Category Archives: British Columbia
Document reveals approval to harvest remnant old-growth in B.C.'s northwest
British Columbia's logging agency has changed a policy that conserved remnant old-growth forest in the province's northwest, with a government briefing note showing a plan to open those areas for harv...
Dec 07, 2025
Indigenous artifacts from the Vatican collection return to Canada
MONTREAL - First Nations, Inuit and Mtis leaders welcomed back dozens of Indigenous artifacts released from the Vatican collection at Montreal's airport Saturday. The 62 items will ultimately be retur...
Dec 06, 2025
Police in Surrey B.C. say early Saturday morning fight on party bus injures four
VICTORIA - Police in British Columbia say four people suffered injuries, when fighting erupted on a party bus early Saturday morning. A statement from Surrey Police Service says that the driver of the...
Dec 06, 2025
Nine-year-old in life-threatening condition after being hit by vehicle in B.C.
SURREY - A nine-year-old child was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition after being hit by a vehicle in a Surrey, B.C., neighbourhood. A statement from police says they were called to the c...
Dec 05, 2025
Search for grizzly behind 'extraordinary attack' on B.C. school group is called off
Conservation officers in British Columbia are no longer actively trying to capture the grizzly bear responsible for last month's "extraordinary attack" on a group of schoolchildren and teachers that l...
Dec 05, 2025
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
