Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. anti-extortion chief apologizes for disputing 'crisis' after Eby issues warning
The head of British Columbia's anti-extortion task force has apologized for having "impacted public confidence" after being told by Premier David Eby to step aside unless he demonstrated a sense of ur...
Jan 21, 2026
Candace Derksen's mom shocked as man acquitted in daughter's 1984 killing arrested
VANCOUVER - Wilma Derksen, whose 13-year-old daughter Candace was killed in Winnipeg in 1984, still has questions about what happened to her "exquisite" child after the man accused of murdering her wa...
Jan 21, 2026
YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Navigating the road to recovery
The toxic drug crisis is taking lives, and harming families and individuals in communities across the province. Confronting the stigma of mental health and substance use is essential to get more peopl...
Jan 21, 2026
B.C. man gets 5 years in Snapchat child sex abuse case, as advocates warn of surge
CAMPBELL RIVER - A British Columbia man has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to sex crimes involving a minor he met over Snapchat, his jailing coming amid what advocates sa...
Jan 21, 2026
Metro Vancouver bridge linking Westham Island damaged, closed to vehicle traffic
VANCOUVER - Vehicle access to a Metro Vancouver island has been cut off after its only bridge to other communities was closed due to an incident involving a marine vessel. The City of Delta says the u...
Jan 21, 2026
Premier Eby says new markets, reforms will help forestry, but results will take time
VICTORIA - Premier David Eby says a recent agreement advancing wood construction in China will deliver results for the forestry industry in British Columbia, but also acknowledges that it will take "t...
Jan 20, 2026
B.C. energy minister Dix says North Coast Transmission Line will boost LNG project
British Columbia's Energy Minister Adrian Dix says an agreement between BC Hydro and the Nisga'a First Nation will help power a planned floating LNG terminal in northwestern B.C. across the finish lin...
Jan 20, 2026
Witness says Myles Gray 'in distress' before fatal 2015 fight with VPD officers
VANCOUVER - A man who called 911 about Myles Gray before his fatal confrontation with a group of Vancouver police officers in 2015 says he was scared and followed Gray from a distance, watching him ne...
Jan 20, 2026
B.C. extortion 'hunt': 7 charged, 9 expelled, 111 facing immigration investigations
SURREY - Assistant RCMP Commissioner John Brewer says police are "actively hunting" extortion suspects in the province and across provincial borders into Alberta and Ontario, amid a spike in extortion...
Jan 20, 2026
Fog warning extended for Metro Vancouver area, parts of Vancouver Island
VANCOUVER - An Environment Canada fog warning about near-zero visibility conditions across parts of Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island has been extended into Wednesday. The weather agency says condi...
Jan 20, 2026