Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. MLA launches private prosecution against Charlotte Kates of Samidoun
VANCOUVER - A member of the British Columbia legislature says she is pursuing a private prosecution against a Vancouver woman who praised Hamas's Oct. 7 attack on Israel as "heroic." Dallas Brodie, le...
Aug 20, 2025
CP NewsAlert: West Kelowna, B.C., denies permit for MAGA singer on safety grounds
WEST KELOWNA - The City of West Kelowna, B.C, has cited public safety to deny a permit for a concert by American Christian singer Sean Feucht, who is outspoken in the Make America Great Again movement...
Aug 20, 2025
Poilievre calls on federal government to classify Bishnoi gang as terror entity
SURREY - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is the latest politician calling for the federal government to designate the India-based Lawrence Bishnoi gang as a terrorist entity. His call on a visit ...
Aug 20, 2025
Elon Musk, world's richest man, spotted in Bella Bella, B.C., on weekend visit
Airport shuttle driver Sean Carter has lived in the remote northern British Columbia community of Bella Bella for almost nine years and says the small coastal village occasionally gets a celebrity vis...
Aug 20, 2025
B.C.'s veterinary college says it risks insolvency in 2026 if fees don't increase
Veterinarians in British Columbia have until the end of the month to vote on increasing fees they pay to work in the province, a move their regulatory body says is needed to prevent it becoming insolv...
Aug 20, 2025
Some evacuation orders, alerts linked to Vancouver Island wildfire lifted
PORT ALBERNI - Some of the evacuation orders and alerts linked to the Mount Underwood wildfire on Vancouver Island have been lifted or downgraded, as firefighters report "minimal" behaviour from the b...
Aug 20, 2025
Police watchdog investigates after Vancouver officer shoots man dead
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating after a man was shot dead in an alleged confrontation with officers in Vancouver. The Independent Investigations Office says the shootin...
Aug 20, 2025
Media challenge publication ban on Lapu Lapu attack suspect's fitness hearing
VANCOUVER - A media consortium has challenged a publication ban on evidence at a hearing to determine if the man accused of killing 11 people at Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day festival is fit to stand tria...
Aug 19, 2025
Thieves tug at heartstrings in string of Canada-wide distraction thefts, police say
EDMONTON - Police in Alberta say the public should mind strangers asking for hugs or sharing sob stories after three people were arrested in a string of "distraction" thefts across Canada. Edmonton po...
Aug 19, 2025
B.C. resort destroyed by 2023 Okanagan wildfire sues over insurance 'gaps'
VANCOUVER - A lakeside British Columbia resort that was destroyed by a wildfire in 2023 says it can't rebuild due to "gaps" in its insurance coverage that it allegedly wasn't told about. Lake Okanagan...
Aug 19, 2025
