Category Archives: British Columbia
Evacuation alert for East Kootenay wildfire, Brunswick Creek fire grows: officials
Dozens of properties in British Columbia's East Kootenay region are under an evacuation alert as another out-of-control wildfire burns. The Regional District of East Kootenay placed 72 properties in t...
10h ago
150 residents displaced after fire hits apartment building in New Westminster, B.C.
NEW WESTMINSTER - Around 150 residents are without homes after a fire gutted an apartment building in New Westminster, B.C., and trapped multiple residents on balconies, officials said. The City of Ne...
21h ago
NWT cancels Amber Alert for boy believed taken from Alberta, but remains missing
An Amber Alert for a missing six-year-old boy has now been cancelled in the Northwest Territories, a day after RCMP in Alberta and British Columbia cancelled alerts in those provinces for the child. L...
23h ago
Man charged with 2nd degree murder after vehicle incident in Vanderhoof, B.C.
VANDERHOOF - Mounties in Vanderhoof, B.C., say a man is facing a murder charge after a vehicle incident left another man dead. RCMP say they responded to the incident at around 1 p.m. Thursday in the ...
Jul 11, 2026
Highway 1 reopens in Fraser Canyon as crews battle B.C. wildfires
Highway 1 has reopened in British Columbia's Fraser Canyon as crews continue to battle twin wildfires. The province's transportation website, Drive BC, says the stretch of highway between Boston Bar S...
Jul 11, 2026
Police investigate after woman's body found in vehicle in Kelowna, B.C.
KELOWNA - Mounties say the body of a woman has been found in the back of a vehicle in Kelowna, B.C. RCMP say in a statement that they responded to a report on Tuesday of suspicious circumstances in th...
Jul 10, 2026
BR-BCNU-Job-Action
VICTORIA - Special mediators have been appointed to help settle the British Columbia nurses' dispute but the union says its members are not backing off from their plans to expand job actions to Vancou...
Jul 10, 2026
West Vancouver man wanted for U.S. crimes has been arrested in France
VANCOUVER - A West Vancouver man named in an American indictment as part of a multipronged investigation into international organized crime has been arrested in France. RCMP say Garinder Deo was picke...
Jul 10, 2026
Amber Alert cancelled in Alberta, B.C. for boy who remains missing
GRANDE PRAIRIE - RCMP in Alberta and British Columbia have cancelled Amber Alerts in those provinces for a six-year-old boy, but the child remains missing. Alberta RCMP said late Friday afternoon that...
Jul 10, 2026
B.C. to create another 132 involuntary care beds for severe mental health disorders
PRINCE GEORGE - British Columbia government is adding 132 more involuntary care beds for those in the province with complex mental health needs, addictions and brain injuries. The government says a 72...
Jul 10, 2026
