Category Archives: British Columbia

B.C. man charged with money laundering after illegal gaming house bust
SURREY - A man from Esquimalt, B.C., is facing money laundering charges after an investigation by police uncovered an alleged illegal gaming house on Vancouver Island. The Combined Forces Special Enfo...
Nov 26, 2025

'December to remember': Winter will get off to an abrupt start, Weather Network says
Blasts of frigid Arctic air could send temperatures tumbling in December and herald the arrival of a more "traditional Canadian winter," a meteorologist for the Weather Network predicts as it releases...
Nov 26, 2025

Delta, B.C., man charged with second-degree murder in sister-in-law's death
DELTA - A Delta, B.C., man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of his sister-in-law, whose body was found in a burning car last month. Police in the Metro Vancouver city say 24-yea...
Nov 26, 2025

No criminal offence by police in failed search for B.C. woman found dead: watchdog
SURREY - British Columbia's police watchdog agency says officers in an Interior community could have done more in the search for a missing Indigenous woman who was later found dead. However, the Indep...
Nov 26, 2025

One killed in tractor-trailer crash on Highway 1 north of Lytton, B.C.
LYTTON - Police say they are investigating to determine if the cause of a fatal crash near Lytton, B.C., between two tractor-trailers on Highway 1 was criminal. The BC Highway Patrol say the crash occ...
Nov 26, 2025

Woman killed while crossing road in Chilliwack, B.C., crash
CHILLIWACK - A pedestrian has been killed crossing the road in British Columbia's Fraser Valley in a collision involving a pickup truck. RCMP in Chilliwack, B.C., say the crash happened Tuesday at abo...
Nov 26, 2025

Vancouver's iconic, three-decade-old fireworks festival cancelled due to finances
VANCOUVER - The iconic Vancouver waterfront fireworks festival that has been held for more than three decades has been cancelled indefinitely due to financial difficulties. In a statement, the Vancouv...
Nov 26, 2025

Maya, 17, got mental health records by FOI, then killed herself. Her mom wants reform
VANCOUVER - Maya Cassady was just two months away from graduating high school with honours when she obtained her mental health records through a freedom of information request. Just hours after readin...
Nov 26, 2025

B.C. Coastal First Nations vow oil pipeline to north coast 'will never happen'
OTTAWA - The president of the Coastal First Nations in British Columbia said Wednesday an oil pipeline to the province's north coast "will never happen" and slammed Ottawa for negotiating with Alberta...
Nov 26, 2025

Alberta-Ottawa pipeline accord unlikely to be "champagne-popping moment:' Enserva CEO
CALGARY - Oil and gas industry advocates say they're heartened by an expected agreement between Alberta and Ottawa on a new West Coast pipeline, but their optimism is tempered by the long list of obst...
Nov 26, 2025