British Columbia

Cooling-off period won't ease B.C.'s real estate affordability crunch, says expert

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says people buying homes in the province's hot real estate market could soon be protected by a cooling-off period that gives them time to back out of an agre...

Mar 28, 2022

Man arrested for assault on student in Vancouver's latest stranger attack

Vancouver police say a Coquitlam man faces charges over allegations he attacked an 18-year-old exchange student on Sunday. Sgt. Steve Addison says in a statement that the victim was walking with a fri...

Mar 28, 2022

Trudeau to visit Williams Lake First Nation following residential school probe

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to visit the Williams Lake First Nation in British Columbia this week after the band said it found evidence that the remains of 93 chil...

Mar 28, 2022

B.C. family court mediation not adequate for domestic violence victims: advocates

VANCOUVER - New provincial family court rules in British Columbia meant to resolve legal matters without going to courthave been called"effective" by the province,but some lawyers and advocates say th...

Mar 28, 2022

Experts disagree on violent threat posed by incels in Canada

VANCOUVER - Some experts say violent online rhetoric among so-called involuntary celibates is a concern as pandemic rules lift, but others say the threat of violence is overstated among a group of men...

Mar 27, 2022

UPDATE: Amber alert cancelled after RCMP locate missing family in Ontario

UPDATE - An amber alert for two missing children and their mother has been deactived by BC RCMP.Police advise Dawn Bellamy and her children Lucas and Myra were found in Ontario, two days after being l...

Mar 26, 2022

B.C. reports two more deaths, hospitalizations inch up

VICTORIA - Two more people have died of COVID-19 in British Columbia, bringing the death toll to 2,983 since the pandemic began. The Health Ministry says in a statement that hospitalizations due to CO...

Mar 25, 2022

B.C’s percentage of EI beneficiaries declined in January

The number of British Columbians accessing Employment Insurance (EI) benefits declined in January.Preliminary figures from Statistics Canada showed 57,310 British Columbians accessed EI benefits in Ja...

Mar 25, 2022

Woman attacked during attempted abduction in Lantzville

NANAIMO - A young woman fought off a stranger who assaulted her and then tried to force her into his vehicle on Dickinson Road.Nanaimo RCMP said the incident occurred on Thursday, March 24 at about 7 ...

Mar 25, 2022

B.C. drivers getting one-time rebate to help with rising fuel prices

VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan says drivers in British Columbia will get a one-time relief rebate to help deal with the cost of rising gas prices caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Horgan says th...

Mar 25, 2022