Category Archives: British Columbia
Indigenous Peoples grapple with claims downplaying the history of residential schools
OTTAWA - As Indigenous Peoples marked the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation this week, they also had to confront a persistent problem: public figures claiming the history of residential school...
Oct 04, 2025
Disease outbreak has killed nearly 100 deer around Grand Forks, B.C., province says
GRAND FORKS - The British Columbia government has confirmed the presence of epizootic hemorrhagic disease in white-tailed deer in the Grand Forks area. A statement from the Ministry of Water, Land and...
Oct 03, 2025
Pedestrian dead after crash with bike on Vancouver Island
COURTENAY - Police on Vancouver Island say a pedestrian died following a crash involving a cyclist last month. Comox Valley RCMP say the cyclist has been identified and investigators were working to u...
Oct 03, 2025
Ostrich farmers awaiting Supreme Court decision get little attention from Ottawa
OTTAWA - As the Supreme Court of Canada considers whether to hear the case of a B.C. farm that's fighting to save its ostriches from a Canadian Food Inspection Agency cull, politicians in Ottawa appea...
Oct 03, 2025
RCMP cleared in 2024 death of man in custody in Prince George, B.C.
SURREY - British Columbia's independent police watchdog has cleared Mounties in Prince George of wrongdoing in the death of a man in 2024 while in custody. The Independent Investigations Office says t...
Oct 03, 2025
Police, first responders scramble to help woman give birth on Victoria waterfront
VICTORIA - Emergency responders in Victoria, B.C., had to rush into action to support a woman giving birth on Wharf Street, along the city's busy waterfront area. Victoria police say an officer and St...
Oct 03, 2025
Contract talks break down between B.C. and community health workers: union
British Columbia's public service workers' union says contract talks have broken down between the bargaining association representing community-based health workers and the Health Employers Associatio...
Oct 03, 2025
B.C. launching deer hunt near Cranbrook to control spread of wasting disease
CRANBROOK - British Columbia is introducing an expanded deer hunt in the province's southeast in an attempt to reduce the spread of chronic wasting disease. The Ministry of Water, Land and Resource St...
Oct 03, 2025
Michelin awards two Vancouver restaurants with stars
VANCOUVER - Two Japanese restaurants in Vancouver have received Michelin stars. The culinary tastemaker has awarded Sumibiyaki Arashi and Sushi Hyun with one star each. Michelin says chef Pete Ho of S...
Oct 02, 2025
B.C. man gets 13-year sentence for drug offences, trying to bribe prison guard
CHILLIWACK - A man from Chilliwack, B.C., has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison on drug and weapons charges after being on the run from police for almost three months. RCMP say William Mi...
Oct 02, 2025