Category Archives: British Columbia
Othello Tunnels fully reopen nearly four years after 2021 floods
HOPE, B.C. - All five Othello Tunnels and the Kettle Valley Rail (KVR) Trail are now fully open for the rest of the season, which ends on Oct. 31 The District of Hope announced Friday (Oct. 3) that th...
Oct 03, 2025
Pedestrian dead after crash with bike on Vancouver Island
COURTENAY - Police on Vancouver Island say a pedestrian died following a crash involving a cyclist last month. Comox Valley RCMP say the cyclist has been identified and investigators were working to u...
Oct 03, 2025
Ostrich farmers awaiting Supreme Court decision get little attention from Ottawa
OTTAWA - As the Supreme Court of Canada considers whether to hear the case of a B.C. farm that's fighting to save its ostriches from a Canadian Food Inspection Agency cull, politicians in Ottawa appea...
Oct 03, 2025
RCMP cleared in 2024 death of man in custody in Prince George, B.C.
SURREY - British Columbia's independent police watchdog has cleared Mounties in Prince George of wrongdoing in the death of a man in 2024 while in custody. The Independent Investigations Office says t...
Oct 03, 2025
Police, first responders scramble to help woman give birth on Victoria waterfront
VICTORIA - Emergency responders in Victoria, B.C., had to rush into action to support a woman giving birth on Wharf Street, along the city's busy waterfront area. Victoria police say an officer and St...
Oct 03, 2025
Contract talks break down between B.C. and community health workers: union
British Columbia's public service workers' union says contract talks have broken down between the bargaining association representing community-based health workers and the Health Employers Associatio...
Oct 03, 2025
B.C. launching deer hunt near Cranbrook to control spread of wasting disease
CRANBROOK - British Columbia is introducing an expanded deer hunt in the province's southeast in an attempt to reduce the spread of chronic wasting disease. The Ministry of Water, Land and Resource St...
Oct 03, 2025
Michelin awards two Vancouver restaurants with stars
VANCOUVER - Two Japanese restaurants in Vancouver have received Michelin stars. The culinary tastemaker has awarded Sumibiyaki Arashi and Sushi Hyun with one star each. Michelin says chef Pete Ho of S...
Oct 02, 2025
B.C. man gets 13-year sentence for drug offences, trying to bribe prison guard
CHILLIWACK - A man from Chilliwack, B.C., has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison on drug and weapons charges after being on the run from police for almost three months. RCMP say William Mi...
Oct 02, 2025
NDP House Leader Farnworth says government plans passing 18 bills during fall session
VICTORIA - British Columbia house leader Mike Farnworth said the NDP government plans to pass 18 bills in the fall session of the legislature by the time it ends in late November. Farnworth said the g...
Oct 02, 2025
