Category Archives: British Columbia
Budget watchdog says home affordability is getting better — but not everywhere
OTTAWA - Ottawa's fiscal watchdog is reporting significant progress in closing Canada's housing affordability gap - but the picture looks very different across the country. Interim Parliamentary Budge...
Oct 02, 2025
Ontario man convicted of manslaughter in fatal shooting in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY - An Ontario man has been convicted in a shooting in Surrey, B.C., that killed a man and injured a woman in February 2022. Homicide investigators in B.C. say Yusuf Kontos was arrested in Richmo...
Oct 02, 2025
B.C. homeless count shows rising numbers in 12 of 20 communities surveyed
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says more than half of 20 communities surveyed saw an increase in homelessness since the last count in 2023. The Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs sa...
Oct 02, 2025
Bus driver killed in crash involving a fuel truck in Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS - A transit driver has been killed in a crash involving their bus and a fuel truck in Kamloops, B.C. RCMP say officers responded to a call on Wednesday about the crash near the 900 block of O...
Oct 02, 2025
Former Vancouver police officer awarded $30,000 after years-long grievance process
A labour arbitrator has awarded a former Vancouver police officer $30,000 in her years-long grievance process over how the Vancouver Police Department handled sexual harassment and discrimination comp...
Oct 02, 2025
B.C. Conservative staffer fired for calling Reconciliation Day flag a 'disgrace'
VICTORIA - A former spokesperson for the Conservative Party of British Columbia says she has been fired over a social media post in which she called the raising of a flag honouring survivors of Canada...
Oct 01, 2025
Alberta re-enters pipeline arena, plans to propose new oil pipeline to B.C. coast
CALGARY - Premier Danielle Smith says Alberta is committing $14 million to a West Coast oil pipeline do-over that hinges on First Nations getting on board early and Ottawa reversing a tanker ban that ...
Oct 01, 2025
Alberta 'on notice' Coastal B.C. nations opposed to pipeline proposal
The head of a group representing First Nations along British Columbia's coast says they will not support a new pipeline proposed by Alberta and nothing can be done to change that. Marilyn Slett, chief...
Oct 01, 2025
Latest American tariffs on B.C. lumber are 'absurd,' says Premier David Eby
VICTORIA - It is "completely absurd" that softwood lumber exports from British Columbia to the United States face higher duties than the same product from Russia, Premier David Eby said Wednesday. He ...
Oct 01, 2025
Public warning issued for B.C. city after 11 suspected drug deaths in five weeks
CAMPBELL RIVER - Police in Campbell River, B.C., are issuing a public warning after at least 11 people have died from suspected drug overdoses in the last five weeks. Mounties say they are deeply conc...
Oct 01, 2025
