Category Archives: British Columbia
Kelowna MLA Gavin Dew won't run for B.C. Conservative leadership, citing family
VICTORIA - Kelowna MLA Gavin Dew says he won't run for the leadership of the Conservative Party of B.C. because of his family, saying the party needs to "finish the task of building a serious new gove...
Dec 17, 2025 Image: Facebook / B.C. Conservative Party MLA Gavin Dew with his family.
B.C. mink farmers drop legal challenge of ban, citing costs after four-year fight
VANCOUVER - Mink farmers in British Columbia and elsewhere in Canada are dropping their legal challenge over a pandemic-era ban in the province due to legal fees they say are "far beyond their means."...
Dec 17, 2025
'Awful cleanup' ahead for poultry farmers in Abbotsford from flooding, says Eby
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby got a first-hand look at the "devastating" flooding in the Fraser Valley from a series of storms that swamped homes and farms and forced hundreds off the...
Dec 17, 2025
UPDATE: Highway 1 w/b through Abbotsford clear after Wednesday AM crash
UPDATE 8:25 A.M. WEDNESDAY: DriveBC says Highway 1 westbound between No. 3 Road and Whatcom Road is clear now following this morning's vehicle incident that backed up the highway for several kilometre...
Dec 17, 2025
Over 1,500 lose power Tuesday night between Mission and Agassiz
LAKE ERROCK/DEWDNEY/DEROCHE - Over 1,500 BC Hydro customers between Mission and Agassiz along the Highway 7 (Lougheed Highway) corridor have lost power Tuesday evening. According to BC Hydro's online ...
Dec 16, 2025
Two new cases of chronic wasting disease confirmed in deer in B.C.'s Kootenay
VICTORIA - Two new cases of chronic wasting disease have been detected in deer in British Columbia's Kootenay region, bringing the total cases discovered in the province to eight. A statement from the...
Dec 16, 2025
Police seek suspect in two attempted abductions in Mission, B.C., within 24 hours
CHILLIWACK - Police in the Fraser Valley in British Columbia are warning the public to be on the lookout after two alleged abduction attempts within 24 hours. Mission RCMP say the first case happened ...
Dec 16, 2025
Additional charge laid against man connected to fatal Vancouver triple stabbing
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say the Crown has approved a third count of second-degree murder against a man linked to the deaths of three women last year. Police say Viet Quy John Ly was arrested o...
Dec 16, 2025
Man wanted by Calgary police on more than thirty charges arrested in B.C.
SURREY - A 39-year-old man wanted by Calgary police on more than thirty charges has been arrested in Surrey, B.C. The Surrey Police Service says officers from the Calgary Police Department reached out...
Dec 16, 2025
Senior B.C. Mountie facing assault charges from Abbotsford incident to plead not guilty: Lawyer
ABBOTSFORD - The lawyer for a senior British Columbia RCMP officer says his client intends to plead not guilty to assault charges laid after an alleged off-duty altercation in Abbotsford in July. RCMP...
Dec 16, 2025