

VANCOUVER - Telus Communications Inc. says it has merged its mobility and home service divisions to create a combined business unit called Telus Consumer Solutions. Telus says the change, which sees M...

Jan 23, 2023

B.C. Green Party names Dr. Sanjiv Gandhi as second deputy leader

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Green Party has named a second deputy leader in a move leader Sonia Furstenau says is key to preparing for the next provincial election. Dr. Sanjiv Gandhi is the forme...

Jan 23, 2023

Sister of VPD officer Nicole Chan testified she felt aimless before suicide

BURNABY, B.C. - The sister of a Vancouver police officer who died by suicide told a coroner's inquest she believed Const. Nicole Chan was being blackmailed to have sex with another officer in the depa...

Jan 23, 2023

One person killed in avalanche near Valemount, B.C.

VALEMOUNT, B.C. - One person has died after two snowmobilers were caught in an avalanche south of Valemount, B.C. on the weekend. Avalanche Canada says the snowmobilers were riding at the base of a sl...

Jan 23, 2023

Ritchies Bros. tweaks offer for IAA to up cash component, but trim overall value

VANCOUVER - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. is changing the terms of its proposal to buy IAA Inc. to increase the proportion of cash offered but trim the overall value of the bid. The Vancouver-based c...

Jan 23, 2023

Deadly California shooting casts pall over Canadian Lunar New Year festivities

VANCOUVER - The joy of Lunar New Year parades, parties and other festivities was tempered with sadness on Sunday following a deadly mass shooting in California that appeared to target people celebrati...

Jan 22, 2023

Second officer dies in hospital after avalanche near Kaslo, B.C.

NELSON, B.C. - The second off-duty officer who was caught in an avalanche in the British Columbia Interior earlier this month has died. The City of Nelson says Const. Mathieu Nolet suffered severe int...

Jan 21, 2023

'Homicide in slow motion': Police urged to tackle stalking amid rise of tracking tech

VANCOUVER - Stephanie Forster did everything right. She obtained a restraining order, changed her phone number and moved three times in six months. She once found an Apple AirTag in her car so she ask...

Jan 21, 2023

Civilian police investigator targets evasive Vancouver officers for further probe

VANCOUVER - Two Vancouver police officers who punched and injured a drunken man won't face further investigation into their use of force, but four other officers who witnessed the arrest last year mig...

Jan 20, 2023

Police to release their findings of B.C. bank shootout where two suspects died

SAANICH, B.C. - Police will release the results of their investigation into the dramatic shootout last June in which two gunmen were killed outside a Victoria-area bank branch. The Vancouver Island In...

Jan 20, 2023