Category Archives: British Columbia
Juno-winning rapper bbno$ stepping away from music over online negativity
Canadian rapper bbno$ says he's stepping away from the music industry over what he says is a constant stream of online negativity. Earlier this month the entertainer from British Columbia posted on so...
Dec 20, 2025
B.C. Union that represents 67,500 health workers votes 54.2 per cent for 4 year deal
BURNABY - The bargaining group that represents 67,500 health workers in British Columbia has voted 54.2 per cent in favour of a four-year agreement. The deal follows other contracts recently signed wi...
Dec 19, 2025
Snuneymuxw First Nation purchases the Great Canadian Casino Vancouver in Coquitlam
NANAIMO - A First Nation on Vancouver Island is all in on the casino business in B.C., announcing its fifth purchase in the province this year. The Snuneymuxw First Nation says it has an agreement to ...
Dec 19, 2025
Man charged in shooting at Abbotsford, B.C., business
ABBOTSFORD - A 22-year-old man accused of shooting at an Abbotsford, B.C., business this week has been charged, but police say officers with its extortion unit continue to investigate. The update come...
Dec 19, 2025
Trust of First Nations 'fragile' as B.C. government considers changes to UN law
VICTORIA - The chief of a First Nation in the Great Bear Rainforest says B.C. Premier David Eby risks losing the trust of Indigenous people and could fuel racism if he changes the Declaration on the R...
Dec 19, 2025
B.C. police look for more victims after two people charged with child exploitation
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., are looking for additional victims in a child exploitation case that has resulted in charges being approved against two people. They say an investigation began more th...
Dec 19, 2025
Weeks before total insured losses from B.C. flooding are tallied: insurance bureau
VANCOUVER - The Insurance Bureau of Canada says it will be several weeks before the insured losses are added up for a severe weather and flooding event that deluged parts of southern B.C. A series of ...
Dec 19, 2025
Man sentenced to 12 years in 2017 killing of Abbotsford, B.C., woman
ABBOTSFORD - A man convicted in the 2017 killing of a 22-year-old woman from Abbotsford, B.C., has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says Gary Losch will...
Dec 18, 2025
Man charged with second-degree murder of his wife in Merritt, B.C.
MERRITT, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - A man has been charged with the second-degree murder of his wife in Merritt, B.C. A statement from the RCMP says paramedics and police were called to a house on Tue...
Dec 18, 2025
Suspect in killing of Vancouver cabbie is recaptured after skipping bail
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Police say a 26-year-old man has been re-arrested after disappearing while on bail for manslaughter in the killing of a taxi driver, who died more than a year after being attacke...
Dec 18, 2025