Category Archives: British Columbia
Amber Alert for six-year-old Alberta boy expands to all of B.C., most of N.W.T.
GRANDE PRAIRIE - RCMP say the search for an Alberta boy has been expanded to all of B.C. and into much of the Northwest Territories or the Yukon. Mounties near the Alberta-B.C. boundary issued an Ambe...
Jul 09, 2026
Transport Canada detains boat linked to fatal B.C. sinking, citing violations
RICHMOND - Transport Canada has ordered the detention of a boat operated by a British Columbia fishing charter operation whose other vessel sank last month, leaving one person dead and six others miss...
Jul 09, 2026
B.C. government approves higher Mount Polley tailings dam, 12 years after disaster
VICTORIA - Ministers in British Columbia have approved plans to increase the height of the tailings storage facility at the Mount Polley copper and gold mine, the site of a catastrophic dam collapse m...
Jul 09, 2026
B.C. First Nation challenges dredging plan to accommodate larger tankers in Vancouver
NORTH VANCOUVER - A British Columbia First Nation says it has launched a legal challenge against a plan by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority to dredge Burrard Inlet to make room for oil tankers with...
Jul 09, 2026
B.C. Conservative candidate tells Poilievre to 'unite, not divide' after Stampede jab
OTTAWA - Former B.C. Conservative leadership candidate Caroline Elliott is pushing back at Pierre Poilievre's recent jab about her campaign team, calling on the federal Conservative leader to work to ...
Jul 09, 2026
$8-million settlement proposed in national beef price-fixing class-action
VANCOUVER - Conner Macdonald says he's watched for the last eight years as the price of beef climbed "astronomically," as customers at the butcher shop where he works turned to chicken or pork, even o...
Jul 09, 2026
B.C. drug deaths hit lowest level since before pandemic, down 55% since 2023 peak
VICTORIA - British Columbia has recorded its lowest monthly number of suspected toxic drug deaths since before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, falling by more than half since their peak....
Jul 09, 2026
Talks between B.C. nurses and employer at impasse, union wants the province to help
SURREY - The BC Nurses' Union said Thursday that negotiations with the employer have broken down, and the group is calling on the provincial government to step in to help end their dispute that trigge...
Jul 09, 2026
'Like a Biblical event': Raging wildfire destroys buildings near Boston Bar, B.C.
BOSTON BAR - Shayne Findlay, the owner of Blue Lake Resort, near Boston Bar, B.C., says "the wind was in charge" as a wildfire roared through the property on Tuesday night, destroying several building...
Jul 09, 2026
B.C. man indicted in U.S. fought off deportation in 2008, despite drug conviction
VANCOUVER - Court and immigration board records show that a British Columbia suspect indicted by U.S. authorities over alleged international organized crime was previously convicted of cross-border dr...
Jul 09, 2026
