Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. Mounties announce results of organized crime drug investigations
VANCOUVER - RCMP in British Columbia say they've disrupted major organized crime groups that are flooding the streets with toxic drugs in two separate investigations involving "transnational" drug pro...
Mar 16, 2023
Guards union says second pigeon with a backpack found in B.C. prison
VANCOUVER - A pigeon wearing a tiny empty backpack has been captured inside a federal prison in British Columbia, in what a union official says was likely another plan by inmates to smuggle drugs. The...
Mar 16, 2023
Vancouver councillor supports foreign interference probe at municipal level
Vancouver Coun. Lenny Zhou says he is in full support of a foreign interference probe for elections at all levels of Canada's governments after he was named in a newspaper report on the issue. Zhou sa...
Mar 16, 2023
Province steps in with $479M to save B.C.'s TransLink from potential 'death spiral'
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is injecting nearly $500 million into the Metro Vancouver transit system to save it from what officials say is a feared "death spiral" sparked in part by the COVID-19 pand...
Mar 15, 2023
Researcher calls for more wild horse protections after 17 shot dead in rural B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A biologist and wild horse researcher is calling for stronger federal and provincial protections for the animals after 17 carcasses were found in rural British Columbia. Wayne McCrory...
Mar 15, 2023
Vancouver Folk Festival revival is music to the ears of B.C.'s dedicated fans
VANCOUVER - The long-running Vancouver Folk Festival is back for another year, less than two months after funding issues threatened to permanently cancel the event. A statement on the festival's websi...
Mar 15, 2023
17 wild horses shot dead near Kamloops, B.C., in 'disheartening' act: RCMP
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Authorities in British Columbia are investigating after 17 wild horses were shot in what Mounties are calling a "disheartening act." The RCMP say in a news release that Tk'emlups Rura...
Mar 14, 2023
Province announces new energy 'framework' on heels of LNG facility approval
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government says it's rolling out a new framework for approving oil and gas projects that will ensure the province meets its emissions targets in the coming decades. Pr...
Mar 14, 2023
$3.28-billion Indigenous-led LNG project gets B.C. environmental certificate
VICTORIA - The Haisla First Nation on British Columbia's northern coast has been granted a provincial environmental assessment certificate for a floating liquefied natural gas facility. The B.C. gover...
Mar 14, 2023
Conviction overturned for Kelowna, B.C., man after court identifies trial errors
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for a Kelowna man convicted of second-degree murder for bludgeoning another man with a hammer. Steven Pirko was convicted for t...
Mar 14, 2023