Category Archives: British Columbia
Man charged in three B.C. extortion attacks in Surrey, Abbotsford
SURREY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - A man arrested in December in Abbotsford, B.C., has been charged with extortion using a firearm after being linked to two other cases in the Metro Vancouver city of ...
May 19, 2026
Ottawa proposes $164M in whale protection funding for waters off B.C. coast
VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Ottawa says it has proposed spending about $164 million to protect whales and their habitat off British Columbia, including working with BC Ferries to reduce under...
May 19, 2026
Man charged after vehicle rampage in Vancouver injures scooter rider
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - A man has been charged in a vehicle ramming in Vancouver that left the rider of a mobility scooter critically injured and destroyed a police cruiser. Vancouver po...
May 19, 2026
Metro Vancouver transit workers seek strike vote after talks with employer break down
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The union representing transit workers in Metro Vancouver is preparing for a strike vote after talks with the operator of bus services broke down. Unifor Locals 1...
May 19, 2026
Woman presumed drowned after vehicle plunges into river in Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS - A woman is presumed drowned in the British Columbia Interior after the vehicle she was driving left the road and went into a river. Mounties say the crash happened Sunday around 6:21 p.m. w...
May 19, 2026
Alberta's timing targets for West Coast pipeline 'best-case scenario': CIBC analysts
CALGARY - The targeted timeline the Alberta government set out for construction to begin on a potential new West Coast oil pipeline is ambitious, with many obstacles yet to clear, analysts at CIBC Wor...
May 19, 2026
Americans are looking back centuries to find Canadian ancestors — and citizenship
Cody Sibley was born and raised in Louisiana, but he always felt his family shared strong ties to Canada thanks to his Acadian ancestors from Nova Scotia. Sibley said that as an eighth-generation desc...
May 19, 2026
Fire outside Vancouver strip club being investigated as possible arson: police
VANCOUVER - Police are investigating a fire on a boat out front of a Vancouver strip club as possible arson. Vancouver police say officers received calls of a boat on fire parked on a trailer in the p...
May 18, 2026
'Lion' of journalism loses its voice as Vancouver's Langara College program faces end
VANCOUVER - Oksana Shtohryn, a former lawyer in Ukraine, was attracted to the two-year journalism program at Vancouver's Langara College because it was hands on, quicker to complete than a four-year c...
May 18, 2026
Man sentenced to 4 years after shooting and killing friend in bulletproof vest 'game'
SOOKE - A man who shot and killed his friend while the victim was wearing a bulletproof vest as part of a "game" the pair had played before has been sentenced to four years in prison. Adam Steenbergen...
May 17, 2026
