Category Archives: British Columbia
Toronto, Vancouver show biggest signs of mortgage stress: CMHC
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says it sees signs of financial stress among homeowners in Toronto and Vancouver, with missed mortgage payments projected to steadily increase, albeit from a low ...
Feb 05, 2026
Multiple schools in B.C. were placed on hold and secure after phone threats: RCMP
COQUITLAM - A number of schools in B.C.'s Lower Mainland were placed on hold and secure on Wednesday after receiving "multiple" threats, which RCMP say were later discounted. Insp. Veronica Fox, with ...
Feb 04, 2026
Media harder to identify, RCMP officer tells hearing over photojournalist's lawsuit
VANCOUVER - The RCMP officer in charge of enforcing a court injunction in a British Columbia pipeline dispute where a photojournalist was arrested in 2021 testified Wednesday that he welcomes media co...
Feb 04, 2026
Homicide team looking into 'suspicious' disappearance of a B.C. man
BURNABY - The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says it is taking over the case of a missing man from Burnaby, B.C. The unit says in a news release that the disappearance of 45-year-old Masood Ma...
Feb 04, 2026
Police suspected 'murder-suicide' in Prince Rupert family's deaths: B.C. official
An inquest into the deaths of a B.C. family of four has heard for the first time that police characterized the deaths as a suspected murder-suicide, as well as a recorded police interview describing t...
Feb 04, 2026
Media exclusion zone during 2023 Vancouver decampment 'unlawful,' report finds
VANCOUVER - Police and the City of Vancouver took "unlawful" actions when restricting media access as city workers broke up a Downtown Eastside homeless encampment in 2023, but they are unwilling to a...
Feb 04, 2026
Abbotsford, B.C., man now charged with first-degree murder in death of a woman
ABBOTSFORD - Police say an Abbotsford, B.C., man is now facing an upgraded charge of first-degree murder in the death of a 30-year-old woman who was found dead inside a hotel last month. Homicide inve...
Feb 04, 2026
10 candidates in B.C. Conservative leadership race as Banman and Kooner join field
VICTORIA - B.C. Conservative MLAs Bruce Banman and Steve Kooner are joining the contest to lead the party, pushing the field of candidates into double digits. Abbotsford-South MLA Banman says in an in...
Feb 04, 2026
Asylum claims won't stop extortion suspects facing justice: Immigration Department
VICTORIA - Canada's Immigration Department says claiming asylum "cannot, and will not" prevent criminals being punished, after British Columbia's premier criticized refugee claims by extortion suspect...
Feb 04, 2026
B.C. minister says Ottawa is missing from the table on flood mitigation planning
OTTAWA - British Columbia's minister of emergency management is accusing the federal government of being absent from flood mitigation planning meetings following two major flooding events in her provi...
Feb 04, 2026
