Category Archives: British Columbia
MLA wants to scrap B.C.'s Human Rights Code. Some constituents want her gone instead
VICTORIA - A B.C. legislator who has sought to scrap the province's Human Rights Code and ban land acknowledgments, and has blamed the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting on "transgender ideology," is facing ...
Mar 13, 2026
B.C. appointed them to map old-growth. Now they say province is failing to save it
Every member of a former panel the British Columbia government appointed to identify old-growth for potential protection in 2021 now says they're concerned about continued logging in those same rare a...
Mar 13, 2026
Rockslide closes part of Whistler, B.C., ski resort, no injuries reported
WHISTLER - A large rockslide has closed part of the Whistler Blackcomb ski resort in British Columbia, but the resort says no one was hurt. A statement from Vail Resorts, which owns and operates Whist...
Mar 12, 2026
Overdose deaths down 10% in January as 150 die from toxic drugs, coroner says
VICTORIA - The BC Coroners Service says 150 people died from toxic drugs across the province in January, down 10 per cent from the same month last year. A statement issued Thursday from the service an...
Mar 12, 2026
B.C. reaches deal with professional employees in lengthy labour dispute
VICTORIA - A tentative agreement has been reached with about 1,900 foresters, engineers, lawyers, geoscientists and other publicly employed professionals in British Columbia. The Finance Ministry says...
Mar 12, 2026
Some B.C. appraisers adding land-claims clause after Aboriginal title court case
VICTORIA - An organization representing about 1,200 appraisers in British Columbia says some of its members are adding clauses to their reports noting that current, past, and potential future land cla...
Mar 12, 2026
Staff injured at Williams Lake, B.C., school placed into hold and secure
WILLIAMS LAKE - A middle school in the B.C. Interior was placed in a hold and secure after a teen allegedly injured a staff member before being stopped by others. Williams Lake RCMP say they responded...
Mar 12, 2026
'I wish I could go back in time': Man apologizes for fatal Vancouver café stabbing
VANCOUVER - A man accused of a fatal stabbing on a Vancouver caf patio nearly three years ago addressed the victim's family directly at his B.C. Supreme Court trial, saying he is "really sorry" and wi...
Mar 12, 2026
TSB finds maintenance, pilot inexperience played role in fatal B.C. plane crash
RICHMOND - Investigators say improper maintenance and the pilot's lack of emergency procedural training may have contributed to a fatal plane crash at a Vancouver Island airport in 2024. The Transport...
Mar 12, 2026
High energy weather brings violent winds, knocks out power, shuts route in B.C.
VANCOUVER - An unusual low-pressure system moving in from the Pacific brought extreme winds and snow to higher elevations in southern B.C., an Environment Canada meteorologist said on Thursday. Terri ...
Mar 12, 2026