Category Archives: British Columbia
Storm tracker group confirms rare tornado touchdown on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast
A resident of British Columbia's Sunshine Coast says a rare tornado that she saw touch down on Monday was like a scene out of a movie with trees coming down "like dominoes" in the high winds. Western ...
Nov 07, 2024
Expert says silence in B.C. port lockout unusual while retailers call for urgency
VANCOUVER - Canadian retailers say their frustration is growing with the lack of movement to resolve disruptions at Canada's two largest ports, including silence surrounding a lockout at British Colum...
Nov 07, 2024
Judicial recount in Surrey-Guildford underway, starting with 28 unreported ballots
SURREY, B.C. - Election officials filed into an industrial building in Surrey, B.C., to begin a judicial recount for the most narrowly won riding in British Columbia's election, starting with 28 extra...
Nov 07, 2024
National rent prices decline year-over-year for first time since pandemic: report
A new report says average asking rents declined nationally on a year-over-year basis for the first time in more than three years in October. The report from Rentals.ca and Urbanation finds average ask...
Nov 07, 2024
India halts some consular visits amid Sikh-Hindu clashes
OTTAWA - India's consulate in Toronto is suspending some of its diplomatic visits to process paperwork at places like religious temples after violence between Sikh and Hindu people. The violence start...
Nov 07, 2024
Who ruined Hobo Hot Springs? Ministry investigates as mystery roils Harrison, B.C.
Stories passed down from elders tell how First Nations from afar would paddle their canoes to bathe in the hot springs on the territory of the Sts'ailes First Nation. They believed the water contained...
Nov 07, 2024
B.C. court allows police to apply to dispose of evidence at serial killer's property
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court says it has jurisdiction to order the disposal of thousands of pieces of evidence seized from Robert Pickton's pig farm decades ago, whether it was used in his murde...
Nov 06, 2024
A look at potential fresh faces around Premier David Eby's next B.C. cabinet table
British Columbia Premier David Eby's new cabinet will be sworn in on Nov. 18, and it will have to feature a significant number of new ministers after last month's election saw several incumbents defea...
Nov 06, 2024
Ontario man with indeterminate prison sentence dies at 47 of 'natural causes' in B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The Correctional Service of Canada says Angel Jones, who was serving an indeterminate sentence in a British Columbia prison for biting a woman's nose off, has died of natural causes...
Nov 06, 2024
Petting farm in Campbell River, B.C., culls entire bird flock over avian flu outbreak
A petting farm on Vancouver Island says it was forced to cull its entire flock of about 50 chickens and ducks when they contracted the highly infectious avian flu. In the post to social media, Holly H...
Nov 06, 2024