Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. semi driver hits four cars, now faces drunk driving charges: police
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - Police are recommending criminal charges of impaired driving against the driver of a semi truck that hit four vehicles in a Metro Vancouver city. A statement from BC Highway Pat...
Dec 11, 2024
Quebec police arrest five men in connection with three killings in 2023, 2024
MONTREAL - Quebec police say they've arrested five men in connection with three killings over the last 18 months in Montreal and in a suburb just east of the city. Montreal police and Quebec provincia...
Dec 11, 2024
B.C. falls behind in meeting needs of seniors as population grows, says advocate
VICTORIA - British Columbia's seniors advocate says the province is falling behind in meeting the basic needs of its older residents. Seniors Advocate Dan Levitt says in a report that despite some inv...
Dec 11, 2024
Public inquiry called into conduct of Vancouver police in Myles Gray's beating death
VICTORIA - A public hearing will be held to examine the conduct of seven Vancouver police officers in the beating death of Myles Gray, with Police Complaint Commissioner Prabhu Rajan saying there is "...
Dec 11, 2024
B.C. First Nation to develop salmon hatchery with Fisheries Department
VANCOUVER - The Tsilhqot'in National Government in British Columbia says it has formed a "historic partnership" with the federal Fisheries Department to develop a permanent salmon conservation hatcher...
Dec 11, 2024
Union in B.C. port dispute seeks judicial review of federal back-to-work order
VANCOUVER - The union representing British Columbia port supervisors in a dispute with their employers has applied for a judicial review of federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon's decision last mon...
Dec 10, 2024
Passenger from B.C. had 10 kg of Christmas-wrapped meth: New Zealand border agency
VANCOUVER - New Zealand's border agency says a woman is in custody after arriving on a flight from Vancouver with more than 10 kilograms of methamphetamine wrapped as Christmas presents. The New Zeala...
Dec 10, 2024
Parkland produces first batch of low carbon jet fuel made in Canada
VANCOUVER - The first commercial batch of made-in-Canada low-carbon aviation fuel sourced from non-food grade canola and tallow has been produced and quickly purchased. Fuel retailer Parkland Corp. sa...
Dec 10, 2024
Eight-year-old killed after crash with snowplow near Castlegar, B.C.
CASTLEGAR, B.C. - Police in British Columbia's southern Interior say a crash between an SUV and a snowplow dump truck has killed an eight-year-old boy. A statement from the RCMP's highway patrol divis...
Dec 10, 2024
National rent prices decline year-over-year to 15-month low: report
TORONTO - A new report says average asking rents fell nationally on a year-over-year basis to $2,139 in November, marking a 15-month low. The monthly report from Rentals.ca and Urbanation finds averag...
Dec 10, 2024