Category Archives: British Columbia

Two charged with first-degree murder in 2016 death of B.C. man in West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA - Police in British Columbia say two people have been charged with first-degree murder after a decade-long investigation into the death of 22-year-old Tura McCarty in West Kelowna. RCMP s...
The Canadian Press Apr 20, 2026

Alberta's government says it will do away with twice-a-year time change
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith's government says Albertans will soon be ditching twice-a-year clock changes. Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally confirmed Monday the province plans to stick with da...
The Canadian Press Apr 20, 2026

Fact File: No evidence Carney threatened emergency powers against Alberta separatists
Claims that Prime Minister Mark Carney said he would invoke the Emergencies Act to quash Alberta independence appeared online last week. It was said Carney made the comments while addressing steelwork...
The Canadian Press Apr 20, 2026

Fact File: Clip of Carney saying he would use emergency powers against Alberta separatists doctored
Claims that Prime Minister Mark Carney said he would invoke the Emergencies Act to quash Alberta independence appeared online last week. It was said Carney made the comments while addressing steelwork...
The Canadian Press Apr 20, 2026

Eby called changes to Indigenous law 'non-negotiable,' but series of backdowns ensued
The British Columbia government's efforts to mitigate the impact of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act has resulted in a series of climbdowns in the face of opposition from First ...
The Canadian Press Apr 20, 2026

Ex-Mountie, accused of helping China, pleads not guilty to security offence
VANCOUVER - The trial of a former RCMP officer got underway in British Columbia Supreme Court Monday, with prosecutors alleging William Majcher prepared to coerce a resident of the province to return ...
The Canadian Press Apr 20, 2026

Jongwon Ham, accused of killing B.C. Mountie, is found mentally unfit for trial
VANCOUVER - The man accused of killing RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang in a Burnaby, B.C., park is "clearly overwhelmed by delusional thinking," which would prevent him from making rational decisions during ...
The Canadian Press Apr 20, 2026

Decades-old temperature records fall in B.C. as four communities reach record highs
CACHE CREEK - Four British Columbia communities set or matched their daily high temperature records on Sunday as warm weather swept across parts of the province. Among those that broke the daily recor...
The Canadian Press Apr 20, 2026

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon addresses United Nations forum on Indigenous rights
OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Mary Simon told the opening of the United Nations permanent forum on Indigenous issues Monday that Canada is making progress on improving the lives of Indigenous Peoples, even if th...
The Canadian Press Apr 20, 2026

First Nations say Eby backs down again, now seeks joint path on B.C. Indigenous law
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby has backed down again on the pausing of key parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, scrapping plans to table a suspension bill t...
The Canadian Press Apr 19, 2026