Category Archives: British Columbia
Inquest hears Vancouver officer 'feared for safety" when meeting man killed by police
BURNABY, B.C. - The first officer to interact with a man who died after a beating that involved several Vancouver police officers has told a coroner's inquest that she wasn't thinking about mental hea...
Apr 19, 2023
Fairy Creek old-growth protesters celebrate as contempt prosecution has 'collapsed'
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Prosecution Service says it has withdrawn contempt charges against 11 old-growth logging protesters accused of breaching a court injunction during blockades at Fairy Creek on Vanc...
Apr 18, 2023
B.C. mom whose son was killed urges people to call police, not film violence
VANCOUVER - The mother of a teenager stabbed to death on a transit bus in Surrey, B.C., says she hopes her son's death will bring change. Holly Indridson said while she believes there needs to be more...
Apr 18, 2023
Uber Eats launches cannabis delivery service in Vancouver, Victoria
VANCOUVER - A partnership between Uber Eats and cannabis resource company Leafly means British Columbia residents are now able to order legal pot and have it delivered to their door. Uber Canada says,...
Apr 18, 2023
BC Coroners Service says nearly 600 toxic drug deaths in first three months of 2023
VICTORIA - Numbers released by the BC Coroners Service show deaths from toxic, unregulated drugs have nudged record levels across the province for the second year in a row. The coroners service says 5...
Apr 18, 2023
Inquest to hear officers' testimony in 2015 police-involved death of B.C. man
BURNABY, B.C. - Vancouver police officers involved in a fatal beating of a man almost eight years ago are expected to testify this week at a coroner's inquest into the death. Myles Gray, who was 33, d...
Apr 18, 2023
Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey, Langley in line for four of six new proposed B.C. ridings
VICTORIA - British Columbia's electoral map is poised to expand by six ridings, increasing the number of provincial constituencies to 93 from the current 87 ahead of the 2024 fixed election date. Amen...
Apr 17, 2023
Two men charged in 2021 Naramata, B.C., murder linked to gang violence: police
SURREY, B.C. - Two men have been charged with first-degree murder of a British Columbia woman in a case that police say represents a prime example of gang violence spreading across the province. Twent...
Apr 17, 2023
Twenty-year-old arrested following stabbing death of teen on Surrey, B.C., bus
SURREY, B.C. - Police say they have arrested a 20-year-old man from Burnaby, B.C., in connection with the stabbing of a teenager on a Metro Vancouver transit bus last week. Seventeen-year-old Ethan Be...
Apr 17, 2023
Vancouver airport promising improvements following Christmas season travel mess
VANCOUVER - Officials with Vancouver International Airport are promising new real-time weather monitoring equipment, gate protocols and better communication after releasing a review of the travel chao...
Apr 17, 2023