Category Archives: British Columbia
'Very different Christmas' for those affected by B.C. wildfires this season
British Columbia's 2023 wildfires were a life-changing disaster for many, and their impact has echoed into the holiday season. The fire season was already breaking records by mid-August when forecaste...
Dec 21, 2023
Woman, 72, uses shovel to chase naked intruder from her Vancouver home, police say
VANCOUVER - Police say a 72-year-old woman used a shovel to chase a combative and naked man from her Vancouver home on Tuesday night. Vancouver police say in a statement the man entered the home by sm...
Dec 20, 2023
Hundreds of foreign-trained doctors boosting B.C. family medicine: Dix
RICHMOND, B.C. - British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix says almost all of the 666 international medical graduates registered in the province this year are now working as doctors, with more than ...
Dec 20, 2023
Metro accuses Loblaw of falsely implicating it in bread price-fixing scheme
In new court filings, Metro Inc. is accusing Loblaw Cos. Ltd. and its parent company of conspiring to implicate Metro in an alleged bread price-fixing scheme. Metro has submitted a statement of defenc...
Dec 20, 2023
Odds of another rate hike have fallen, BoC governing council agreed as they held rate
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada's governing council agreed the odds of another rate hike have decreased during its discussions ahead of the interest rate decision earlier this month. The Bank of Canada re...
Dec 20, 2023
No charges in B.C. 2022 Christmas Eve bus crash that left 4 dead
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Prosecution Service says there will be no charges stemming from a bus crash on an icy highway in the province's Interior last Christmas Eve that killed four people. Ser...
Dec 20, 2023
B.C. secures largest civil forfeiture of its kind at $10 million
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says its civil forfeiture office has secured $10 million from a company that provided payment processing services for people found guilty or who are alleged ...
Dec 19, 2023
One arrested in B.C. police operation near three North Vancouver schools
VANCOUVER - One suspect has been arrested in a police operation in North Vancouver that delayed the start of three area schools. RCMP say officers responded to a report of an assault at around 5 a.m. ...
Dec 19, 2023
Ontario man accused of selling deadly substances online due back in court in January
NEWMARKET, ONTARIO - The case of an Ontario man accused of selling lethal substances to people who later took their own lives is due back in court next month. Kenneth Law briefly appeared in court by ...
Dec 19, 2023
Woman found dead under 'suspicious circumstance' at Metro Vancouver home
LADNER, B.C. - Police in Delta are calling the death of a woman "suspicious" after her body was found at a home in Metro Vancouver. They say officers were dispatched Monday just after 5 p.m. to a resi...
Dec 19, 2023