British Columbia

Sunrise ceremony opens daylong Kamloops memorial to mark graves detection anniversary

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A memorial to mark the one-year anniversary of the announcement of the detection of an unmarked burial site at the former residential school at Kamloops, B.C. starts early Monday with...

May 23, 2022

More than 500 animals and birds could be lost or extinct, says study

VANCOUVER - A study shows a less colourful and quieter world with the possible loss of more than 500 species that haven't been seen in over 50 years. Arne Mooers, Simon Fraser University biodiversity ...

May 22, 2022

Vancouver police investigate possible hate crime after man attacked with bear spray

Vancouver police are investigating a possible hate crime after a senior citizen was bear-sprayed in the city's Chinatown. They say the 87-year-old victim lived in the area and was out for a walk Frida...

May 21, 2022

B.C. RCMP say one man was injured in shooting at Surrey home

SURREY, B.C. - Mounties in British Columbia say they are investigating a shooting at a home in Surrey. RCMP say in a news release they responded to a report of a gun being fired Saturday morning in th...

May 21, 2022

B.C. commits $100 million to Japanese Canadians in recognition of internment history

RICHMOND, B.C. - British Columbia is giving $100 million in funding to address the historical wrongs it caused when it helped to intern thousands of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War. The...

May 21, 2022

Police-involved shooting in Barriere leaves one man injured: B.C. RCMP

BARRIRE, B.C. - RCMP in British Columbia say a man was shot and injured during a confrontation with police in Barriere on Friday night. The Mounties issued a statement saying officers responded to a r...

May 21, 2022

A year of trauma, catharsis and finally peace for some survivors of Kamloops school

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The nightmares started last May, said Harvey McLeod, chief of the Upper Nicola Indian Band and a survivor of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. They tormented McLeod for m...

May 21, 2022

Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirms another case of 'bird flu' in B.C.

RICHMOND, B.C. - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a small flock of poultry in Richmond, B.C. The agency did not provide informatio...

May 20, 2022

Chief sees process of 'exhumation to memorialization' at Kamloops, B.C., graves site

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - After a year of grieving since the detection of 215 suspected unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, a new phase begins in the journey of the Tk'emlups te S...

May 20, 2022

Government to release business case in support of new Royal B.C. Museum

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it will lay out its case for building a new Royal B.C. Museum after the Opposition took aim at the initiative as a "billion-dollar vanity project." A ne...

May 19, 2022