Category Archives: British Columbia
Police-involved shooting in Kelowna, B.C., as driver alleged to have dragged officer
SURREY - Mounties in British Columbia and the province's police watchdog agency are both investigating after shots were fired during a traffic stop in Kelowna where an officer was dragged with a vehic...
Mar 02, 2026
Officer says Myles Gray was restrained face-down for several minutes before death
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver police officer testifying at a public hearing into the 2015 police-involved death of Myles Gray said Monday that Gray was handcuffed and hobbled, and struggled while being rest...
Mar 02, 2026
Sunday 'spring forward' will be B.C.'s final time change
VICTORIA - B.C. is planning to adopt daylight savings time year-round, effective Sunday. After decades of campaigning against the twice-annual adjustment of the clocks, Premier David Eby announced Mon...
Mar 02, 2026 Sunday's spring forward will be the province's last, with B.C. adopting daylight savings time year round. (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
What you need to know about new legislation that could expand First Nations status
OTTAWA - All four opposition parties in the House of Commons are backing legislation to change status rules in the Indian Act to end what is known as the second-generation cutoff. But the Liberals say...
Mar 02, 2026
Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooting victim Abel Mwansa Jr. laid to rest in Zambia
KITWE - A 12-year-old boy killed in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., last month has been laid to rest after a funeral in the African country of Zambia, after his father told of his forgiveness ...
Mar 02, 2026
Avalanche kills 23-year-old man snowmobiling in B.C.'s Kootenay Pass
CRESTON - RCMP say an avalanche swept away two snowmobilers in British Columbia's Kootenay Pass area, killing one of them. Mounties in Creston, B.C., say they were notified by an SOS tracking device o...
Mar 01, 2026
B.C. Conservative MPs Zimmer, Caputo ask for public inquiry into Tumbler Ridge deaths
VICTORIA - Calls for an independent investigation into the shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., where eight people, including six children were shot last month, are growing. Federal Conservative MP Bob Zi...
Mar 01, 2026
Nine candidates make the cut in the race for the leadership of B.C. Conservatives
VICTORIA - The B.C. Conservative Party says nine candidates have advanced to the next phase of the race to replace former leader John Rustad, but one of the candidates who did not make the cut says th...
Feb 28, 2026
B.C. RCMP say three foreign nationals charged with extortion, one suspect at large
SURREY - Police say three foreign nationals face extortion and firearms charges amid a spasm of shootings at homes and businesses in British Columbia. The charges were announced Friday by the B.C. Ext...
Feb 27, 2026
Chilliwack, B.C., school trustee Laurie Throness resigns over free speech 'chill'
CHILLIWACK - A school trustee in Chilliwack, B.C., has resigned his position, saying he "no longer feels safe in expressing" himself after the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal's decision to fine former trus...
Feb 27, 2026