Category Archives: British Columbia
Suspect in B.C. extortion case is arrested and charged in California
LANGLEY - A man accused of being involved in an extortion investigation in British Columbia has been arrested and charged in California. RCMP say 30-year-old Jasmeet Singh is alleged to have made thre...
Dec 18, 2025
B.C. market to pay $750,000 over washroom videos that ended up on Russian porn site
VICTORIA - A Vancouver Island grocery store has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle a voyeurism class-action lawsuit brought by women who were secretly filmed in the bathroom by a former employee who upl...
Dec 18, 2025
B.C. backtracks on plan to cut pipeline tax values, saving ratepayers
VICTORIA - British Columbia's finance minister says there will be no changes in the tax assessments for pipelines running through communities after an outcry from a local government that said such a p...
Dec 18, 2025
B.C. Mountie ordered to resign or be fired after vulgar group chats
A British Columbia Mountie convicted of discreditable conduct for making sexist comments in group chats has been ordered to resign within 14 days, or he will be fired. RCMP adjudicator Louise Morel sa...
Dec 18, 2025
Musqueam chief says talks may be way out of Cowichan Aboriginal title dispute
VANCOUVER - The chief of the Musqueam Indian Band says the nation is ready to go to the Supreme Court of Canada as it fights the landmark Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title ruling - but he also see anot...
Dec 18, 2025
Mounties thankful as 'Stuff the Cruiser' events raise thousands in cash, nearly a ton of food
UPPER FRASER VALLEY - Mounties with the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment are expressing thanks to the communities it serves for rallying around their "Stuff the Cruiser" events to help those in...
Dec 18, 2025
Abbotsford, B.C., lifts all evacuation alerts as flood watch ends and waters recede
VANCOUVER - The City Of Abbotsford, B.C., has lifted all evacuation alerts related to flooding that inundated the Fraser Valley community last week. It says in an update late Thursday that it's moving...
Dec 18, 2025
City of Abbotsford to waive fees, expedite permits for flood-impacted properties
ABBOTSFORD - To support the nearly 500 properties who were placed under an evacuation order the past week, the City of Abbotsford says it will waive building permit fees and move swiftly on permit pro...
Dec 18, 2025
Federal help with infrastructure is critical to trade, B.C. Premier Eby says
VANCOUVER - Federal government investment in provincial transportation infrastructure is crucial to avoid long-term impacts on cross-Canada trade and companies' willingness to work in British Columbia...
Dec 17, 2025
B.C. says violent repeat offender scheme cuts police interactions by 50 per cent
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says its program targeting repeat, violent offenders has resulted in 50-per-cent fewer police interactions involving such offenders in the 18 months since it...
Dec 17, 2025