Category Archives: British Columbia
ICE wants to buy Pattison building in Virginia to use for 'holding and processing'
VANCOUVER - The United States Department of Homeland Security is planning to buy a building owned by the property arm of Vancouver-based conglomerate Jim Pattison Group to use as an Immigration and Cu...
Jan 26, 2026
18-year-old dies after 'targeted' assault involving two groups in Kelowna, B.C.: RCMP
KELOWNA - Police in Kelowna, B.C., say an 18-year-old man has died after what is being investigated as a "targeted" assault over the weekend. RCMP say the man was discovered suffering from injuries wh...
Jan 26, 2026
UPDATE: Man wearing balaclava in suspicious incident comes forward to Mission RCMP
UPDATE: Mounties in Mission now say a male who wore a balaclava and forcefully knocked on the door of a residence in Mission last week has come forward to police. As of Tuesday morning, January 27, Mi...
Jan 26, 2026 Suspect vehicle in a suspicious incident last week in Mission. (Image Credit: Image: Mission RCMP )
'Troubled' counsel for OPCC resigns from Myles Gray hearing over obscenity
VANCOUVER - A long-awaited public hearing into the 2015 police-involved death of Myles Gray that finally got underway in Vancouver last week could be delayed by up to another year after the counsel fo...
Jan 26, 2026
B.C. homicides put gay dating apps in spotlight, as advocates, police warn of risks
VANCOUVER - Richard Hesketh says he won't be going back to Grindr. He told a B.C. Supreme Court hearing that he now refuses to use the gay dating app where his friend, Alexander Lo, encountered Dwight...
Jan 26, 2026
Museum in Vancouver puts personal failures on display, encouraging people to move on
VANCOUVER - A dead aloe plant, an old wedding dress that symbolized a failed marriage and a rejection letter for a job application are all exhibits that are part of a display of personal failure at a ...
Jan 25, 2026
UFV professor's Canada-Africa trade report brought to Senate amid U.S. tariff uncertainty
CHILLIWACK - A researcher at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) is looking to pitch a new trade frontier as economic uncertainty continues seeping up from across the U.S. border. Dr. Edward Aku...
Jan 25, 2026 Dr. Edward Akuffo (Image Credit: UFV)
B.C. cities face off for a piece of 'Heated Rivalry' star Hudson Williams
VANCOUVER - It's a "Heated Rivalry" beef, with a side-serving of spaghetti, as British Columbia cities lay claim to Hudson Williams, star of the gay hockey television phenomenon. Williams, who stars a...
Jan 25, 2026
Australia culls dingoes linked to attack on Canadian Piper James, found dead on beach
A pack of "aggressive" dingoes involved in the death of 19-year-old Canadian Piper James on an Australian beach is being culled, government officials have announced. Preliminary autopsy results releas...
Jan 24, 2026
Homicide team deployed to Surrey, B.C., after fatal shooting that killed man
SURREY - Homicide investigators have been deployed to Surrey, B.C., following a fatal shooting on Saturday morning. The shooting occurred at about 4:55 a.m. on Saturday at a residence in the 12500 blo...
Jan 24, 2026