Category Archives: British Columbia

B.C. hydro rates to increase in 2025, 2026 but remain among lowest in North America
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's energy minister says the province is setting annual rate increases for electricity for the next two years in response to rising demand for power and economic uncertainty...
Mar 17, 2025

First Nation gets village site back from pulp company on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast
POWELL RIVER, B.C. - The Tla'amin First Nation and forestry giant Domtar have reached an agreement for the nation to reacquire a large portion of a historic village site along the B.C. Sunshine Coast....
Mar 17, 2025

Marathon Vancouver airport hotel strike ends after 1,411 days
RICHMOND, B.C. - The union representing workers at the Radisson Blu Vancouver Airport Hotel says staff have ratified a new collective agreement, ending a nearly four-year-long strike. Unite Here Local...
Mar 17, 2025

Canadians join 'Tesla Takedown' protests against Musk, Trump in the Fraser Valley
SURREY, B.C. - Canadians in several cities have joined a series of "Tesla Takedown" protests happening across the United States and parts of Europe. Protesters say they have been moved to act by Tesla...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 16, 2025

B.C. police watchdog called after RCMP shoot, injure man suspected of carrying a gun
PENTICTON, B.C. - Mounties in British Columbia's southern Interior say the province's police watchdog has been called in after a shooting involving an officer that sent one man to hospital with gunsho...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 16, 2025

Man shot, injured in wooded area where he was living in Burnaby, B.C.: RCMP
BURNABY, B.C. - Police in Metro Vancouver say they're investigating a shooting that injured a 71-year-old man on Saturday. A statement from Burnaby RCMP says officers found the victim in a wooded area...
Mar 16, 2025

Canadian woman returns home after being detained by U.S. immigration officials
VANCOUVER - The mother of a British Columbia woman who was detained for nearly two weeks by immigration officials in the United States says her daughter is back on home soil. Alexis Eagles confirmed S...
Alyssa Conti Mar 15, 2025

B.C. prison inmate charged with second-degree murder after fatal cafeteria fight
AGASSIZ, B.C. - An inmate at a British Columbia prison has been charged with second-degree murder over a death in a cafeteria fight. Homicide investigators say Therae Racette-Beaulieu has been charged...
Mar 14, 2025

Eby responds to Alaskan senator's threat to have cruise ships bypass B.C. ports
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he is standing firm behind the legislation granting the province the ability to levy new fees on U.S. commercial trucks heading to Alaska, despite political thr...
Mar 14, 2025

B.C. government to cut carbon tax after Liberal government removes consumer federal carbon price
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier David Eby has announced that the Province is following suit on Prime Minister Mark Carney's move to end consumer carbon pricing. In a statement Friday afternoon (Mar. 14), Eby ...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 14, 2025