Category Archives: British Columbia
Chip Wilson fined over signs posted outside mansion during B.C. election period
VANCOUVER - Elections BC has found billionaire Chip Wilson contravened election advertising rules when he put up signs in front of his Vancouver mansion ahead of the provincial election last year, one...
Oct 08, 2025
All B.C. government liquor, cannabis stores now behind workers' pickets in escalation
Job action by British Columbia public service workers is putting pressure on craft brewers, with the head of one industry group saying major players are facing a cash flow crunch, while smaller brewer...
Oct 08, 2025
Metro Vancouver reports 16% drop in per-capita greenhouse gas emissions
BURNABY - Metro Vancouver says its latest climate-action report shows per-capita greenhouse gas emissions have declined 16 per cent since 2010. A statement from the regional district says the progress...
Oct 08, 2025
Man charged in shooting near Surrey, B.C., police building
SURREY - Police say a man is facing multiple charges after allegedly firing shots near a Surrey SkyTrain station and a community police office yesterday afternoon. The Surrey Police Service says 34-ye...
Oct 07, 2025
Transportation Safety Board sending team to accident site near Squamish, B.C.
SQUAMISH - The Transportation Safety Board says it's sending a team of investigators to the site of a helicopter crash near Squamish, B.C., that occurred this morning. Board spokesman Chris Krepski sa...
Oct 07, 2025
Former B.C. lawyer planned murder of his client, Crown tells court
VANCOUVER - The Crown attorney in the first-degree murder trial of a former Kamloops lawyer says the accused methodically planned the murder of his client for more than a week. Ann Katrine Saettler to...
Oct 07, 2025
Average asking rents drop for 12th straight month to $2,123 in September: report
TORONTO - Average asking rents in Canada fell 3.2 per cent in September from a year earlier to $2,123, marking the 12th straight month of annual declines. The latest monthly report from Rentals.ca and...
Oct 07, 2025
B.C. to introduce legislation regulating on-time construction payments
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is introducing new legislation aimed at making sure construction workers and contractors are paid on time. Attorney General Niki Sharma says the bill is abou...
Oct 07, 2025
Smith's plan threatens 'fragile' consensus over development of B.C. coast: Eby
VICTORIA - Premier David Eby says a pipeline plan across northern B.C. by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith threatens community support and social licence that would allow other major projects along the ...
Oct 07, 2025
Man charged for allegedly kicking, punching dog in public in Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO - A Nanaimo, B.C., man has been charged for allegedly kicking and punching his dog. Police say the 36-year-old man has been arrested and charged and is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday. Mo...
Oct 07, 2025 Police believe the man, pictured here, seen kicking and punching his German Shepherd dog is 37-year-old Duane Tyler Vallee, who faces a trio of charges connected to the incident. (submitted photo)