Category Archives: British Columbia
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
Media consortium seeks Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooting documents
VANCOUVER - A consortium of media outlets has gone to court in British Columbia to obtain information about guns used in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting and the firearms seized from the home of the at...
Jul 10, 2026
Veteran mediator Vince Ready to step in to try to end B.C. nurses' dispute
PRINCE GEORGE - Two mediators have been appointed to help settle the British Columbia nurses' dispute but that won't stop the nurses from escalating their job action. Adriane Gear, president of the BC...
Jul 10, 2026
Visitor fought B.C. wildfire with frying pan. But it became an inferno
BOSTON BAR - Fernando Balanta says he was on a trip to the landfill in Boston Bar, B.C., on July 2 when the journey took a surreal turn. He and others found themselves trying to extinguish a fire that...
Jul 10, 2026
Second boat was with B.C. charter before fatal sinking, raising rescue questions
RICHMOND - Top Vancouver Fishing Charter company took to social media on June 28 to brag about how its two vessels had gone out together and would head back to port with a haul of fish. "This is what ...
Jul 10, 2026
