Category Archives: British Columbia

Police clear protesters from Vancouver Island logging blockade
Police say they have arrested four people during enforcement of a court injunction prohibiting anyone from blocking or interfering with forestry activities in the Carmanah Valley of southwestern Vanco...
The Canadian Press Nov 25, 2025

Lawsuit seeks damages against B.C., federal government over Cowichan title ruling
NEW WESTMINSTER - A proposed class-action lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court says the provincial and federal governments had "long-standing" knowledge that unresolved Indigenous land claims threatene...
The Canadian Press Nov 25, 2025

External review latest to call for more B.C. home-share funding years after death
An external review of British Columbia's home-sharing program for adults with developmental disabilities says the government needs to increase funding to the Crown corporation in charge if it wants to...
The Canadian Press Nov 25, 2025

Trouble in 'Team Canada' as B.C.'s deputy premier raises spectre of pipeline lawsuit
VICTORIA - Rifts in "Team Canada" appear to be widening on the brink of a federal announcement on a potential pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast, with B.C.'s deputy premier even raising the prosp...
The Canadian Press Nov 25, 2025

B.C. launching review of post-secondary education in wake of declining stability
VICTORIA - British Columbia's public post-secondary institutions have seen a 70 per cent decline in international students, requiring the province to launch a review in a bid to stabilize the sector, ...
The Canadian Press Nov 25, 2025

CBSA, PMO say they were not involved in MP announcing ban on Belfast band Kneecap
OTTAWA - The Canada Border Services Agency and the Prime Minister's Office say they were not involved in an Ontario Liberal MP's announcement that members of the Belfast band Kneecap were banned from ...
The Canadian Press Nov 25, 2025

Carney says B.C. 'has to agree' on pipeline plan from Alberta
OTTAWA - British Columbia "has to agree" on any pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific coast, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday, as his government edges closer to unveiling the details of a new en...
The Canadian Press Nov 25, 2025

Two grizzlies caught in Bella Coola, B.C.; DNA tests may confirm any link to attack
Two grizzly bears have been captured in Bella Coola on British Columbia's central coast, and DNA tests may be conducted on one of them to determine if it was involved in last week's attack on a group ...
The Canadian Press Nov 24, 2025

B.C. investigating possible case of deer disease in Okanagan
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it is investigating a potential case of chronic wasting disease in a deer harvested in the Okanagan region. If the disease is confirmed, the province sa...
The Canadian Press Nov 24, 2025

Premier Eby tells Carney it's unacceptable B.C. has been cut out of pipeline talks
VICTORIA - For a project he says "doesn't actually exist," there was a lot British Columbia Premier David Eby had to say about a potential pipeline from Alberta to B.C.'s northern coast, in a phone ca...
The Canadian Press Nov 24, 2025