Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. warns of elevated wildfire risk as winds arrive with warm, dry conditions
The British Columbia government is urging people to use caution as a combination of warm, dry conditions and strong winds moves over the southern part of the province, raising the wildfire risk. A sta...
May 01, 2025
Police in Richmond, B.C., seek witnesses of alleged attempted kidnapping
RICHMOND - Police in Richmond, B.C., say they're looking for witnesses after an alleged attempted kidnapping involving a vehicle that was later found on fire. RCMP say a female victim reported Monday ...
May 01, 2025
New B.C. legislation to speed up public and private projects, says minister
VICTORIA - B.C. Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma says new legislation will speed up major public and private projects, including mines and other natural resource enterprises. The government of Premie...
May 01, 2025
Vancouver artist who was mother of two identified among Vancouver festival victims
VANCOUVER - Family members and friends of those killed in a vehicle attack at a Vancouver festival are coming forward to tell the stories of their loved ones. A 30-year-old man faces a series of secon...
May 01, 2025
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Canadian Tire bidding on Hudson's Bay assets, sources say
TORONTO - Beleaguered retailer Hudson's Bay has attracted a bid from Canadian Tire, two sources familiar with the sales process say. The sources, who are not being named because they were not authoriz...
May 01, 2025
Advocate fears mental health stigma after Vancouver festival tragedy
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia advocate says people with mental illness and those who work with them are afraid of the consequences that could come in reaction to the festival tragedy that killed 11 p...
May 01, 2025
TransLink to expand Metro Vancouver bus service with newly approved investment plan
BURNABY - Metro Vancouver's transportation authority says a plan is in place to fund the largest increase in bus service in the region since 2018, in addition to expansions and improvements approved l...
Apr 30, 2025
Mental health trouble leads to public safety issues, Vancouver's mayor says
VANCOUVER - People are "sick and tired" of inquiries and reviews into a recurring pattern of people in a mental health crisis becoming involved in violent incidents, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said Wedne...
Apr 30, 2025
Filipino nurses shaken by Vancouver festival attack say tragedy 'will not define us'
Filipino-Canadian nurse Glesy Banton-Victoria says she had planned to attend the Lapu Lapu Day street festival in Vancouver on Saturday but took a nap instead, exhausted by a funeral earlier in the da...
Apr 30, 2025
Event planners across Canada rethinking security practices following Vancouver attack
TORONTO - Event organizers across Canada say they're combing over their security practices in the wake of Saturday night's deadly attack on a Vancouver street festival, hoping to fill any gaps to prot...
Apr 30, 2025