Category Archives: British Columbia
Lower Mainland SPCA workers in British Columbia vote 97.5% for strike action
BURNABY - More than 110 animal welfare workers across the Lower Mainland have approved using strike action in their labour dispute with British Columbia's SPCA. CUPE 1622, which represents workers cov...
Jun 01, 2026
More charges laid against two men in extortion case in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY - An investigation team in Surrey, B.C., says charges are piling up against two men accused of firing bullets into an extortion victim's home. Surrey Police Service's Extortion Response Team sa...
Jun 01, 2026
Praise from Poilievre, but ex-B. C. Conservative MLAs say new leader will polarize
VICTORIA - Two former B.C. Conservative legislators now sitting as Independents say new leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay will polarize the province. Amelia Boultbee said Findlay's victory on Saturday showed...
Jun 01, 2026
Police investigate vandalism of rainbow crosswalk in Surrey, B.C., captured on video
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., are investigating after video of people vandalizing a rainbow crosswalk was posted on social media over the weekend by the leader of a registered political party. Poli...
Jun 01, 2026
Brown, cloudy water possible in Metro Vancouver as workers' pickets expand: union
VANCOUVER - Striking Metro Vancouver workers have expanded labour action to cover the region's watersheds and treatment plants, but the union says there will be no risk to public health. The Greater V...
Jun 01, 2026
Man dead, homicide detectives investigating after fight in Maple Ridge, B.C.
MAPLE RIDGE - Homicide officers are investigating a fight in Metro Vancouver that left one man dead. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says in a release that RCMP were called to the scene Sat...
Jun 01, 2026
Billionaire Chip Wilson wins bid to lower Vancouver home's assessed value by $18m
VANCOUVER - Billionaire and Lululemon Athletica founder Chip Wilson has won a legal challenge to lower the assessed value of his Vancouver waterfront mansion - long listed as the most expensive home i...
Jun 01, 2026
Kerry-Lynne Findlay won B.C. Conservative race as most authentic populist: expert
VANCOUVER - Kerry-Lynne Findlay won the B.C. Conservative leadership race because she is an "authentic champion" of populism within the broader conservative movement, says an analyst who studies moder...
May 31, 2026
Mounties now in charge of early Sunday morning, shooting-related Surrey homicide
VANCOUVER - Police in Surrey say the RCMP has taken over the investigation into a shooting that has left a male dead in that community. Surrey Police Service says in a statement that it responded to r...
May 31, 2026
RCMP resume search for paddleboarders near Squamish, B.C.
VANCOUVER - A spokesperson for the RCMP says that the search for two individuals who had been paddleboarding in a provincial park has resumed. Cpl. Katrina Boehmer of the Sea to Sky RCMP detachment ba...
May 31, 2026
