Category Archives: British Columbia

A documentary highlighting the 2021 Fairy Creek standoff makes its N.S. debut
HALIFAX - A documentary on British Columbia's Fairy Creek blockade is making waves in Nova Scotia. "Fairy Creek" covers a period of eight months in 2021, when thousands of activists blockaded logging ...
The Canadian Press Oct 26, 2025

B.C. police probing two overnight shootings at homes in Surrey and Delta
Police in Surrey and Delta, B.C., say they're investigating separate overnight shootings at homes, one of which is believed to be tied to ongoing extortion probe. The Surrey Police Service says office...
The Canadian Press Oct 26, 2025

Alberta's latest pipeline push dredges up ghosts of projects past
CALGARY - Few are as acquainted with Canada's graveyard of defunct oil pipelines as Alex Pourbaix, a former executive at the company behind the Keystone XL and Energy East proposals. "You can see the ...
The Canadian Press Oct 26, 2025

Environment Canada warns of high winds, power outages, snowfall on B.C. highways
BC Hydro crews were at the ready to deal with power outages as a fall storm hit parts of British Columbia this weekend with high winds and heavy rains, downing trees and knocking out power for thousan...
The Canadian Press Oct 25, 2025

Four psychiatrists resign from Vernon's Jubilee Hospital
VERNON, B.C. - Four psychiatrists have resigned from their acute care and on-call roles at Vernon Jubilee Hospital, adding to growing worries about health care in the Interior.The opposition BC Conser...
Victor Kaisar Oct 25, 2025

Police announce murder charge four years after fatal Burnaby, B.C., shooting
BURNABY - Police say a 27-year-old Vancouver man has been charged with second-degree murder in the 2021 shooting death of 44-year-old Neal Pratap in Burnaby, B.C. The Integrated Homicide Investigation...
The Canadian Press Oct 25, 2025

Passengers on B.C. whale watching boat hurt after 'surprise encounter' with humpback
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia whale watching tour company says passengers were injured after a vessel had to take evasive action to avoid a humpback whale that surfaced unexpectedly in the boat's pat...
The Canadian Press Oct 25, 2025

Rebuilding of Vancouver's Broadway corridor to start in January as subway progresses
VANCOUVER - A traffic detour will be in place for about four months on Vancouver's busy Broadway corridor starting in the new year as crews work to reinstall utilities and rebuild the route where a su...
The Canadian Press Oct 24, 2025

Vancouver authorities should have known festival attacker posed threat, lawsuit says
VANCOUVER - In the weeks before a deadly attack at a Vancouver Filipino festival, suspect Adam Kai-Ji Lo asked to have his antipsychotic medication reduced, even as his mental health was deteriorating...
The Canadian Press Oct 24, 2025

Police say one person arrested after wildfire sparked in Kelowna, B.C.
Police in Kelowna, B.C., say one person has been arrested in relation to a wildfire sparked on a mountain slope in the southern Interior city on Friday. RCMP say the person remained in custody as crew...
The Canadian Press Oct 24, 2025

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