Category Archives: British Columbia

Eby says DRIPA law could be amended after First Nations win appeal in mining case
SURREY - First Nations are celebrating a British Columbia Court of Appeal ruling which found the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the provincial mineral claims regime...
Dec 05, 2025

Man arrested, charged in B.C. after yearlong child exploitation investigation
SURREY - A 41-year-old man has been arrested in a yearlong child exploitation investigation by police in Surrey, B.C. Police say Kevin Belcourt was arrested on Thursday and is now facing multiple char...
Dec 05, 2025

Watchdog clears officers after man shot with beanbags in Vancouver and dies
The civilian director of British Columbia's police watchdog says she doesn't believe Vancouver officers committed an offence when they shot a naked man with multiple beanbags and he died. Jessica Berg...
Dec 05, 2025

B.C. releases guidance for doctors on youth mental health and substance-use care
VANCOUVER - Brock Eurchuk said he felt "completely cut adrift" by British Columbia's health care system when trying to deal with health troubles of their 16-year-old son, Elliot. The teenager died fro...
Dec 05, 2025

Vancouver woman loses $120,000 in blessing scam targeting Chinese community
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Police are warning of a blessing scheme that targets the city's Chinese community where one woman lost $120,000. Police say there were two separate cases involving the scam last ...
Dec 05, 2025

Pedestrian killed after being struck by pickup in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD - A pedestrian has been killed in a crash involving a pickup truck in Abbotsford, B.C., which police say may be partly due to poor lighting conditions. Abbotsford police say the crash happe...
Dec 05, 2025

B.C. man charged with murder over body found on Okanagan forestry road
VERNON - Police say a British Columbia man has been arrested and charged with murder in the death of another man found dead in the province's Okanagan region two years ago. RCMP say Dale Christopher L...
Dec 05, 2025

B.C. judge finds murderer in contempt over 'inmate code' refusal to answer questions
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia judge says a man convicted in the notorious Surrey Six murder case is guilty of contempt of court for refusing to answer questions out of fear of violating the "inmate c...
Dec 04, 2025

Here's what people are saying about John Rustad's exit as B.C. Conservative leader
Here's what people are saying about John Rustad and his resignation on Thursday as leader of the Conservative Party of B.C., which he took to the brink of power in last year's provincial election. "'I...
Dec 04, 2025

Police in Abbotsford, B.C., launch exit-support program to address extortions' roots
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford, B.C., have launched a new program targeting people involved in planning or carrying out extortion-related violence, offering them an exit strategy. The department sa...
Dec 04, 2025