Category Archives: British Columbia
Loaded barge bound for Seattle sinking off central B.C. coast
A barge carrying numerous cargo containers is sinking in the waters off British Columbia's central coast, and the local First Nation says there is concern about possible pollution because it's unclear...
Nov 19, 2025
Bomb discovered during police search in Prince George, B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE - A bomb squad from British Columbia's Lower Mainland is en route to Prince George after police there discovered an explosive device while executing a drug-related search warrant. Prince...
Nov 19, 2025
Ending tanker ban risks billions, B.C. minister says; Liberal MPs say consent needed
British Columbia's jobs minister says ending a tanker ban on the province's northern coast to service a pipeline from Alberta to B.C. would put billions of dollars' worth of other projects at risk by ...
Nov 19, 2025
Wind warning issued for Haida Gwaii off B.C. coast, gusts of 110 km/h expected
HAIDA - A wind warning has been issued for parts of British Columbia's north coast, with gusts of 110 kilometres an hour expected at Haida Gwaii today. The warning from Environment Canada comes as a s...
Nov 19, 2025
B.C. health workers reach tentative four-year deal with employers
BURNABY - The bargaining association representing more than 67,000 health-care workers in British Columbia's hospitals and long-term care facilities says it has reached a new four-year deal with its e...
Nov 18, 2025
Metro Vancouver pair charged in casino fraud amounting to $45,000
SURREY - Two Metro Vancouver residents have been charged with fraud for an alleged scheme at local casinos that accumulated $45,000 in proceeds. British Columbia's Combined Forces Special Enforcement ...
Nov 18, 2025
B.C. abandons EV rebates to the Feds as it scraps sales mandate of 100% by 2035
VICTORIA - British Columbia has abandoned a rebate program for electric vehicles that it paused six months ago and is scrapping a mandate that every new vehicle sold in the province must be zero-emiss...
Nov 18, 2025
B.C. officer cleared in crash that involved chase of murder suspects
SURREY - British Columbia's independent police watchdog has cleared an RCMP officer in a vehicle chase of homicide suspects that ended in a crash that injured two people. The Independent Investigation...
Nov 18, 2025
B.C. police complaint commissioner's office gearing up for systemic investigations
British Columbia's police complaint commissioner says his office is gearing up to conduct systemic investigations in an expanded mandate that would go beyond individual cases of police misconduct in h...
Nov 18, 2025
'Crisis driven' complaints mounting in B.C., ombudsperson says
A British Columbia woman who escaped an abusive relationship was concerned about the safety of her pets and belongings she left behind so applied to the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Redu...
Nov 18, 2025