Category Archives: British Columbia
CP NewsAlert: Eby announces ending of provincial carbon tax
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's Premier David Eby says his government will repeal the province's carbon tax this legislative session, after new Prime Minister Mark Carney moved to eliminate the fede...
Mar 14, 2025
Advocates and family of man shot by RCMP launch 'people's tribunal' to probe police
VANCOUVER - Legal advocates and relatives of an Indigenous man shot dead by RCMP officers in Campbell River, B.C., in 2021 have launched what they call a "people's tribunal" to investigate crimes comm...
Mar 14, 2025
RCMP arrest suspects in shooting in Penticton, B.C.
PENTICTON, B.C. - Mounties in Penticton, B.C., say they've arrested the final two suspects in a shooting in the city earlier this month. No one was hurt in the shooting and police say one suspect was ...
Mar 14, 2025
Family 'optimistic' that B.C. woman detained in U.S. will be back within 24 hours
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The family of a Vancouver woman detained in the United States after her visa was denied at a border crossing in California says she may be home "in the next 24 hours." Jasmine Moone...
Mar 14, 2025
B.C. overdose deaths in January drop 30 per cent to 152, continuing downward trend
VICTORIA - The British Columbia coroner says 152 people died of toxic drug overdoses in January, marking four consecutive months that the toll was under 160. January's figure was down more than 30 per...
Mar 14, 2025
Teen dies after car crashes into tree in Vancouver's Stanley Park
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say an 18-year-old man has died in an early morning car crash in Stanley Park. They say in a news release that the driver of a white BMW was travelling between Second a...
Mar 14, 2025
Court approves sales of two plants owned by company linked to listeria outbreak
TORONTO - A court has approved the sale of two facilities owned by the Canadian company that processed plant-based milk linked to a deadly listeria outbreak. Court documents show Joriki is selling its...
Mar 14, 2025
B.C. nurse committed unprofessional conduct for transgender comments, committee finds
A disciplinary panel of the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives says a nurse committed unprofessional conduct for making "discriminatory and derogatory statements" about transgender people. The panel'...
Mar 13, 2025
B.C.'s Kwantlen university to lay off 70 faculty due to $49 million revenue loss
About 70 faculty members at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Metro Vancouver will receive lay-off notices Friday after a "sharp decline" in international students resulted in a revenue loss of about...
Mar 13, 2025
Woman dies after being found unresponsive on Blackcomb Mountain in B.C.
WHISTLER, B.C. - A woman has died after being found unresponsive on a mountain at a British Columbia ski resort. Police say a person riding the gondola at Whistler Blackcomb spotted the woman on Black...
Mar 13, 2025