Category Archives: British Columbia
Former chief coroner describes years of calls for changes to help toxic drug crisis
VANCOUVER - The former chief coroner for British Columbia says the provincial government didn't seem influenced by evidence or expert advice on preventing overdoses because it ignored recommendations ...
Dec 10, 2025
Former B.C. premier Clark says Conservatives cannot be 'kooky' if they want to govern
VICTORIA - Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark says "nobody wants to elect a government that is kooky" as the B.C. Conservatives embark on a leadership contest, urging them to focus on econo...
Dec 10, 2025
Flooding severs B.C.'s Lower Mainland from Interior, as cross-border flows rival 2021
VANCOUVER - Flooding and rock slides have cut off British Columbia's Lower Mainland from the Interior as a series of atmospheric river weather systems drench the province, with emergency officials say...
Dec 10, 2025
B.C. murder suspect had risk factors on confidential police intimate violence tool
VANCOUVER - A confidential document that is used by police to assess risk in intimate partner violence cases lists a range of considerations to help determine if a suspect should be held in custody, s...
Dec 10, 2025
Half of Canadians support a new pipeline between Alberta and B.C.: poll
OTTAWA - Half of Canadians are in favour of building a new bitumen pipeline between Alberta and B.C., while fewer than one in five outright oppose it, a new poll suggests. The Leger poll, which was co...
Dec 10, 2025
Virtual emergency care launching at four hospitals in B.C.'s Interior
BURNABY - Patients seeking emergency care at four hospitals in British Columbia's Interior may now be seen by a doctor working virtually in a pilot project aimed at modernizing rural health services. ...
Dec 09, 2025
B.C. announces new measures to combat intimate partner violence
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's attorney general has announced further provincial measures aimed at combating intimate partner violence, while calling newly tabled federal legislation "a step toward ju...
Dec 09, 2025
Man charged with second-degree murder in fatal stranger attack in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A man has been arrested and charged in a fatal stranger attack in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Police say it happened on Nov. 28th near Gore and Powell streets at about 3 a.m. They say t...
Dec 09, 2025
B.C. rent decline leads Canadian jurisdictions in December
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is crediting its anti-speculation policies with a decline in rental asking prices. Rentals.ca says in its December report that B.C.'s average rent has fallen...
Dec 09, 2025
Members of Parliament vote down Conservative pipeline motion
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament voted Tuesday to defeat a Conservative motion aimed at pinning down the Liberals on whether they support building a pipeline to the B.C. coast. The motion was defeated b...
Dec 09, 2025