Category Archives: British Columbia
For B.C. whale coroner, a gruesome duty to 'revered' animals approached with humility
VICTORIA - When veterinary pathologist Stephen Raverty is chest deep in work, the term takes on a gruesome meaning. Picture Raverty deep in the innards of a humpback whale, trying to retain his balanc...
Dec 24, 2025
Surrey, B.C., Conservative candidate scraps the court challenge of his loss
SURREY - The B.C. Conservative Party candidate who lost in the riding of Surrey-Guildford by 22 votes in last year's provincial election has given up his court challenge of the results. Honveer Singh ...
Dec 23, 2025
B.C. court orders alleged U.S fraudster to explain millions sent to disbarred lawyer
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Supreme Court has ordered a man accused of participating in a multimillion-dollar securities fraud in the United States to explain the source of "large sums" of money ...
Dec 23, 2025
Purple haze in the sky over Delta, B.C., sets off awe, curiosity and questions
On the darkest nights of winter when the cloud cover is just right, there's a purple haze above parts of Metro Vancouver and it has nothing to do with Christmas or Jimi Hendrix. Cathy Latremouille sai...
Dec 23, 2025
B.C. mills processed more than one million cubic metres of wildfire chips in 2024-25
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says cutting red tape has allowed provincial pulp mills to more than double their use of timber salvaged from forest fires. The Ministry of Forests says in a...
Dec 23, 2025
B.C. police watchdog called in after man injured during arrest by Port Alberni RCMP
SURREY - The Independent Investigations Office of BC says it has been called in to probe an arrest in Port Alberni that left a man with serious injuries last weekend. The office says in a statement th...
Dec 23, 2025
B.C. holiday travellers hindered by ferry delays and highway closures
Kevin Ilomin has travelled the Coquihalla Highway safely on countless occasions, but when his bus got stuck in the snow on the way to Kelowna on Monday, he was starting to think this trip might have a...
Dec 23, 2025
Bricks of cocaine found in container of frozen fruit from Colombia in B.C.: CBSA
DELTA - The Canada Border Services Agency says it seized more than 26 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a shipping container hauling boxes frozen fruit from Colombia back in October. The border agency sa...
Dec 23, 2025
B.C. Conservative leadership race will present new vision, unify members: Halford
VICTORIA - It was a surreal moment on a day full of such moments. Trevor Halford walked into the main chamber of the British Columbia legislature on Dec. 3 as interim leader of his Conservative Party ...
Dec 23, 2025
About 70 trees deliberately cut around their bases, left to die in Powell River, B.C.
POWELL RIVER - Police on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast are investigating the vandalism of about 70 trees that where deliberately cut, leaving them to die over the next year. RCMP say the City of P...
Dec 22, 2025
