Category Archives: British Columbia
'We can do better': Indigenous people overrepresented in B.C. police watchdog cases
VANCOUVER - The head of British Columbia's police watchdog says Indigenous people remain overrepresented in its investigations of incidents involving officers in which someone is seriously injured or ...
Aug 14, 2025 Jessica Berglund, the chief civilian director of B.C.'s Independent Investigations Office. (Image Credit: B.C. Ministry of the Attorney General)
Air quality warnings expand as wildfire burns on south-central Vancouver Island
PORT ALBERNI - The wildfire that has triggered evacuation orders and alerts on south-central Vancouver Island is billowing smoke that has prompted Environment Canada to expand an air quality advisory ...
Aug 14, 2025
Environment Canada warns of heavy rain, up to 80mm, for parts of B.C.'s south coast
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning for parts of Metro Vancouver as well as the lower Sunshine Coast and Howe Sound regions. The weather agency says a frontal system that's "u...
Aug 14, 2025
Consumer racial profiling a neglected human rights issue, report says
BELLA BELLA, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Heiltsuk Tribal Council Chief Marilyn Slett says no one in her community is immune to the small acts of racial profiling that can embed themselves in everyday life for ...
Aug 14, 2025
'One battle after another' for farmland in Cowichan title ruling: ex-councillor
Former Richmond, B.C., city councillor Harold Steves' family has been farming in the area since 1877, lending their name to the community of Steveston. The 88-year-old former politician only retired f...
Aug 14, 2025
Families whose ancestors gave up Indigenous status sue for rights return
VANCOUVER - A proposed class-action lawsuit filed in Federal Court says the Canadian government wrongfully denies people status under the country's Indian Act if their ancestors "voluntarily" gave up ...
Aug 13, 2025
Man facing second-degree murder charge in fatal assault in Coquitlam, B.C.
COQUITLAM - A 59-year-old man faces a second-degree murder charge after an alleged attack with a weapon resulted in the death of another man in Coquitlam, B.C. Homicide investigators say it happened o...
Aug 13, 2025
Homicide team investigates fatal shooting in Maple Ridge, B.C.
MAPLE RIDGE - Homicide detectives are investigating a fatal shooting overnight in Maple Ridge, B.C. Police say officers were called to reports of a shooting in the area of 246 Street and 124 Avenue ea...
Aug 13, 2025
B.C. residential unit sales up in July but down year-to-date, association says
VANCOUVER - Sales of homes in British Columbia grew in July compared with the same month last year, but year-to-date numbers show transactions remain slower. The British Columbia Real Estate Associati...
Aug 13, 2025
Wildfire raging near Port Alberni, B.C., grows again overnight
PORT ALBERNI - A raging wildfire that has forced evacuations near Port Alberni, B.C., has grown again overnight to more than 20 square kilometres in size as it continues to burn out of control. The fi...
Aug 13, 2025
