Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. court orders alleged U.S fraudster to explain millions sent to disbarred lawyer
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Supreme Court has ordered a man accused of participating in a multimillion-dollar securities fraud in the United States to explain the source of "large sums" of money ...
Dec 23, 2025
Purple haze in the sky over Delta, B.C., sets off awe, curiosity and questions
On the darkest nights of winter when the cloud cover is just right, there's a purple haze above parts of Metro Vancouver and it has nothing to do with Christmas or Jimi Hendrix. Cathy Latremouille sai...
Dec 23, 2025
B.C. mills processed more than one million cubic metres of wildfire chips in 2024-25
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says cutting red tape has allowed provincial pulp mills to more than double their use of timber salvaged from forest fires. The Ministry of Forests says in a...
Dec 23, 2025
B.C. police watchdog called in after man injured during arrest by Port Alberni RCMP
SURREY - The Independent Investigations Office of BC says it has been called in to probe an arrest in Port Alberni that left a man with serious injuries last weekend. The office says in a statement th...
Dec 23, 2025
Highway closure, heavy ferry traffic hinders B.C. holiday travellers
VANCOUVER - Christmas holiday travellers in British Columbia may have a difficult time getting to their destinations with highway closures and heavy ferry traffic hampering their journeys. DriveBC say...
Dec 23, 2025
Bricks of cocaine found in container of frozen fruit from Colombia in B.C.: CBSA
DELTA - The Canada Border Services Agency says it seized more than 26 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a shipping container hauling boxes frozen fruit from Colombia back in October. The border agency sa...
Dec 23, 2025
B.C. Conservative leadership race will present new vision, unify members: Halford
VICTORIA - It was a surreal moment on a day full of such moments. Trevor Halford walked into the main chamber of the British Columbia legislature on Dec. 3 as interim leader of his Conservative Party ...
Dec 23, 2025
About 70 trees deliberately cut around their bases, left to die in Powell River, B.C.
POWELL RIVER - Police on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast are investigating the vandalism of about 70 trees that were deliberately cut, leaving them to die over the next year. RCMP say the City of Po...
Dec 22, 2025
Charges laid nearly six years after a B.C. man was found dead in Maple Ridge
MAPLE RIDGE - A change of second-degree murder has been laid nearly six years after a body was found in Maple Ridge, B.C. A statement from the province's homicide investigation team says the body of 2...
Dec 22, 2025
B.C. health authority wins in court against husband's 'death plan' for sick wife
The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered the husband of a woman with Alzheimer's disease removed as her representative over a "death plan" he decided to carry out if his wife became ineligible for medical a...
Dec 22, 2025