Category Archives: British Columbia

CALGARY - Industry groups are urging the Alberta government to repeal a new tax on wine, saying it squeezes consumers and undermines efforts to support local business and boost trade between provinces...

VICTORIA - B.C. Health Minister Josie Osborne says the province is not seeking an extension of its agreement with Health Canada that allowed the decriminalization of small amounts of drugs for persona...

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has settled a class-action lawsuit for up to $60 million over the use of solitary confinement in provincial correctional facilities over a period of 20 year...

UPDATE: To advance its probe, IHIT is identifying the victim of Tuesday's shooting in broad daylight as 46-year-old Baljinder "Binder" Singh Garcha of Surrey. "It remains very early on in this investi...

SURREY - The Surrey Teachers Association and CUPE 728 protested at a "Red for Ed" rally in front of Surrey-Guildford MLA Gary Begg's office this past Monday to demand more provincial funding for educa...

SURREY - A shooting overnight in the Newton neighbourhood of Surrey, B.C., has been linked by police to ongoing cases of extortion violence. Police say shots were reportedly fired at around 2 a.m. in ...

VANCOUVER - The recent atmospheric river weather event that brought flood warnings and evacuation orders in British Columbia has been followed by unseasonably warm weather, resulting in daily high tem...

SURREY - Police say a fire at home in Surrey, B.C., where a man was found dead Monday was likely targeted and potentially linked to organized crime. A statement from the Integrated Homicide Investigat...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia legislator Teresa Wat says she cried upon hearing of the impending closure of Ming Pao Daily News, the only Chinese-language daily newspaper in Canada. Wat, who worked as ...

OTTAWA - Gaye and Jim O'Neill have spent countless hours thinking about their daughter's final hours in April 2023. It's a memory they say they'd wish on no one - and it's the reason why they joined a...