Category Archives: British Columbia

Toxic 'forever chemicals' detected in dead sea otters collected off B.C. coast
VANCOUVER - A new study says sea otters in British Columbia have been found to be contaminated with so-called forever chemicals found in food packaging, non-stick cookware, cosmetics, electronics and ...
Nov 04, 2025

B.C. cabinet ministers, First Nation leaders gather amid tensions over Cowichan case
VANCOUVER - Two days of meetings in British Columbia between provincial officials and First Nations leadership are under way amid tensions over a landmark Aboriginal-title court ruling. The province s...
Nov 04, 2025

Police say nothing suspicious after man dies at B.C. ostrich farm protest camp
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - RCMP say a man has died at a British Columbia ostrich farm where protesters have been opposing a proposed cull for months, although there is nothing to suggest the...
Nov 04, 2025

B.C. police investigating reports of needles in Halloween candy in two cities
Police in two British Columbia cities are investigating multiple reports of sewing needles or pins being found in children's Halloween candy. A statement from Prince George RCMP says several families ...
Nov 03, 2025

BC Hydro says it should have been more proactive as Site C costs overflowed
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's power utility says it should have been more proactive about ballooning costs on the massive Site C hydroelectric dam project, partly blaming a failure to budget for "low...
Nov 03, 2025

158 people died of toxic drug deaths in September, down 19 per cent from last year
VICTORIA - British Columbia's coroner says 158 people died from illicit drug overdoses in September, down almost 20 per cent from the same month last year in a trend that has seen the death rate fall ...
Nov 03, 2025

Eby says B.C. won't run anti-tariff ads alone as it had planned
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the province is walking back plans to run anti-tariff advertisements in the United States after a meeting with federal officials about the province'...
Nov 03, 2025

B.C. First Nation members vote in favour of treaty, moving toward self-governance
TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA - A First Nation from the northwest coast of British Columbia has voted in favour of a constitution and a treaty that it says opens a path to a new era of self-government. Th...
Nov 02, 2025

Freight train carrying fuel derails west of Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS - Cleanup work is underway after multiple cars of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City train, including some loaded with fuel, derailed about 20 kilometers west of Kamloops, B.C. A statement from C...
Nov 02, 2025

B.C.'s police watchdog investigates after man killed during police confrontation
SUNSHINE COAST, BRITISH COLUMBIA - British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating after it says a man was shot and killed during a confrontation with RCMP at a residence on the Sunshine Coast. A ...
Nov 02, 2025