BURNABY — Police in Burnaby, B.C., say two children have been hospitalized with serious injuries after a crash on Saturday. A statement from Burnaby RCMP describes the 11-year-old boy and nine-year-old girl as pedestrians, while BC Emergency Health Services says they received a call about a crash involving an E-scooter.
DELTA — Police in Delta, B.C., say one person is dead after a crash involving two vehicles in a residential area on Saturday. They say one driver was pronounced dead at the scene, while several other occupants were taken to hospital with serious injuries. Police did not say exactly how
VANCOUVER — The long-anticipated public hearing into the police-involved death of Myles Gray in 2015 is being delayed again to give one of the seven Vancouver officers under investigation time to find a new lawyer. The recent appointment of lawyer Scott Wright as a judge to the B.C. provincial court
BURNABY — Plans for a hospital expansion in Burnaby, B.C., are not dead, despite the provincial government announcing this week that the construction contract had been cancelled, Premier David Eby said on Friday. Eby said Phase 2 of the Burnaby Hospital project, which was slated to add 160 beds and
LANGLEY — As he curls up on a couch beside his owner, it's easy to forget Gary the cat is in fact Gary the serval, a wild predator native to Africa. The 10-year-old serval was raised as a pet by a couple who later divorced, with Gary ending up at
VICTORIA — Politicians in B.C.'s legislature say they are looking into whether they can close a loophole that has allowed a member to avoid a censure motion after she used a slogan associated with Nazi Germany. Independent MLA Tara Armstrong last month used the term "blood and soil" in her
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has reappointed Indigenous leader Angela Wesley to be the provincially appointed commissioner to the BC Treaty Commission, a post she previously held until last year. Wesley, a member of the Huu-ay-aht First Nations, previously held the post from 2018 to 2025 during the initiation
SQUAMISH — Police are investigating after human remains were found by hikers at a B.C. park in the Sea to Sky region. RCMP say the remains were found by two hikers in Shannon Falls Provincial Park on April 24. The hikers notified police, and Squamish RCMP alongside the local search
SURREY — Police in Surrey, B.C., are investigating an alleged assault on an eight-year-old boy inside a haunted house attraction during the recent Khalsa Day celebrations in the city. Photos of the two males suspects have been released and police are urging anyone with information on the case to come
FORT ST. JOHN — The B.C. legislator representing Old Fort, the community where a landslide has forced people from their homes, says he'll be meeting constituents to discuss options for the future — including potentially asking the province to buy their properties. Jordan Kealy said Thursday that he'll be holding
VICTORIA — The B.C. government says construction contracts for five health-care projects have been cancelled, after depicting them as being "re-paced" in the February budget. Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma said the projects were still part of the government's capital plan, while the Opposition B.C. Conservatives said the cancellations represented a
VICTORIA — British Columbia's forests minister says he expects billions in additional federal support for the timber sector if future trade talks with the United States don't benefit the softwood lumber industry. Ravi Parmer says B.C. will use every opportunity to remind Ottawa that the pending renegotiation of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico-Agreement
VICTORIA — The B.C. government has announced a ban on breeding and future ownership of all exotic cats in a measure it says strengthens public safety, animal welfare and environmental protection. The rules, which are effective Friday, designate cats including servals, ocelots, and European and African wildcats as controlled alien
VICTORIA — Lakes, rivers and streams in Mount Robson Park in central British Columbia are being closed to all watercraft and wading gear in an effort to prevent the spread of whirling disease in fish. The B.C. Ministry of Environment and Parks says there's no indication the parasite that causes
VANCOUVER — The Supreme Court of British Columbia says staffing and space issues may see some criminal trials rescheduled or moved, or suspects released from custody, if they're being held too far from the courthouse where they're on trial. Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes says in a notice on the
CALGARY — AltaGas Ltd. says it recently delivered its first propane cargo to Indonesia as the ongoing squeeze in Mideast supplies stokes interest in Canadian exports among a broader customer set in Asia. "This supply disruption has driven more conversations with our Asian customers who are now placing increased value
RICHMOND — Federal investigators say a train crash in Metro Vancouver in 2023 where about 8,000 litres of diesel fuel was spilled was likely caused by the crew missing a warning to slow down in preparation to stop. The Transportation Safety Board says the crash in Delta on Nov. 19,
VANCOUVER — The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled the provincial government's legislation to overhaul regulation of lawyers, notaries and other legal professions is not unconstitutional. The government in 2024 passed a bill to create a new regulator with jurisdiction over lawyers, notaries and paralegals, eliminating the long-standing model of "self-governance
VANCOUVER — A public hearing in Vancouver into the police-involved death of Myles Gray in 2015 has again been delayed after a lawyer representing one of the seven Vancouver officers under investigation was appointed as a provincial court judge. Although no testimony has been scheduled by any of the officers,
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is adding 17 new major investments to its list of priority projects, and Premier David Eby says the recent wrangling over Indigenous rights legislation won't undermine that progress. Eby says when companies bring $1 billion into the province, they have a "sophisticated understanding of
