Category Archives: British Columbia
New Vancouver policing district for Downtown Eastside as task force results unveiled
VANCOUVER - Plans are underway to establish a new policing district in the Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, after a temporary task force in the neighbourhood produced what police are calling "significan...
Sep 08, 2025
Police say remains identified as missing B.C. woman Jessica Cunningham
MAPLE RIDGE - Homicide investigators say human remains that were found at a home in Maple Ridge, B.C., last month have been identified as those of Jessica Cunningham, who was reported missing in July....
Sep 08, 2025
B.C. orders some farmers to stop using water to protect endangered chinook salmon
VICTORIA - The provincial government has ordered some farmers and other users in southern B.C. to turn off their water taps, because "severe low flows" are threatening endangered chinook salmon. Rande...
Sep 08, 2025
Three charged with helping fugitive murderer Rabih Alkhalil escape B.C. jail
SURREY - RCMP say charges have been laid against three men who allegedly helped convicted double murderer Rabih Alkhalil escape a British Columbia pretrial centre in 2022. But police say they can't co...
Sep 08, 2025
B.C. strike escalates but doesn't hit liquor sites, as province unveils 4.5% offer
SURREY, B.C. - The president of the British Columbia General Employees' Union says an expansion of job action in the province's public service strike doesn't immediately include liquor or cannabis dis...
Sep 08, 2025
Suspect pleads not guilty in triple stabbing at 2023 Vancouver Chinatown festival
VANCOUVER - The man accused of stabbing three people at a festival in Vancouver's Chinatown in September 2023 has pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated assault. Blair Donnelly, who attended...
Sep 08, 2025
Man arrested for impaired driving of pink Barbie truck in Prince George, B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE - A British Columbia man has been arrested for allegedly driving a pink toy Barbie truck down a city street while impaired. RCMP in Prince George, B.C., say officers encountered the man ...
Sep 08, 2025
Vancouver festival attack fund to become endowment for Filipino community
VANCOUVER - A fund that raised $2 million for victims and families after the Lapu Lapu Festival attack that killed 11 people in Vancouver will be converted into a long-term endowment for the Filipino ...
Sep 08, 2025
Former B.C. minister Katrina Chen 'furious' with Eby over foreign worker remarks
VICTORIA - Former B.C. cabinet minister Katrina Chen says she's "furious" about calls by Premier David Eby to cancel or reform the temporary foreign worker program. Chen says on social media that Eby'...
Sep 08, 2025
Union to announce next phase of B.C. public service strike
The president of the B.C. General Employees' Union is set to make an announcement this morning laying out the next phase of the union's public service strike. The union says Paul Finch is scheduled to...
Sep 08, 2025
