Category Archives: British Columbia
'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...
Apr 14, 2026
BC United executives eye Conservative race, as donations still flow for dormant party
VANCOUVER - It was a once-dominant force in British Columbia politics, but for more than a year and a half the party formerly known as the BC Liberals has been dormant - at least in the public eye. No...
Apr 14, 2026
Police investigating after man dies 'under suspicious circumstances' in Sooke, B.C.
SOOKE - Police say they are investigating the death of a man under "suspicious circumstances" on southern Vancouver Island. A statement from the RCMP in Sooke says officers were called to a mobile hom...
Apr 13, 2026
B.C. Conservative member's bill on firefighter health passes in rare feat
VICTORIA - A bill by an Opposition Conservative in B.C.'s legislature about the health care of firefighters has passed through the legislature, an extremely rare occurrence for a private member's bill...
Apr 13, 2026
Two men charged in 2022 Maple Ridge, B.C., homicide, believed to be targeted shooting
MAPLE RIDGE - Two men have been arrested and charged in relation to a 2022 homicide in Maple Ridge, B.C., where a 33-year-old man was killed in what's believed to be a targeted attack. Homicide invest...
Apr 13, 2026
B.C. health officer Bonnie Henry is disappointed by reversal of decriminalization
VICTORIA - Politicians and health experts are looking back at the successes and mistakes made during in the decade of a public health emergency into the toxic drug crisis in British Columbia. Provinci...
Apr 13, 2026
B.C. challenge to Catholic hospital's 'traumatic' denial of MAID enters closing phase
VANCOUVER - Allowing publicly funded faith-based health-care providers to impose religious beliefs on patients, including those seeking medical assistance in dying, is a breach of the British Columbia...
Apr 13, 2026
Tears and pride as Lapu Lapu survivors gather at community dinner before anniversary
VANCOUVER - After Lapu Lapu attack survivor AJ Sico sang the national anthem from his wheelchair in a Vancouver banquet hall, he was met with a standing ovation - a fitting tribute, his family says, t...
Apr 13, 2026
Early morning shots fired at Surrey, B.C., home; motive unknown, police say
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., are investigating after the latest case of attackers firing shots at a home during the early morning hours. Investigators say the shots were fired on Monday at around ...
Apr 13, 2026
Hootsuite founder Ryan Holmes is back as interim CEO, replacing Irina Novoselsky
The CEO of Hootsuite has stepped down after spending the last several months defending a contract between the company and a controversial U.S. government department, making way for the firm's founder ...
Apr 13, 2026