Category Archives: British Columbia

'Desperately missed' victims honoured as B.C. marks 10 years of toxic drug emergency
VICTORIA - Paula Beardy said her grandson Sheldon Beardy was a good kid. He would have turned 28 on Monday. But his mother died last year, and after attending her memorial service in August, Sheldon a...
The Canadian Press Apr 14, 2026

BC United executives eye Conservative race, as donations still flow for dormant party
VANCOUVER - It was a once-dominant force in British Columbia politics, but for more than a year and a half the party formerly known as the BC Liberals has been dormant - at least in the public eye. No...
The Canadian Press Apr 14, 2026

Pause of Indigenous rights act won't be confidence vote, B.C. election prospect fades
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said he may extend the current legislative session to find support among individual First Nations over his plans to suspend parts of the Declaration on th...
The Canadian Press Apr 13, 2026

Police investigating after man dies 'under suspicious circumstances' in Sooke, B.C.
SOOKE - Police say they are investigating the death of a man under "suspicious circumstances" on southern Vancouver Island. A statement from the RCMP in Sooke says officers were called to a mobile hom...
The Canadian Press Apr 13, 2026

B.C. Conservative member's bill on firefighter health passes in rare feat
VICTORIA - A bill by an Opposition Conservative in B.C.'s legislature about the health care of firefighters has passed through the legislature, an extremely rare occurrence for a private member's bill...
The Canadian Press Apr 13, 2026

Chilliwack RCMP remind public not to bring unsecured, unregistered firearms to detachment
CHILLIWACK - In response to the ongoing federal firearms buyback program, police in the Chilliwack-area are reminding the public that they need to properly secure their firearms before turning them in...
Pattison Media Apr 13, 2026 A restricted gun licence holder holds an AR-15 at his home in Langley on May 1, 2020. (Image Credit: Jonathan Hayward, The Canadian Press)

Two men charged in 2022 Maple Ridge, B.C., homicide, believed to be targeted shooting
MAPLE RIDGE - Two men have been arrested and charged in relation to a 2022 homicide in Maple Ridge, B.C., where a 33-year-old man was killed in what's believed to be a targeted attack. Homicide invest...
The Canadian Press Apr 13, 2026

B.C. health officer Bonnie Henry is disappointed by reversal of decriminalization
VICTORIA - Politicians and health experts are looking back at the successes and mistakes made during in the decade of a public health emergency into the toxic drug crisis in British Columbia. Provinci...
The Canadian Press Apr 13, 2026

B.C. challenge to Catholic hospital's 'traumatic' denial of MAID enters closing phase
VANCOUVER - Allowing publicly funded faith-based health-care providers to impose religious beliefs on patients, including those seeking medical assistance in dying, is a breach of the British Columbia...
The Canadian Press Apr 13, 2026

Tears and pride as Lapu Lapu survivors gather at community dinner before anniversary
VANCOUVER - After Lapu Lapu attack survivor AJ Sico sang the national anthem from his wheelchair in a Vancouver banquet hall, he was met with a standing ovation - a fitting tribute, his family says, t...
The Canadian Press Apr 13, 2026

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