It started as a harmless prank by teenagers but a homeowner in Nanaimo, B.C., says it escalated into property damage, harassment and threats against the lives of his family members. Marty Peters says his family is a victim of a social media trend that...

VANCOUVER - An independent team has been announced for the review of the North Shore wastewater treatment plant project where costs ballooned to almost five times the original budget. The Metro Vancouver regional district says in a statement that the ...

Vitali Stefanski said he had answers for many of the circumstances surrounding the death of his ex-wife, Tatjana Stefanski, in 2024. He said he got into his black Audi by climbing over her in the passenger seat, as seen on a surveillance video, not be...

PORT RENFREW - Residents of the Vancouver Island community of Port Renfrew can resume regular water use after repairs to its water main were completed. The Capital Regional District had issued a water conservation alert on Thursday for the community ab...

ABBOTSFORD - A man who began a shooting rampage by killing his ex-wife in her Faro, Yukon, home has died in prison just a few years after he began his life sentence. Correctional Service Canada says 65-year-old Ralph Bernard Shaw, an inmate at the Pac...

NEW WESTMINSTER - A Metro Vancouver police officer has been charged with two counts of breach of trust as a result of an investigation stemming back to last year. The BC Prosecution Service says Const. Hardeep Singh Purba is scheduled to appear in New ...

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said a joint federal-B.C. plan to buy unsold condominiums won't be a bailout for Vancouver developers, but there was an opportunity for the government to purchase empty homes in other places for less than i...

The ex-husband of Tatjana Stefanski, who is accused of stabbing her to death in rural British Columbia in 2024, has told a jury her death was "like a suicide" and the Crown had failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he murdered her. "You should...

SQUAMISH - The risk of flooding from a melting glacier that led to two dozen properties in southwest British Columbia being ordered evacuated Thursday will likely be a problem for years, an expert says. This is the third year in a row that residents i...

VANCOUVER - A stifling heat dome that sat over much of British Columbia five years ago is being remembered by the provincial health officer as traumatic for people who lost loved ones and overwhelming for those trying to care for those affected. More ...

CHILLIWACK - A British Columbia judge has sentenced a man to about 75 days in jail with time served, saying that despite his attempts to murder police officers in a standoff, a single mental health break likely triggered by holotropic breathwork led to...

MISSION, BRITISH COLUMBIA - A violent sex offender who was also suspected in the disappearance of a woman in 1993 has died in a British Columbia prison where he had been serving an indeterminate sentence imposed 28 years ago. Correctional Service Canad...

OTTAWA - Converting British Columbia's glut of unsold condos into affordable housing is about supporting Canadians, not distressed developers, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday as he defended his government's proposal. Speaking to reporters at a...

SURREY - Two foreign nationals have been arrested and charged in a case of shots fired at a Surrey, B.C., home linked to the recent wave of extortion violence in the city. Police say officers, border agents, and a tactical response team raided two hom...

VANCOUVER - Heat records have tumbled again in British Columbia, with Metro Vancouver breaking marks set 120 years ago, ahead of the arrival of much cooler conditions. Environment Canada says both Vancouver at 27.7 degrees and Richmond at 28 degrees br...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the appeal of a former B.C. lawyer contesting a US$30 million judgment for allegedly masterminding a transnational securities fraud. The top court's decision comes years after the United States Securit...

VICTORIA - The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says it has received all federal permits to allow for the dredging of Vancouver's Burrard Inlet, making room for larger oil tankers loading up from the Trans Mountain pipeline. The agency says the dredgin...

BURNABY - A teenage boy has been seriously injured in a crash in Metro Vancouver involving an electric dirt bike, in the second such collision in two days. Police in Burnaby, B.C., say the latest crash happened between the e-bike and a vehicle on Tuesd...

SURREY - British Columbia's extortion task force says a 22-year-old man has been arrested and charged with offences linked to ongoing extortion violence in the province. Police say the man was identified by Metro Vancouver Transit officers in August 20...

VICTORIA - Residents of British Columbia's first new municipality in 16 years will soon be voting for a mayor and council. The B.C. government says Okanagan Falls residents will vote for a mayor and four councillors in the October local elections befor...

OTTAWA - Ottawa has begun taking public comments on a proposed liquefied petroleum gas facility on British Columbia's north coast. The Impact Assessment Agency says in a statement that comments on the proposal by Trigon Pacific Terminals at the Port of...

SURREY - Police in British Columbia say a multi-year investigation into an organized crime case has uncovered a large stash of illicit drugs as well as $1.5 million in cash. Investigators say they began looking into the interprovincial drug trafficking...

A prosecutor in the trial of the man accused of killing Tatjana Stefanski more than two years ago says the only reasonable conclusion the jury can make is that he "murdered his ex-wife by stabbing her to death." Laura Drake told the B.C. Supreme Court ...

VANCOUVER - The receiver of a defunct Yukon gold mine that suffered a catastrophic storage site failure in 2024 is suing a Vancouver mining engineering company for its alleged role in the disaster. PricewaterhouseCoopers says in a civil claim filed in ...

VICTORIA - The arrival of summer in British Columbia has brought record-breaking temperatures. Environment Canada says 21 communities reported matching or setting new daily highs on Tuesday, including Powell River where the mark of 31.6 degrees shatte...

VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver are warning drug users after a cluster of seven overdoses that sent one person to hospital. Vancouver police say in a message on social media that the overdoses were reported in the area of East 10th Avenue and Commercia...

VICTORIA - A government plan to buy empty condominiums and turn them into affordable housing in British Columbia might be more about stabilizing the financial sector than housing, an urban planning expert says. Some have criticized the federal and B.C...

The Saw Creek blaze that triggered evacuations in and around the community of Lytton, B.C., is now being held, the provincial wildfire service reported on Tuesday. The status of the seven-square-kilometre blaze discovered last Friday was downgraded aft...