British Columbia

Both British Columbia NDP, Conservative leader campaigned in the Okanagan Friday
VICTORIA - British Columbia's major party leaders took their election campaigns to the Okanagan Friday to talk about fire safety and the high cost of groceries. Interim Conservative party leader Lorne Doerkson is promising to spend half a billion doll...
Oct 2, 2026
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B.C. man sentenced for 'hateful' messages written on Victoria historic synagogue
VICTORIA - A British Columbia man who defaced a historic synagogue in Victoria with "unquestionably hateful" statements has been sentenced to eight months in jail. B.C. provincial court Judge Micah Rankin's ruling released this week says Arthur Robert...
Oct 2, 2026
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Four people dead in two separate crashes on B.C. roads
Police in British Columbia say four people are dead after two separate crashes on provincial highways on Thursday. Chase RCMP say they were called to Highway 1 west of the village on Thursday afternoon after a crash between a Mercedes SUV and a Honda ...
Oct 2, 2026
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Human remains inside submerged vehicle linked to B.C. man missing since 2004: RCMP
CRESTON - Mounties in southeastern British Columbia say a volunteer search recovery team has found a sunken vehicle with human remains inside believed to be linked to a man who went missing in 2004. Creston RCMP say the vehicle was found in the Kooten...
Oct 2, 2026
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Extortions, fire bombings, shootings lead to arrests of 5 foreign nationals, RCMP say
LANGLEY - Five foreign nationals are in police custody and face a string of charges arising out of an RCMP extortion investigation involving members of British Columbia's South Asian community. Supt. Harm Dosange, with the Langley RCMP, said Friday th...
Oct 2, 2026
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OneBC interim leader Dallas Brodie she is open to election deal with Conservatives
VICTORIA - OneBC interim leader Dallas Brodie says she doesn't understand why the Conservatives are running a candidate in her riding during the B.C. election but she's prepared to make a deal with her former party. Brodie, who is the incumbent legisl...
Oct 1, 2026
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Pulp mill in Howe Sound, B.C., to reopen after shutting 'indefinitely' back in August
GIBSONS - A union representing B.C. pulp mill workers says it's welcoming news that a shuttered facility in Howe Sound is set to reopen later this month. Unifor says a deal between the province and operator Domtar has the mill poised to get back up an...
Oct 1, 2026
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B.C. Mounties showed 'concerning' conduct in investigation into B.C. death: watchdog
SURREY - The Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia says it found "concerning and problematic conduct" from some RCMP officers who failed to co-operate during an investigation. The provincial police watchdog made the comments in a report...
Oct 1, 2026
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Former chief coroner Lisa Lapointe to run for B.C. Greens in provincial vote
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Green Party has named former chief coroner Lisa Lapointe as the party's candidate in the riding of Saanich South on Vancouver Island. Leader Emily Lowan announced Lapointe's candidacy as the party unveiled its toxic drug...
Oct 1, 2026
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Bank of Canada's key rate 'too blunt' to fix housing unaffordability: official
A top official at the Bank of Canada says monetary policymakers are struggling to find new tools and pathways to address persistent housing affordability challenges. Senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers gave a speech in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday tha...
Oct 1, 2026
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Police Watchdog investigating after man jumps from Metro Vancouver bridge
SURREY - British Columbia's police watchdog agency is investigating the actions of officers after a man jumped from a Metro Vancouver bridge and disappeared over the weekend. The Independent Investigations Office says in a release that it happened Satu...
Oct 1, 2026
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Carney expresses confidence in producer demand for new West Coast oil pipeline
CALGARY - Prime Minister Mark Carney expressed confidence Thursday that oilsands producers will be keen to spend on expansion projects to fill the proposed Pacific Link pipeline, which has been deemed Canada's first project of national interest. "Thes...
Oct 1, 2026
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Carney gives Alberta pipeline special interest designation, to be called Pacific Link
FORT MCMURRAY - A pipeline to haul Alberta oil to tankers on the B.C. coast took a big step forward Thursday. Prime Minster Mark Carney, with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith at his side, announced the line - to be known as Pacific Link - is the first pr...
Oct 1, 2026
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A timeline for Pacific Link, the 'national interest' Alberta-B.C. pipeline plan
CALGARY - A new million-barrel-per-day oilsands pipeline to the West Coast is the first to be deemed a project of national interest - a key step if the proposal is to advance. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced the ...
Oct 1, 2026
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Summerland, B.C., rescinds last evacuation orders due to destructive wildfire
SUMMERLAND - The Okanagan B.C. community of Summerland has rescinded all evacuation orders almost two months after a wildfire tore through the region. The District of Summerland says that all remaining properties previously on evacuation orders have be...
Oct 1, 2026
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One dead, another injured in Maple Ridge, B.C., collision between train and truck
MAPLE RIDGE - A woman is dead and a man is in critical condition after a vehicle collided with a train in the Metro Vancouver community of Maple Ridge. Police say officers were called to the crash on Lougheed Highway at about 2 p.m. on Wednesday. Moun...
Oct 1, 2026
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Here's a look at the ridings where voters can expect federal byelections soon
OTTAWA - Voters in a number of ridings across the country will choose new federal representatives in the coming weeks and months after members of Parliament from four major parties quit the House of Commons for diplomatic appointments, provincial polit...
Oct 1, 2026
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Tsawwassen First Nation mourns 'pillars' killed in Delta, B.C. crash
Family members of two Tsawwassen First Nation elders killed in a collision outside a shopping centre in Delta, B.C., on Wednesday say the women were "cultural pillars" of their community. Statements shared by the nation on social media on Thursday say ...
Oct 1, 2026
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B.C.'s Eby promises relief at gas pumps, while Conservative Doerkson praises pipeline
Promises to lower the cost of gasoline from B.C. New Democrat Leader David Eby and praise for a planned pipeline from Conservative interim leader Lorne Doerkson fuelled British Columbia's snap election campaign on Thursday. Eby's platform for relief at...
Oct 1, 2026
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Fact File: Masked agitators at First Nation in B.C. not a false flag action
Claims have spread online this week that a white nationalist group's demonstration at a First Nation in British Columbia, which has been denounced by authorities as "disgusting" and "cowardly," was in fact a false flag operation. The claims say the act...
Sep 30, 2026
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Fact File: Masked agitators at First Nation in B.C. not a false flag action
Claims have spread online this week that a white nationalist group's demonstration at a First Nation in British Columbia, which has been denounced by authorities as "disgusting" and "cowardly," was in fact a false flag operation. The claims say the act...
Sep 30, 2026
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Two elders of First Nation killed in Delta, B.C., mall crash, two more hurt
DELTA - First Nations members sang and drummed near the bodies of two elders who were killed outside a shopping centre south of Vancouver on Wednesday. The lament was heard from behind large white sheets that officers held up to give them privacy. The ...
Sep 30, 2026
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Frontal system causes heavy rain of up to 100 millimetres along part of B.C. coast
VANCOUVER - A frontal system that moved across the British Columbia coast this week dropped more than 100 millimetres of rain at one location, while other communities were also drenched. Environment Canada issued rainfall warnings for Monday and Tuesda...
Sep 30, 2026
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B.C. crash that killed 2, hurt 2 darkens National Truth and Reconciliation Day
KAMLOOPS - The deaths of two pedestrians and injuries of two others on a First Nation in Delta, B.C., has marred what was to be day of recognition for the harms caused at Canada's residential schools. The Tsawwassen First Nation cancelled further even...
Sep 30, 2026
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