The first window of time for farmers in Alberta and Saskatchewan to obtain strychnine to deal with burgeoning ground squirrel populations is about to run out, and many producers are now hoping for better luck next spring. Wade Nelson, who farms near Hi...

VANCOUVER - Police say a suspect who was charged with multiple counts of dangerous driving over a car-ramming attack last month in Vancouver is now facing a murder charge. Tadd Bali was charged with four counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicl...

VANCOUVER - Unionized workers in Metro Vancouver who oversee drinking water, wastewater treatment, air quality and other important jobs across more than 20 municipalities are taking full-scale strike action starting Monday. The union representing more...

OLIVER - A young bear in British Columbia's Okanagan had to endure several days with a stove pipe stuck over its head before conservation officers were able to remove it. The Conservation Officer Service of B.C. says residents in the area near Oliver f...

LANGFORD - Police on Vancouver Island are looking for a suspect after a girl was sexually assaulted at a bus stop. West Shore RCMP say the attack happened Tuesday at around 3 p.m. in Langford, a suburb of Victoria. Police say the girl was at the bus s...

VANCOUVER - A 32-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter over a fatal stabbing in Vancouver last September. Police say the accused is in custody and appeared in court Friday. The stabbing happened on Sept. 3, 2025, just before 1 a.m., when off...

VICTORIA - The B.C. Supreme Court has found that the City of Victoria did not go beyond its authority by passing bylaws restricting overnight camping in some city parks. Three homeless petitioners sought to quash two bylaws passed by the city in 2024 ...

SURREY - The police board in Surrey, B.C., says it has chosen its next chair, days after the last chair resigned over a controversial dismissal of the city's police chief. The Surrey Police Board says in a statement that it will be electing board membe...

VANCOUVER - Shaun Riddell is "over the moon" - figuratively, if not quite yet literally - since his Langley, B.C., firm was named among three companies hired by the Canadian Space Agency to lay the groundwork for human and robotic missions to the lunar...

VICTORIA - Overdose deaths in British Columbia are continuing to fall sharply, with April's toll down by almost a third compared to the same month last year. The BC Coroners Service recorded 119 deaths in April due to suspected illicit toxic drugs, dow...

VANCOUVER - Another dead grey whale has been discovered off the British Columbia coast, marking the 10th such discovery so far this year. The Fisheries Department says the latest whale was spotted floating in the waters off Cape Scott Provincial Park,...

Canada Post is rolling out the latest phase of its transition from door-to-door delivery to community mailboxes, selecting more than three dozen communities that will undergo the conversion starting next year. Spanning seven provinces and 37 communitie...

NORTH VANCOUVER - The parent of a 12-year-old in North Vancouver has been ticketed after their child was injured when the e-scooter they were riding crashed into a car. RCMP say the crash happened on a local street on Wednesday when the child on the el...

CALGARY - The chief executive of AltaGas Ltd. says the company is in talks with customers in India, Vietnam, Taiwan and other Asian markets to supply Canadian propane and butane as it expands its export infrastructure footprint on the West Coast. Many...

The mother of a British Columbia teen who died by suicide after being relentlessly tormented by a cyberbully says proposed federal legislation tackling online safety would have helped her daughter and will help save lives. Carol Todd's daughter Amanda...

VANCOUVER - Rising mortgage rates and a weaker labour market are weighing on home sales in British Columbia, especially in the Lower Mainland. The B.C. Real Estate Association says home sales on the Multiple Listing Service System in May reached just ...

VANCOUVER - Metro Vancouver's unionized outside workers are threatening a full-scale strike after no progress toward an agreement during weeks of rotating pickets. Jesse Medeiros, the president of the Greater Vancouver Regional District Employees' Uni...

PERTH, ONT. - A suspect wanted for second-degree murder in the death of a man in southern Ontario may be camping somewhere in rural British Columbia. Ontario Provincial Police say 34-year-old Christo Richards of Ottawa died in hospital after being fou...

WEST KELOWNA - The First Nations Justice Council in British Columbia has officially launched an effort meant to help Indigenous people navigate the police accountability process in the province. Judith Sayers, a director with the group, says the Polic...

KELOWNA - British Columbia's animal welfare society says a woman has been banned from owning or living with pets for five years and given 12 months' probation after pleading guilty to attempting to euthanize a cat with fentanyl. A statement from the B....

VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says U.S. President Donald Trump's latest statement that he's not looking to renew the trade deal between Canada, the United States and Mexico is a "bit bizarre," given that the three countries are now in ...

The man accused of murdering Tatjana Stefanski in British Columbia more than two years ago testified Wednesday that he tried to kill himself twice in the hours after her death, by drowning in a lake and by stabbing himself with a kitchen knife found at...

NEW WESTMINSTER - The judge in the case of a B.C. woman who pleaded guilty to assault and sex trafficking is taking time to decide on a sentence. Lawyers will be meeting next week to set a date for Justice Terence Schultes to sentence Jennifer Stephens...

SURREY - Police in Surrey say three men have pleaded guilty and been sentenced over charges stemming from an extortion-related shooting back in February. The Surrey Police Service says Taranveer Singh got a five-year sentence for reckless discharge of...

VANCOUVER - The trial for Adam Kai-Ji Lo, who is facing 11 counts of second-degree murder in the 2025 Lapu Lapu festival attack in Vancouver, has been set to start on April 19, 2027. Lo has elected against facing a jury in favour of a judge-only trial ...

LANGFORD - Mounties near Victoria say they are investigating three reports of a violent online group exploiting children and young people. West Shore RCMP say in a statement that the reports are all similar and involve a group known as 764, which is p...

CALGARY - The secretary-treasurer of the Nisga'a Nation in northern British Columbia says there remain few obstacles to a final go-ahead decision for the Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas plant and export terminal. "I think we've basically cleared almo...

QUESNEL - Police in British Columbia's central Interior say the body of a 17-year-old youth has been recovered three days after a vessel capsized at a local lake. Mounties in Quesnel say the body of the teenage boy from Prince George was recovered from...