Category Archives: British Columbia
'Uncle Osama': Iran-born B.C. RCMP officer not offended by terrorist jokes
A British Columbia RCMP officer who was born in Iran says he wasn't offended when fellow officers made jokes about terrorism and referred to him as "Uncle Osama." Coquitlam RCMP Const. Mersad Mesbah h...
Sep 18, 2025
No tsunami threat to B.C. after 7.8-magnitude quake off Russia
VANCOUVER - Authorities have announced there was no tsunami risk to British Columbia's coast after a brief scare triggered by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, in the same ...
Sep 18, 2025
Police cleared in fatal shooting of man escaping hospital in Abbotsford, B.C.
SURREY - British Columbia's independent police watchdog has cleared an Abbotsford officer of wrongdoing in a fatal shooting of a man who took a nurse hostage with a pair of scissors. The Independent I...
Sep 18, 2025
Freeland called back to testify on BC Ferries' deal with Chinese shipyard
Former transport minister Chrystia Freeland is being called back to a committee to testify after emails suggested the ministry was given weeks of notice that BC Ferries was buying four new vessels fro...
Sep 18, 2025
RCMP in Langford, B.C., say man arrested in sex assault of girl on school grounds
LANGFORD - Mounties in Langford, B.C., say they've arrested a 21-year-old man after a girl was sexually assaulted on the grounds of an elementary school this week. Police say the man was taken into cu...
Sep 18, 2025
More records fall as late summer heat reaches 34 degrees in B.C. Interior
VANCOUVER - The recent spike in temperatures across British Columbia has once again caused daily heat records to fall in several communities in the waning days of summer. Environment Canada says the h...
Sep 18, 2025
Escalation of B.C. public service strike hits citizens' services and gaming branch
BURNABY - Public service workers in British Columbia are again escalating job action, picketing a citizens' services office that issues services cards, processes freedom of information requests and fa...
Sep 18, 2025
Lichen, logging, land rights: Complex forces play out in fate of ancient B.C. forest
A shaggy, cool-green lichen hangs from the trunk of a tree in a forest on northeastern Vancouver Island, growing on the bark like coral on a rocky sea floor. Lichenologist Trevor Goward has named it o...
Sep 18, 2025
B.C. RCMP officer testifies about venting frustrations over group chats
RICHMOND - An RCMP member stationed at the Coquitlam, B.C., detachment says he regrets making "stupid" and "ugly" comments in group chats with other officers that included stereotypes about Asian driv...
Sep 17, 2025
B.C. launches task force to tackle extortions, shootings in South Asian community
Authorities in British Columbia are acknowledging the fear and disappointment among the province's South Asian community amid a spate of extortions and violence that has seen homes and businesses spra...
Sep 17, 2025
