British Columbia

B.C. ombudsperson posts questionnaire for residents affected by 2021 fires, floods

VICTORIA - British Columbia's ombudsperson is investigating how provincial government programs supported residents forced from their homes and communities during wildfires and floods last year. A stat...

Oct 06, 2022

B.C. Premier Horgan cites 'multi-faceted' crime approach amid debate about arrests

VICTORIA - B.C. Premier John Horgan says the New Democrat government's crime-fighting agenda involves more than increasing arrests of alleged violent offenders. Horgan says he agrees with Attorney Gen...

Oct 05, 2022

Bear expert says B.C. attack on family was likely a rare 'predaceous' incident

VANCOUVER - An expert in bear behaviour says an attack on a family in northeastern British Columbia that left two women with critical injuries appears to have been a rare example of a "predaceous" att...

Oct 05, 2022

B.C. Premier Horgan heads to California for climate deal with West Coast governors

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier John Horgan is travelling to San Francisco for meetings with leaders of U.S. West Coast states, where he expects to sign up to joint action on climate change. Horga...

Oct 05, 2022

Vancouver police probe Komagata Maru vandalism, after smashing of Olympic cauldron

VANCOUVER - Police are investigating the vandalism of the Komagata Maru memorial on Vancouver's downtown waterfront, and whether it's connected to the recent smashing of the nearby Olympic Cauldron. T...

Oct 05, 2022

Man pleads guilty to killing three, including mother and brother in Langley, B.C.

VANCOUVER - The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a man from Langley, B.C., has pleaded guilty to murdering three people in 2020, including his mother and brother. The homicide team says in ...

Oct 04, 2022

How Coal Miner's Daughter Loretta Lynn got her big break in a Vancouver chicken coop

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is a long way from the Appalachian coal fields, but the role that a south Vancouver chicken coop played in the rise of country music legend Loretta Lynn is being recalled ...

Oct 04, 2022

Police in B.C. kill bear that attacked two women then guarded them from rescue: RCMP

DAWSON CREEK, B.C. - A black bear is dead and two women are critically hurt after an attack near Dawson Creek, B.C. Mounties say they were called around 6:50 Monday night to a report that a black bear...

Oct 04, 2022

New rules coming for mortgage brokers following B.C.'s money laundering probe

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is bringing in new laws to replace the outdated Mortgage Brokers Act as it follows recommendations from an inquiry into money laundering. Finance Minister Se...

Oct 04, 2022

Crews battle out-of-control wildfire in regional park in B.C.'s Lower Mainland

COQUITLAM, B.C. - A regional park in British Columbia's Lower Mainland has been closed since Saturday as crews battle a wildfire sparked in persistently hot and dry conditions. The Metro Vancouver Reg...

Oct 04, 2022