Category Archives: British Columbia

Female pedestrian killed in crash with Surrey police vehicle leaving gas station
SOUTH SURREY - A pedestrian has been killed in a Christmas morning crash involving a police vehicle in Surrey, B.C. Police say in a statement that the collision happened at about 6 a.m. in the 10800 b...
The Canadian Press Dec 25, 2025

Highway 3 east of Hope reopens after atmospheric rivers washed out sections
VANCOUVER - A portion of a British Columbia highway linking the Lower Mainland to Alberta that's been closed since atmospheric rivers washed away sections of the road earlier this month has reopened. ...
The Canadian Press Dec 25, 2025

RCMP officers in Langley, B.C., moved out of the way as driver rams into police car
VICTORIA - Two RCMP officers in Langley, B.C., had to jump out of the way as a man deliberately used the vehicle he was driving "as a weapon" to ram their cruiser and escape. A statement from police s...
The Canadian Press Dec 24, 2025

RCMP investigating fatal hit-and-run in White Rock, B.C.
WHITE ROCK - Police in White Rock, B.C., are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash on Tuesday. Mounties say they responded to the report of an injured person on Cliff Avenue around 12:40 p.m. A stat...
The Canadian Press Dec 24, 2025

RCMP investigating after driver shot in Colwood, B.C., in suspected targeted attack
COLWOOD - Mounties are investigating a shooting in Colwood, B.C., after witnesses reported shots being fired from one vehicle towards another. West Shore RCMP says in a statement that the shooting hap...
The Canadian Press Dec 24, 2025

Health Canada warns about unauthorized health products seized from B.C. stores
OTTAWA - Health Canada is issuing a public advisory after unauthorized health products were seized from two nutrition and supplement stores in Maple Ridge, B.C. The advisory lists dozens of products, ...
The Canadian Press Dec 24, 2025

Police find drugs, cash after two search warrants served in Saanich, B.C.
SAANICH - Police in Saanich, B.C., say they have seized about seven kilograms of drugs after serving two search warrants last Friday. A statement says officers found what's believed to be cocaine as w...
The Canadian Press Dec 24, 2025

Vancouver Island MP Aaron Gunn won't run for leadership of B.C. Conservatives
VICTORIA - Vancouver Island MP Aaron Gunn said he won't run for the leadership of the Conservative Party of B.C. because he doesn't want to risk giving the federal Liberals a majority government. Gunn...
The Canadian Press Dec 24, 2025

Snowfall warnings issued for Coquihalla, Sea to Sky highways in B.C.
Snowfall warnings are in effect for some major highways coming to and from British Columbia's Lower Mainland. Environment Canada says a weather system approaching from Washington state will result in ...
The Canadian Press Dec 24, 2025
BR-YEAR-Whale-Coroner
VICTORIA - Veterinary pathologist Stephen Raverty says answers about the recent deaths of three whales this fall in British Columbia waters could come out in early January. Raverty says one of the wha...
The Canadian Press Dec 24, 2025

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