Category Archives: British Columbia
Involuntary care safeguards often missing, B.C. Ombudsperson says
A report by British Columbia's Ombudsperson warns that legal safeguards designed to protect patients receiving involuntary mental health care aren't being applied consistently across the province, wit...
Jan 26, 2026
ICE wants to buy Pattison building in Virginia to use for 'holding and processing'
VANCOUVER - The United States Department of Homeland Security is planning to buy a building owned by the property arm of Vancouver-based conglomerate Jim Pattison Group to use as an Immigration and Cu...
Jan 26, 2026
18-year-old dies after 'targeted' assault involving two groups in Kelowna, B.C.: RCMP
KELOWNA - Police in Kelowna, B.C., say an 18-year-old man has died after what is being investigated as a "targeted" assault over the weekend. RCMP say the man was discovered suffering from injuries wh...
Jan 26, 2026
B.C. homicides put gay dating apps in spotlight, as advocates, police warn of risks
VANCOUVER - Richard Hesketh says he won't be going back to Grindr. He told a B.C. Supreme Court hearing that he now refuses to use the gay dating app where his friend, Alexander Lo, encountered Dwight...
Jan 26, 2026 Muhammad "Ash" Zafar, left, and Don Tecson are shown in this undated handout photo. (Image Credit: Don Tecson)
'Troubled' counsel for OPCC resigns from Myles Gray hearing over obscenity
VANCOUVER - A long-awaited public hearing into the 2015 police-involved death of Myles Gray that finally got underway in Vancouver last week could be delayed by up to another year after the counsel fo...
Jan 26, 2026
Museum in Vancouver puts personal failures on display, encouraging people to move on
VANCOUVER - A dead aloe plant, an old wedding dress that symbolized a failed marriage and a rejection letter for a job application are all exhibits that are part of a display of personal failure at a ...
Jan 25, 2026
B.C. cities face off for a piece of 'Heated Rivalry' star Hudson Williams
VANCOUVER - It's a "Heated Rivalry" beef, with a side-serving of spaghetti, as British Columbia cities lay claim to Hudson Williams, star of the gay hockey television phenomenon. Williams, who stars a...
Jan 25, 2026
Australia culls dingoes linked to attack on Canadian Piper James, found dead on beach
A pack of "aggressive" dingoes involved in the death of 19-year-old Canadian Piper James on an Australian beach is being culled, government officials have announced. Preliminary autopsy results releas...
Jan 24, 2026
U.S. border crossings from Canada down 24 per cent as U.S. projected to lose billions
The latest stats show Canadians are continuing to avoid travel to the United States."When I hear that, what I think about is all the businesses that will be impacted, the jobs that won't be able to be...
Jan 24, 2026 Cross-border travel has dropped since the re-election of U.S. President Donald Trump. (Image Credit: Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press)
Homicide team deployed to Surrey, B.C., after men found with gunshot wounds
SURREY - Homicide investigators have been deployed to Surrey, B.C., after it says two men were shot. The Surrey Police Service says in a news release it responded early Saturday to a home in the city,...
Jan 24, 2026
