Category Archives: British Columbia

First Nation buying two more B.C. casinos, including Richmond's River Rock
NANAIMO - The Snuneymuxw First Nation announced Thursday that it is buying two British Columbia casinos, including the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond. A statement from the Nanaimo-area nation sa...
Oct 30, 2025

B.C. festival attack case adjourned to January amid thousands of pages of evidence
VANCOUVER - Hearings for the man accused of murdering 11 people at Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day festival have been adjourned until January to give his lawyer time to assess thousands of pages of document...
Oct 30, 2025

Councillor says $100M project denied loan over Cowichan case, bank says not a factor
A Richmond, B.C., councillor says a company based in the city has been refused financing for what she says is a $100 million project because of uncertainty over their site due to the Cowichan Tribes A...
Oct 30, 2025

First Nation files lawsuit demanding Aboriginal title over lands in western Quebec
MONTREAL - An Algonquin First Nation has filed a title claim in Quebec Superior Court over large swaths of territory across the west of the province in an effort to address what it described as histor...
Oct 29, 2025

Premier Eby says B.C. will ask court to stay implementation of Cowichan Tribes case
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government will be asking for a stay of the implementation of the Cowichan Tribes case that confirmed Aboriginal title over an area of private an...
Oct 29, 2025

Dawson Creek, B.C., extends drought emergency, fearing low river will freeze
DAWSON CREEK - The City of Dawson Creek in northeastern British Columbia says it has applied to extend its state of local emergency over drought concerns. The city issued a statement Wednesday saying ...
Oct 29, 2025

Eby says he'll call early election in B.C. if northern power line bill fails
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said he would stake his government on the passage of a bill to fast-track construction of the North Coast Transmission Line to power future resource proje...
Oct 29, 2025

Fact File: Video shared on X shows Maori haka dancer, not B.C. housing minister
A video was shared on social media this week by accounts claiming it shows B.C. Minister of Housing Christine Boyle dancing and lip-synching to audio of ritual chanting, wearing what appears to be Ind...
Oct 29, 2025

B.C. man, 52, arrested in 1997 Ontario sexual assault investigation: OPP
A British Columbia man has been arrested in a historic sexual assault investigation spanning nearly three decades and allegedly involving four victims, three of whom were teenagers, Ontario Provincial...
Oct 29, 2025

NDP leadership contenders have first face-to-face meeting ahead of French debate
OTTAWA - Three of the five NDP leadership candidates had their first face-to-face encounter, which serves as a preview for next month's French debate. Rob Ashton, Avi Lewis and Heather McPherson took ...
Oct 28, 2025