Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. guide gets $30,000 penalty for leading client on hunt outside licence area
MCBRIDE - A British Columbia hunting guide has been ordered to pay more than $30,000 in penalties after admitting to taking a client outside of his designated hunt area. The B.C. Conservation Officer ...
Apr 21, 2026
Slain Mountie's family decries 'systemic failure' after suspect ruled unfit for trial
VANCOUVER - The family of British Columbia RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang says they fear she'll be "erased" from the legal record after the man accused of her killing was found unfit to stand trial. Shiling...
Apr 21, 2026
Fifty properties on evacuation order after 400-metre wide slide reactivates
FORT ST. JOHN - A 400-metre wide landslide is slipping down a hill in the small community of Old Fort in northeastern British Columbia. The B.C. Ministry of Emergency Management says in a statement th...
Apr 21, 2026
AFN chief asks UN to support First Nations' opposition to B.C. Indigenous law change
OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling on the United Nations to condemn the "regressive" attempt by B.C. Premier David Eby's government to amend or suspend parts of a ...
Apr 21, 2026
Turf war: B.C. prison finds drug package disguised as grass patch dropped over fence
MISSION, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Authorities in British Columbia's Fraser Valley have foiled an attempt to sneak drugs into a prison by dropping a package disguised as a patch of loose turf onto th...
Apr 21, 2026
Cracking at Old Fort slide in B.C. prompts evacuation order
FORT ST. JOHN - Residents of a community in northeastern B.C. were ordered out of their homes late Monday due to the risk of a landslide. Those in the area of the historic Old Fort slide were to head ...
Apr 20, 2026
Eby 'moving forward' with First Nations after latest climbdown on Indigenous law
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said that "moving forward together" with First Nations leaders is now his top priority, explaining why he withdrew plans to table legislation to suspend k...
Apr 20, 2026
Two charged with first-degree murder in 2016 death of B.C. man in West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA - Police in British Columbia say two people have been charged with first-degree murder after a decade-long investigation into the death of 22-year-old Tura McCarty in West Kelowna. RCMP s...
Apr 20, 2026
Alberta's government says it will do away with twice-a-year time change
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith's government says Albertans will soon be ditching twice-a-year clock changes. Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally confirmed Monday the province plans to stick with da...
Apr 20, 2026
Fact File: No evidence Carney threatened emergency powers against Alberta separatists
Claims that Prime Minister Mark Carney said he would invoke the Emergencies Act to quash Alberta independence appeared online last week. It was said Carney made the comments while addressing steelwork...
Apr 20, 2026
