Category Archives: British Columbia

B.C. woman sentenced to 5 1/2 years for smuggling 108 kilograms of meth from U.S.
NEW WESTMINSTER - A British Columbia woman who worked in Punjabi-language broadcasting has been sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison after attempting to smuggle more than 100 kilograms of methamphetamin...
The Canadian Press Apr 15, 2026

No ongoing public safety threat after grizzly bear attacks man in Vanderhoof, B.C.
VANDERHOOF - A man who encountered a grizzly while walking on his own property in central B.C. escaped with a leg injury after scrambling under a barbed-wire fence. The provincial Conservation Officer...
The Canadian Press Apr 14, 2026

Labour complaint filed by union representing workers at B.C. Interior ferry service
BURNABY - The union representing workers at the Kootenay Lake Ferry in B.C.'s Interior has filed an unfair labour practice complaint against the operator of the service. The BC General Employees' Unio...
The Canadian Press Apr 14, 2026

B.C. tables treaty legislation after 30-year negotiation with Kāomoks First Nation
A First Nation in British Columbia is one step closer to a fully ratified treaty after the province tabled implementation legislation on Tuesday, about 30 years after negotiations began. The treaty wo...
The Canadian Press Apr 14, 2026

B.C.'s growth minister says Iran war tightens fertilizer, fuel and pharma supplies
VICTORIA - The American war with Iran isn't just a problem at the gas pump - B.C.'s minister of economic growth says fertilizer and pharmaceutical ingredients could also be in short supply. Ravi Kahlo...
The Canadian Press Apr 14, 2026

Police say 10 'unruly' passengers arrested on Vancouver flight departing for Mexico
RICHMOND - Ten people on a flight from Vancouver to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, were arrested over the weekend after police say their unruly behaviour created "safety concerns." RCMP say in a news release...
The Canadian Press Apr 14, 2026

Hundreds of B.C. students to participate in Olympic-style Skills Competition in Abbotsford this week
ABBOTSFORD - With over 160,000 job openings projected in the skilled trades over the next 10 years in British Columbia, events like this week's Skills Canada B.C. provincial competition in Abbotsford ...
Pattison Media Apr 14, 2026 The Skills Canada British Columbia competition happens this week in Abbotsford. (Image Credit: Enbridge.)

Gender-based violence costs B.C. $1.12 billion annually, YWCA report says
VANCOUVER - Gender-based violence is costing British Columbia an estimated $1.12 billion each year, says a new report commissioned by the provincial YWCA. The report, titled The Cost of Inaction: Meas...
The Canadian Press Apr 14, 2026

B.C. police chase sees pickup truck lose couch, crash into two RCMP cruisers
SALMON ARM - Mounties in B.C.'s southern interior say a wild chase ended with two police cruisers being hit and a couch flying from the back of a pickup truck. RCMP say officers were called two weeks ...
The Canadian Press Apr 14, 2026

'Desperately missed' victims honoured as B.C. marks 10 years of toxic drug emergency
VICTORIA - Paula Beardy said her grandson Sheldon Beardy was a good kid. He would have turned 28 on Monday. But his mother died last year, and after attending her memorial service in August, Sheldon a...
The Canadian Press Apr 14, 2026