Category Archives: British Columbia
Two charged with murder after body of B.C. man who sued late Shah's son found
SURREY - A British Columbia mathematician who was reported missing last month by concerned neighbours was allegedly killed in a "targeted" incident by two people known to him who now face murder charg...
Mar 14, 2026
Accused cop killer has 'nuanced' understanding of trial, Crown tells fitness hearing
VANCOUVER - A prosecutor says the suspect in the killing of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang has an "exceptionally nuanced and sophisticated understanding" of the trial process. But Colleen Smith says the Cro...
Mar 13, 2026
Hurricane-strength winds knocked over semi trucks on the Coquihalla Highway
HOPE, B.C. - The wind that swept through the Fraser Valley and Hope on Wednesday night was so strong that it tipped semi trucks on their sides.The trucks were travelling on the Coquihalla Highway, bef...
Mar 13, 2026
B.C. to build undersea fibre-optic internet cable to Haida Gwaii for up to $24M
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is spending up to $24 million for the construction of a new subsea fibre-optic cable to Haida Gwaii in a bid to improve the islands' internet access. The pr...
Mar 13, 2026
Kinew says it's time to survey Manitobans on changing clocks
WINNIPEG - Manitobans could soon be consulted on whether it's necessary to continue changing the clocks twice a year in the province. Premier Wab Kinew hinted the province is nearing the end of the pr...
Mar 13, 2026
One hurt in drive-by pellet gun attacks targeting crowds in Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO - Police are investigating a pair of airsoft pellet gun attacks against random people in Nanaimo, B.C., that left one injured. RCMP say both attacks happened in downtown Nanaimo on Thursday ni...
Mar 13, 2026
Shooting at business in Delta, B.C., believed linked to extortion: police
DELTA - Police say shots that were fired at a business in Metro Vancouver are believed to be linked to an extortion case. The Delta Police Department says the attack happened early Friday in the Tilbu...
Mar 13, 2026
Trucker caught at B.C. border crossing smuggling bricks of opium from U.S.: CBSA
VANCOUVER - Border agents in Metro Vancouver have intercepted an attempt to smuggle more than 100 bricks of opium into the country. The Canada Border Services Agency said on Friday that the seizure ha...
Mar 13, 2026
MLA wants to scrap B.C.'s Human Rights Code. Some constituents want her gone instead
VICTORIA - A B.C. legislator who has sought to scrap the province's Human Rights Code and ban land acknowledgments, and has blamed the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting on "transgender ideology," is facing ...
Mar 13, 2026
B.C. appointed them to map old-growth. Now they say province is failing to save it
Every member of a former panel the British Columbia government appointed to identify old-growth for potential protection in 2021 now says they're concerned about continued logging in those same rare a...
Mar 13, 2026
