Category Archives: British Columbia
Man found dead at coal mine in Sparwood, B.C., near Alberta boundary
SPARWOOD - A man has died while working at a coal mine in the British Columbia Interior near the boundary with Alberta. Elk Valley RCMP say police were notified Thursday at 7 a.m. that a 39-year-old m...
Nov 21, 2025
How crypto raiders tortured B.C. family with waterboarding, sex assault, in $2M heist
PORT COQUITLAM - When a woman answered a knock at the door of her home in Port Moody, B.C., in the spring of 2024, she was met by two men in Canada Post uniforms who said they had a package to deliver...
Nov 21, 2025
Pupils flee as grizzly attacks elementary class in B.C., injuring 11, some critically
A grizzly bear has attacked a group of elementary school students and teachers in the B.C. central coast community of Bella Coola, leaving two people critically injured and two others seriously hurt. ...
Nov 20, 2025
B.C. government 'dashes' out digital tool to help build homes faster
VICTORIA - British Columbia is launching a free, new digital tool aimed at helping developers and non-profit organizations design and build prefabricated homes faster and more cost-efficiently. Housin...
Nov 20, 2025
B.C's Opposition Conservatives have been talking with Alberta about pipeline: Rustad
VICTORIA - The leader of British Columbia's Official Opposition says his party has been talking with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith about her plans to build a pipeline to B.C.'s northern coast. B.C. C...
Nov 20, 2025
Supreme Court of Canada to look at request for religious records through B.C. law
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a case about applications for access to personal information held by Jehovah's Witnesses congregations. The congregations withheld information f...
Nov 20, 2025
Police cleared of wrongdoing in failed search for fatal car crash near Nelson, B.C.
SURREY - British Columbia's police watchdog says officers' actions did not contribute to the death of a motorist who crashed down a steep embankment in the southern Interior earlier this year. The Ind...
Nov 20, 2025
Cargo container removal begins on sinking barge off B.C.'s central coast
BELLA BELLA - A British Columbia First Nation says a barge sinking in waters along the central coast has been moved to a safer location, and containers on the vessel have now been scheduled to be remo...
Nov 20, 2025
B.C. city 'vigorously defending' Aboriginal claim, but says no private land in play
PORT COQUITLAM - The City of Port Coquitlam, B.C., said it is "vigorously defending" public ownership of municipal lands against a claim bought in 2016 by a local First Nation. But the city said the l...
Nov 20, 2025
Speaker's vote gets northern power line through B.C. legislature by slimmest margin
VICTORIA - Legislation to fast-track construction of a northern power line has squeaked through the British Columbia legislature thanks to a deciding vote by the Speaker for the bill that Premier Davi...
Nov 20, 2025