Category Archives: British Columbia
Fact File: Video shared on X shows Maori haka dancer, not B.C. housing minister
A video was shared on social media this week by accounts claiming it shows B.C. Minister of Housing Christine Boyle dancing and lip-synching to audio of ritual chanting, wearing what appears to be Ind...
Oct 29, 2025
B.C. man, 52, arrested in 1997 Ontario sexual assault investigation: OPP
A British Columbia man has been arrested in a historic sexual assault investigation spanning nearly three decades and allegedly involving four victims, three of whom were teenagers, Ontario Provincial...
Oct 29, 2025
Semi-truck rollover closes Highway 5A north of Merritt
MERRITT - Highway 5A is closed in both directions on the north end of Nicola Lake Wednesday (Oct. 29) morning.DriveBC first reported of a vehicle incident on Highway 5A north of Nicola River Road, nea...
Oct 29, 2025
NDP leadership contenders have first face-to-face meeting ahead of French debate
OTTAWA - Three of the five NDP leadership candidates had their first face-to-face encounter, which serves as a preview for next month's French debate. Rob Ashton, Avi Lewis and Heather McPherson took ...
Oct 28, 2025
Man, 48, charged with arson and assault after brush fire in Kelowna, B.C.
KELOWNA - Police in Kelowna, B.C., say a 48-year-old man has been charged with arson and assaulting a peace officer with a weapon after he allegedly lit brush fires on a mountain slope in the southern...
Oct 28, 2025
B.C.'s $3.5-billion tobacco settlement recorded incorrectly, says auditor general
VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general says the province's multi-billion-dollar settlement with tobacco companies should have been recorded in last year's books, instead of being spread out ove...
Oct 28, 2025
'Why did you not warn us': Frustration for B.C. land owners at Cowichan case meeting
RICHMOND - Residents of Richmond, B.C., asked why they weren't told sooner about potential risks to their property rights at a tense meeting with officials over the impact of the landmark Cowichan Tri...
Oct 28, 2025
A timeline of boat strikes and entanglements involving humpbacks in B.C. waters
There's been a surge in boat strikes and entanglements involving humpbacks in British Columbia waters, two of them thought to have been fatal to the whales. Here are some recent incidents. Oct. 23: A ...
Oct 28, 2025
'Exceedingly rare': B.C. humpback's death may be first linked to whale-watch industry
VANCOUVER - There's been a series of entanglements and collisions involving humpback whales in British Columbia waters in recent weeks as numbers of the mammals surge, but the circumstances of the lat...
Oct 28, 2025
Avian flu on the rise in Chilliwack, Abbotsford, with 9 outbreaks confirmed this month in poultry flocks
There's been a surge in avian influenza outbreaks in British Columbia's Fraser Valley as the fall migration season for many birds takes flight. A list published by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency ...
Oct 28, 2025