Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. debt grows 50 per cent in two years to $134B despite lower-than-expected deficit
VICTORIA - British Columbia is weighed down by rapidly growing debt despite a lower-than-forecasted deficit for 2024, something that Finance Minister Brenda Bailey said the government is working hard ...
Aug 07, 2025
B.C. restaurant owned by Bollywood star Kapil Sharma shot at a second time in a month
SURREY - Police say a restaurant in British Columbia linked to a prominent Indian comedian was shot at for the second time within a month. Surrey police say the latest attack on Kap's Cafe, linked to ...
Aug 07, 2025
Two climbers, one of them injured, plucked off sheer mountain face in B.C.
NORTH VANCOUVER - Members of three search and rescue groups combined efforts to save two climbers off the sheer rock face of Yak Peak near Hope, B.C., early Wednesday after one of the climbers fell an...
Aug 06, 2025
First Nation disappointed as B.C. court rejects challenge to Mount Polley dam level
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed a First Nation's bid to stop a tailings dam from being raised at the Mount Polley mine site, which suffered a catastrophic dam collapse that spilled mi...
Aug 06, 2025
Immigration lawyers say rising number of CSIS security screenings causing delays
OTTAWA - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it's dealing with a growing number of immigration security screening requests - and immigration lawyers say their clients are coping with long ...
Aug 06, 2025
Chilliwack, B.C., man found not criminally responsible for wife's stabbing death
CHILLIWACK, Aug 6 The Canadian Press -The B.C. Supreme Court says a Chilliwack man who stabbed his wife to death in 2024 was suffering from a "delusional belief" when the killing occurred, finding him...
Aug 06, 2025
Amazon's bid to overturn B.C. labour ruling on workers' unionization rejected
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Labour Relations Board has rejected a bid by e-commerce giant Amazon to overturn an earlier decision that awarded union certification to workers at a facility in Delta, ...
Aug 06, 2025
Low-income renters press governments for ways to cool apartments in heat waves
HALIFAX - Sandra Walsh was struggling to breathe in her apartment when temperatures across Nova Scotia soared in July, but the woman on social assistance says her pleas for a government-funded air con...
Aug 06, 2025
Rain, cooler weather helping to hold wildfire burning on Vancouver Island
Light rain and higher humidity have helped British Columbia firefighters in their work to contain a wildfire burning out of control on Vancouver Island. The roughly five-square-kilometre wildfire has ...
Aug 06, 2025
BC Wildfire Service warns AI photos spread misinformation and uncertainty
VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service is warning about AI-generated images spreading misinformation and uncertainty during fire season, citing fake images being shared on social media that seemingly dep...
Aug 05, 2025
