Category Archives: British Columbia
No talk of custody when man was convicted of choking. Then, his ex-partner was killed
When James Plover was convicted on July 4 of choking someone and uttering threats, in a rage that also saw him destroy a table with a machete, his defence lawyer and the prosecutor took no issue with ...
Jul 15, 2025
Crime Stoppers takes 'unusual step' of accepting tips from extortion victims
SURREY - Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers says it's taking the "unusual step" of accepting tips from extortion victims amid ongoing threats and violence targeting South Asian businesses in Surrey, B.C.,...
Jul 15, 2025
Steel barriers to protect Vancouver fireworks crowds, police say
VANCOUVER - Vancouver police say the annual Celebration of Light fireworks competition that begins Saturday will be protected by steel barriers to prevent vehicle incursions in the most crowded areas....
Jul 15, 2025
Problem grizzly shot and wounded, B.C. conservation officer service says
TEXADA ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA TEXADA I - British Columbia's Conservation Officer Service says it's investigating a report that a grizzly bear on Texada Island, off B.C.'s Sunshine Coast, has been sh...
Jul 15, 2025
Plan to fence off Nanaimo, B.C., city hall to protect from overdose site disorder
VICTORIA - The City of Nanaimo, B.C., is considering building a 1.8-metre-high fence to protect its staff from "congregations" of people, violence and disorder associated with an overdose prevention s...
Jul 15, 2025
'Obscene brutality': Baseball-bat killer gets life term despite constitutional ruling
The B.C. Supreme Court has sentenced a man to life in prison without parole eligibility for 25 years for beating his ex-girlfriend to death with a baseball bat as she slept beside her young daughter i...
Jul 14, 2025
B.C. facing more adverse drought conditions this year as warm, dry weather expected
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's minister in charge of water is asking residents to do everything they can to conserve the resource in the coming weeks, as the province faces elevated drought conditions...
Jul 14, 2025
Federal Court of Appeal to hear arguments in B.C. ostrich farm avian flu case
OTTAWA - The B.C. ostrich farmers who lost dozens of birds in an outbreak of avian flu last winter will be heading to the Federal Court of Appeal on Tuesday as they try to stop the remainder of their ...
Jul 14, 2025
Airflow pattern brings potential for increased wildfires in coastal B.C.
VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says the Coastal Fire Centre is expected to get its first "outflow pattern" of the season, which could drive more significant fire behaviour. It says the pattern oc...
Jul 14, 2025
Woman severely burned by substance in 'intentional act' in Langley, B.C., police say
LANGLEY - Police in Metro Vancouver say a woman was taken to hospital suffering from "severe burns" after being exposed to an "unknown substance" in a targeted assault. A statement issued by Langley R...
Jul 14, 2025
