Category Archives: British Columbia

Former MP Findlay joins B.C. Conservative race amid donation row
VICTORIA - Former federal MP and minister Kerry-Lynne Findlay has joined the race to lead the Conservative Party of B.C., immediately joining the fray over who is conservative enough for the job. Find...
The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026

B.C.-based Pattison says Virginia warehouse sale to ICE won't proceed
VANCOUVER - Vancouver-based Jim Pattison Developments announced Friday it will no longer be selling a Virginia warehouse property to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which had said it wanted ...
The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026 A photo from a commercial property listing shows the 552,587 square foot building in Virginia that ICE wants to turn into a holding and processing facility. (Image Credit: loopnet.com)

Evacuation order as Vancouver Island district declares flood emergency
A state of local emergency has been declared in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, with drenching rain prompting an order to evacuate a campground and nearby properties due to rising floodwaters. T...
The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026

CFIA official tells of threats and harassment that dogged ostrich cull operation
As Canadian Food Inspection Agency workers prepared for a cull of hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm, they came under a variety of harassment from opponents of the operation, said a seni...
The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026

Wagon-dragging B.C. islanders face weeks without vehicle bridge, knocked askew by tug
DELTA - When Abby Collier heard that the only bridge connecting Westham Island to Delta and the Metro Vancouver mainland had been damaged by a boat strike last week, she assumed it would be closed for...
The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026

B.C. school trustee 'terrified' after police ordered her out of vehicle at gunpoint
Prince George, B.C., school trustee Erica McLean parked her vehicle to write an email on Tuesday after grabbing a coffee, and thought an unmarked police car was trying to park across from her when it ...
The Canadian Press Jan 29, 2026

Watchdog investigating after missing youth found dead in Smithers, B.C.
SURREY - British Columbia's civilian police watchdog agency is investigating after a girl was found dead on a park trail in Smithers, B.C., a day after she was reported missing. The Independent Invest...
The Canadian Press Jan 29, 2026

Police say hit man and fellow murderer caught trying to flee B.C. prison
SURREY - Two murderers including gangland hit man Dean Wiwchar have been charged with attempting to escape from a British Columbia pretrial centre last month. The Surrey Police Service says in a news ...
The Canadian Press Jan 29, 2026

'Disturbing' scenes, record overdoses, as powerful sedative hits B.C. drug supply
VANCOUVER - Last weekend, frontline health workers in Trail, B.C., reported "disturbing" scenes to Dr. Karin Goodison, medical health officer with Interior Health. She said workers were finding about ...
The Canadian Press Jan 29, 2026

Pedestrian struck and killed by train in Langley, B.C.
LANGLEY - A train has struck and killed a pedestrian in Metro Vancouver, and police are investigating. RCMP say the collision happened at about 7:44 a.m. Thursday near Glover and Billy Brown roads in ...
The Canadian Press Jan 29, 2026

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