Category Archives: British Columbia
Tentative contract reached for 25,000 B.C. health-science workers
VICTORIA - A tentative contract agreement has been reached for the group representing 25,000 health-science professionals in British Columbia. The Health Employers Association of BC and Health Science...
Feb 23, 2026
B.C. police release photo of now-deported extortion suspect in appeal for information
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., have released the image of a foreign national suspected of involvement in a wave of extortion gripping the region. The Surrey Police Service says 22-year-old Lovebir S...
Feb 23, 2026
B.C. approves expansion of open-pit Copper Mountain mine in southern Interior
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has approved the expansion of an open-pit copper and gold mine in the province's southern Interior. A statement from Ministry of Mining and Critical Minerals...
Feb 23, 2026
Mounties arrest dozens for retail theft at Metrotown mall in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY - Mounties say they made 73 arrests in a five-week retail theft operation at the Metrotown shopping centre in Burnaby, B.C. Police say they also recovered $23,000 worth of stolen merchandise i...
Feb 23, 2026 Image: File photo, Pattison Media
Eby says it looks like OpenAI could have prevented 'horrific' Tumbler Ridge killings
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said it "looks like" OpenAI had the opportunity to prevent the recent mass shootings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., in which nine people died, as pressure piled ...
Feb 23, 2026
Man charged with impaired driving in northern B.C. crash that killed an Alberta man
FORT ST. JOHN - Police say a man has been charged with impaired driving causing death in a crash in northern British Columbia that killed a 32-year-old man from Alberta. Fort St. John RCMP say the cra...
Feb 23, 2026
Environment Canada issues snowfall warning for the Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt
COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY - A heads up for drivers traveling between B.C.'s southern interior and the coast on Monday (Feb. 23). Environment Canada says a snowfall warning is in effect for the Coquihalla Hig...
Feb 23, 2026 Image: DriveBC / The Coquihalla Highway is pictured 61 km south of Merritt, looking south.
Accumulations expected on the Coquihalla Monday morning
COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY - The provincial contractor responsible for maintaining the Coquihalla Highway says notable accumulations of snow are expected late Sunday night and into Monday morning. According t...
Feb 22, 2026 Image: DriveBC.
RCMP investigating threats online and in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., after shootings
RCMP say they are investigating threats that have circulated online and within the community of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., on the same day that the funeral for one of the victims in the mass shooting had to...
Feb 21, 2026
B.C. paramedics union reaches agreement in principle, avoids possible job action
RICHMOND - The union representing more than 6,000 ambulance paramedics and dispatchers in British Columbia says it has reached an agreement in principle on a new contract, avoiding the possibility of ...
Feb 21, 2026