Category Archives: British Columbia
Vancouver confirms CRAB Park temporary sheltering area will close next week
VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver says the remaining seven residents of an encampment at a Downtown Eastside park have a week to pack up their belongings and leave, or they must remove their tents eac...
Nov 01, 2024
B.C. port employers issue lockout notice in labour dispute with foremen union
VANCOUVER - Ports in British Columbia are waking up to the possibility of another provincewide labour disruption as employers say they will lock out members of the union representing more than 700 for...
Nov 01, 2024
Man arrested after Punjabi singer AP Dhillon's B.C. home shot at
Police on Vancouver Island say they've arrested a man after a home in Colwood that property records show is owned by Indo-Canadian pop star AP Dhillon was shot at back in September, and another suspec...
Oct 31, 2024
Judicial recount dates set for two B.C. ridings to wrap up provincial election
VICTORIA - Vote counting in the British Columbia provincial election will finally conclude next week with judicial recounts set for two ridings. Elections BC says the province's Supreme Court has conf...
Oct 31, 2024
Mounties bust massive B.C. drug 'superlab' linked to transnational organized crime
Mounties have dismantled what they say is the largest, most sophisticated illicit drug "superlab" in Canada. Police say they believe organized crime ran the operation where there was mass-production a...
Oct 31, 2024
B.C.'s Golden Ears park closed due to damage from atmospheric river
A popular park in British Columbia's Lower Mainland remains closed due to damage from an atmospheric river weather system that drenched the province's south coast, triggering a mudslide and local floo...
Oct 31, 2024
Assassins of B.C. man acquitted of Air India bombing 'hired and paid': court document
Court documents in the case of two men who murdered British Columbia businessman Ripudaman Singh Malik in 2022 say they were "hired and paid" to kill him. However, the agreed statement of facts does n...
Oct 31, 2024
Union talks underway between foremen, employers to avoid latest B.C. port strike
VANCOUVER - Negotiations between British Columbia's port employers and the union representing foremen are entering a final scheduled day in a bid to avoid a labour disruption. Both the BC Maritime Emp...
Oct 31, 2024
'Out of control': Room costs spike 10 times higher on Taylor Swift Canada show nights
VANCOUVER - Taylor Swift fan Kelly Hall was elated when she beat the odds and was allocated three coveted tickets for The Eras Tour in Vancouver. Then she started looking for a hotel. Hall, who lives ...
Oct 31, 2024
B.C. judge halts the medically assisted death of Alberta woman
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia judge has granted an injunction stopping a woman's medically assisted death, the day before it was scheduled to take place in Vancouver. The injunction granted on Saturd...
Oct 30, 2024