Category Archives: British Columbia
Highway swept away in 2021 floods reopens between Merritt and Spences Bridge, B.C.
VICTORIA - A highway that washed out in more than two dozen places has reopened to the public a year after a series of atmospheric rivers stalled over southern British Columbia. Transportation Ministe...
Nov 09, 2022
Lawyer for former Surrey, B.C., mayor says Crown can't prove he lied
SURREY, B.C. - A defence lawyer for former Surrey, B.C., mayor Doug McCallum says his client should be acquitted of a public mischief charge because the Crown failed to prove he intended to mislead po...
Nov 09, 2022
Jury makes seven recommendations after man who stabbed officer shot 9 times by police
BURNABY, B.C. - Better training for staff selling firearms and a better process for booking mental-health appointments are among the recommendations being made by a B.C. jury that examined a 2016 poli...
Nov 09, 2022
Homicide team probes two suspicious deaths after bodies found in Chilliwack, B.C.
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - Homicide detectives are investigating the discovery of two bodies in a home in Chilliwack, B.C. A statement from RCMP in the Fraser Valley city says police were called to the home i...
Nov 09, 2022
David Eby to be sworn in as B.C. premier at Vancouver Musqueam centre
VICTORIA - David Eby will be sworn in as British Columbia's new premier by Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin in Vancouver next week, breaking with tradition. The Nov. 18 ceremony will be held at the Musqueam Comm...
Nov 08, 2022
Health Minister Duclos says kids' painkiller supplies increasing, but not fast enough
VANCOUVER - Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says supplies of children's painkillers are increasing rapidly, but not quickly enough to meet an expected winter surge in demand. Duclos, speaking...
Nov 08, 2022
B.C. agriculture minister says sector is recovering well on flooding anniversary
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - British Columbia's agriculture minister says farmers had "an emotional year" as they worked to recover from catastrophic flooding last November. Lana Popham says the province will c...
Nov 08, 2022
Buy BC program launched at Save-On-Foods across the province
COQUITLAM - The provincial government has recognized Save-On-Foods effort to promote BC Tree Fruits with Buy BC branding in its stores across British Columbia. The new partnership was announced in a n...
Nov 08, 2022
Mountie pleads guilty to assault on student in Kelowna, B.C., during wellness check
KELOWNA, B.C. - An RCMP officer from Kelowna, B.C., has pleaded guilty to assaulting a nursing student during a wellness check in January 2020. Const. Lacy Browning pleaded guilty to one count of assa...
Nov 08, 2022
Safety knowledge, maintenance partly to blame for deadly sinking in B.C.: report
RICHMOND, B.C. - An investigation by the Transportation Safety Board into the sinking of a fishing boat in which two of the three crew members died identifies several "systemic safety issues." The Arc...
Nov 08, 2022