Category Archives: British Columbia

City cut polling places and staff for Vancouver vote defined by long waits: report
VANCOUVER - A City of Vancouver report into last month's council byelection says delays caused by a lack of capacity became a "defining aspect" of election day, which saw some voters wait more than th...
May 20, 2025

Woman found in Stanley Park bathroom after violent sex assault, man arrested nearby
VANCOUVER - Vancouver police have arrested a man after officers discovered a woman who had been violently sexually assaulted and robbed in a bathroom in Stanley Park. Police say the attack happened on...
May 20, 2025

Kilo of fentanyl, loaded gun and cash seized at Victoria supportive housing facility
VICTORIA - Victoria police say a man has been arrested after a search at a supportive housing facility in the city turned up a kilogram of fentanyl, cash and a loaded gun. Police say it's "particularl...
Mike VandenBosch May 20, 2025

Metro Vancouver area councillors urge more B.C. oversight of municipal spending
VICTORIA - Four Metro Vancouver area councillors have launched a petition asking the British Columbia government for closer oversight of municipal spending in the province, amid a police investigation...
Mike VandenBosch May 20, 2025

BC Hydro's challenge: Powering province through surging demand, drought and trade war
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's power utility is facing transformational challenges of drought, rising costs and a trade war with the United States as it works to meet electricity demand that's surging...
May 20, 2025

Environment Canada issues weather alerts for B.C. Interior highways
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued special weather statements for three major highways in the British Columbia Interior. The weather agency says a Pacific front began approaching the southweste...
Alyssa Conti May 19, 2025

'Sullivan's Crossing' is a 'life-preserver in tumultuous times': Canadian showrunner
TORONTO - For Roma Roth, setting her show "Sullivan's Crossing" in Nova Scotia is a way to showcase more of Canada on the small screen. The London, Ont.-born executive producer and showrunner - who al...
May 18, 2025

22-year-old woman dies in slackline fall north of Vancouver
A 22-year-old woman is dead after a fatal slack line incident at a recreation area north of Vancouver. Squamish RCMP say they received a report on Saturday afternoon of a female falling from a slack l...
May 17, 2025

Vancouver Island University students are making the world's largest Nanaimo bar
NANAIMO - Students at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, B.C., are busy in the kitchen assembling the world's largest Nanaimo bar. The sweet treat will be unveiled to the public at noon on Saturd...
May 17, 2025

Vancouver officer charged a year after pedestrian strike in Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER - The BC Prosecution Service says a Vancouver police officer has been charged under the Motor Vehicle Act for driving without reasonable consideration for others, a year after a pedestrian w...
May 16, 2025