Category Archives: British Columbia

Dutch court rejects bid by Amanda Todd's tormentor to scrap Canadian sentence
VANCOUVER - The Dutch Supreme Court has rejected online extortionist Aydin Coban's bid to scrap his Canadian sentence for tormenting B.C. teenager Amada Todd. Coban is a Dutch national who was extradi...
Jan 28, 2025

Trump bump: U.S. citizenship renunciation inquiries surge in Canada, lawyers say
For more than a decade, Wisconsin native Douglas Cowgill has helped Americans in Canada navigate the complex task of renouncing their U.S. citizenship, cutting themselves loose from that nation's Inte...
Jan 28, 2025

Why the Year of the Snake is constricting festive decoration sales in B.C.
RICHMOND, B.C. - Cecilia Liang's Lunar New Year decoration stall has been an annual fixture in the Yaohan Centre in Richmond, B.C., for 25 years - but she knew some products would be a tough sell this...
Jan 28, 2025

Hitmen face sentencing for B.C. murder of former Air India suspect Malik
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - One of the admitted hitmen who killed former Air India bombing suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik is set to be sentenced for his part in the murder today in a New Westminster, B.C.,...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 28, 2025

Missing snowboarder found dead on Cypress Mountain, B.C.
WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. - A 21-year-old snowboarder who went missing last week at the Cypress Mountain Resort near Vancouver has been found dead in a gully. West Vancouver Police say in a statement the s...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 27, 2025

Bridge over Okanagan Lake in B.C. reopens after bomb scare, fire in van
KELOWNA, B.C. - Police have reopened a bridge across Okanagan Lake in the B.C. Interior after an explosives scare that shut it down for about 11 hours. Officers say the incident began early Monday mor...
Jan 27, 2025

Canada stops letting cross-border hikers enter B.C. via Pacific Crest Trail
OTTAWA - The Canadian Border Services Agency says hikers on a trail that crosses into British Columbia from Washington state will no longer be allowed to proceed without first entering Canada through ...
Jan 27, 2025

Construction begins on Abbotsford Recreation Centre's energy efficiency upgrades
ABBOTSFORD - The City of Abbotsford says construction of energy efficiency upgrades at the Abbotsford Recreation Centre (ARC) are getting underway this week. The upgrades, funded in collaboration with...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 27, 2025

Feds to contribute $663M for Metro Vancouver transit infrastructure over 10 years
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - The federal government says it's kicking in more than $663 million in funding for Metro Vancouver transit infrastructure over the next decade, beginning next year. Energy and N...
Jan 27, 2025

Five years on, Chinese Canadians recall ridicule and racism over pandemic precautions
VANCOUVER - In early 2020, Lili Wu was already "armed to the teeth" whenever she ventured to public places near her home in Port Coquitlam, B.C. - face mask, sanitizer, protective eyewear and gloves. ...
Jan 27, 2025