Category Archives: British Columbia
Vancouver health authority sued over death of Canadian senator's son
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Coastal Health authority is being sued over the death of a Canadian senator's son whose body was found on the grounds of Vancouver General Hospital, four days after he went m...
Oct 24, 2025
Humpback whale Astroboy is untangled from 140 metres of rope off Vancouver Island
NANAIMO - Fisheries Department officers training for marine mammal rescues in the waters off Nanaimo, B.C., found themselves doing the real thing earlier this week. The department says in a statement ...
Oct 24, 2025
Eight people airlifted from flash flood on northern Vancouver Island
Police say eight people were rescued by air from a flash flood on Vancouver Island as a fall storm lashed coastal British Columbia with heavy wind and rain. RCMP say the Port Hardy detachment received...
Oct 24, 2025
No closure for Filipino community, six months after Vancouver festival attack
The past six months have been a blur for Rev. Francis Galvan. The pastor at Sacred Heart Parish in Delta, B.C., has walked the scene of the April 26 Lapu Lapu Day festival attack in Vancouver, listeni...
Oct 24, 2025
B.C.'s attorney general hopes new bail law can prevent further partner violence
VICTORIA - British Columbia Attorney General Niki Sharma says she is hopeful that new bail legislation introduced by the federal government will prevent a repeat of the events that led to death of a K...
Oct 23, 2025
Most members of B.C.'s legislature vote against bill to stop land acknowledgements
VICTORIA - A bill in British Columbia's legislature to prevent publicly funded employees from making Indigenous land acknowledgements failed to pass first reading, but reveals a schism between provinc...
Oct 23, 2025
Union at online retailer Amazon to start bargaining for workers at B.C. warehouse
DELTA - Unifor has filed notice to begin the bargaining process with online retailer Amazon for the first collective agreement for workers at its warehouse in Delta, B.C. A statement from the union on...
Oct 23, 2025
B.C. First Nations make legal challenges to huge Ksi Lisims LNG project
VANCOUVER - Two British Columbia First Nations are taking the federal government to court to quash a decision approving the Ksi Lisims floating natural-gas facility and marine export terminal. The Lax...
Oct 23, 2025
Fatal halfway-house shooting by Surrey officers justified, B.C. police watchdog rules
SURREY - British Columbia's police watchdog says two Surrey officers' use of force was "justified and lawful" in the fatal shooting of a knife-wielding man at a Corrections Canada halfway house last J...
Oct 23, 2025
B.C. River Forecast Centre upgrades flood warning for part of north coast
British Columbia's River Forecast Centre has issued an upgraded flood warning for areas around Terrace and Kitimat as an autumn storm soaks the coast. The centre says the warning covers the Skeena Riv...
Oct 23, 2025
