British Columbia

Suspects in separate murder, attempted murder cases died in same plane crash

VANCOUVER - A plane crash in Ontario that killed an alleged hit man also claimed the life of a man believed to be linked to a separate murder plot. A warrant for the arrest of Duncan Howard Bailey was...

May 05, 2022

Indigenous B.C. man, granddaughter settle with BMO over arrest while opening account

VANCOUVER - Standing amid the noise of traffic and hustle of pedestrians on the same Vancouver sidewalk where he was arrested and handcuffed in December 2019, Maxwell Johnson said he finally feels at ...

May 05, 2022

B.C. aims to support repeat offenders while protecting communities

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has hired two experts to investigate and report on how best to prevent cycles of crime involving prolific offenders and those who commit random violent attac...

May 05, 2022

Aritzia CEO Brian Hill stepping down after leading retailer for 38 years

VANCOUVER - Aritzia Inc. says founder and chief executive Brian Hill is stepping down from the role after leading the clothing retailer for 38 years. The Vancouver-based company, which went public in ...

May 05, 2022

Firefighters say recognition of cancer risk is tough battle, especially in Quebec

VANCOUVER - Jenn Dawkins remembers the spring day in 2016 when she joined four other female firefighters at British Columbia's legislature to lobby for the inclusion of breast cancer as a presumed occ...

May 05, 2022

RCMP seek more information after B.C. piano teacher charged with sex assault of child

KELOWNA, B.C. - Mounties say a piano teacher in Kelowna, B.C., has been charged with sexual crimes against a child and there could be more victims or people who can help their investigation. Police sa...

May 04, 2022

B.C. hiring more health-care staff as it wipes out surgery backlog: minister

VICTORIA - British Columbia's health minister says the province has almost caught up with the backlog of surgeries from the pandemic and weather events while it sets new targets to whittle down the ex...

May 04, 2022

B.C. Opposition leader aims at NDP's problem issues of crime, health affordability

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Opposition Liberal leader says he will target the New Democrat government's weak spots on the issues of crime, affordability and health care when he takes his seat in the...

May 04, 2022

Province testing beefed-up emergency alert system ahead of fire season

NANAIMO - Phone service along with television and radio broadcasts will be interrupted briefly Wednesday afternoon.The scheduled 1:55 p.m. test of the province's emergency alert system is designed to ...

May 04, 2022

Minister flags 'creative' plan for repeat offenders after being called soft on crime

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Attorney General David Eby says he is poised to announce a "creative" plan to help tackle repeat offenders. Eby, who has been labelled soft on crime by Opposition B.C. Li...

May 03, 2022