VICTORIA — The B.C. government has changed its regulations to give wildlife officers more power to kill escaped or abandoned domestic sheep to order to protect wild sheep populations. The province says it has changed how domestic sheep are classified under the Wildlife Act in order to prevent disease from
VANCOUVER — A Gitxsan Nation hereditary chief is challenging the B.C. government's decision to allow a pipeline to go through what he calls "pristine wilderness," on the strength of a 12-year-old environmental review, while disregarding traditional Gitxsan governance by declining to attend feast hall meetings. The B.C. Supreme Court is
VICTORIA — Provincial gun regulations that have been nine years in the making will come into effect in British Columbia this fall, shutting down what ministers calls loopholes in federal laws that have helped allow extortion crimes to proliferate. The new regulations include a ban on firing from vehicles, which
SALMO — Two men have been arrested after police tried to remove a small group of protesters blocking a logging road in the British Columbia Interior, with one man allegedly hitting an officer in the face during the arrest. Salmo RCMP say the arrests happened last Friday on a forest
CALGARY — Shell plc has signed a $22-billion deal to acquire ARC Resources Ltd., bringing together the lead partner in Canada's first operating liquefied natural gas project with a major producer in one of the continent's most profitable shale regions. Wael Sawan, chief executive of the U.K.-based global energy heavyweight,
RICHMOND — British Columbia's workers' compensation agency says 138 people died on the job or from workplace injuries and illnesses last year. WorkSafeBC says in a statement that 79 of those deaths were from occupational diseases, including 36 from asbestos exposure. The deaths for 2025 also include 41 deaths from
VANCOUVER — Home sales in British Columbia are forecast to fall 2.1 per cent this year as economic challenges push volume and prices lower across the province. The B.C. Real Estate Association says in its second quarterly housing forecast that residential unit sales will likely drop to about 69,000 homes
KELOWNA — Two men have been arrested in a co-ordinated bust in British Columbia's Interior that saw police seize more than 10 kilograms of illicit substances along with other items related to a drug distribution operation. RCMP in Kelowna, B.C., say they executed consecutive search warrants on three local homes
CASTLEGAR — Police in British Columbia say three people have been charged in the 2022 homicide of a man in the province's Interior. Mounties in Castlegar, B.C., say the three accused were arrested Friday after an investigation lasting almost four years. Police say the men were taken into custody in
VANCOUVER — None of the seven Vancouver police officers involved in a violent encounter leading up to the death of Myles Gray more than 10 years ago has yet testified at a public hearing that is scheduled to resume on Wednesday. But a story of what happened on Aug. 13,
VANCOUVER — It was early Sunday morning when Antonio Ortega drove in the area of Fraser Street in Vancouver, a year to the day since a vehicle tore through the crowd of the Lapu Lapu Day festival celebrating Filipino independence. Ortega said he took time to reflect on the tragedy
SURREY — Police in Surrey, B.C., say they're investigating an apparent gunfight involving two vehicles in the city on Saturday night. The Surrey Police Service says officers were called to the city centre neighbourhood just after 9 p.m. for reports of two vehicles exchanging gunfire. Police say the gunshots rang
RICHMOND — Police in Richmond, B.C., say they're investigating a suspected kidnapping in a restaurant parking lot. Police say they were called to the Bamboo Grove Restaurant on No. 3 Road just after 10 p.m. on Friday, after a witness reported seeing two men forcing another man into a pickup
ABBOTSFORD — Police in Abbotsford, B.C., say a man has been arrested after a body was discovered in a burned out structure at a homeless encampment Friday evening. Abbotsford Police say officers responded to a reported fire at the Peardonville homeless encampment on South Fraser Way just after 6 p.m.
RICHMOND — Police in Richmond, B.C., say they're investigating a possible kidnapping after a man was reportedly seen being forced into a truck in a restaurant parking lot Friday night. Richmond RCMP say they were called after a witness reported seeing two men force another man into a pickup truck
All five candidates running for the leadership of the Conservative Party of B.C. said during a debate in Vancouver on Friday that they would repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. They also promised to revive the provincial economy and improve public safety. But that might have
British Columbia's Transportation Ministry says a landslide in the northeastern community of Old Fort has shifted the road 62 metres downslope since Sunday. The ministry says the 400-metre-wide slide, which destroyed part of Old Fort Road. The Peace River Regional District later issued an update, saying the landslide remains active
VANCOUVER — The actions of a former RCMP officer accused of violating security law for the benefit of Chinese authorities were an affront to Canadian sovereignty, a Crown prosecutor told British Columbia Supreme Court on Friday. William Majcher pleaded not guilty to one charge under Canada's Security of Information Act
OTTAWA — Energy Minister Tim Hodgson said on Friday that the federal government has approved Enbridge Inc.’s $4-billion Sunrise natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia. Here's a quick rundown of the project and why it's important. What is the Sunrise Expansion Project? The Westcoast Energy Limited Partnership, an affiliate
CALGARY — The federal government has approved a $4-billion plan by Enbridge Inc. to expand an existing natural gas pipeline in British Columbia, a move one executive says demonstrates a greater "sense of purpose" from Ottawa toward bolstering Canada's status as a global energy exporter. The Sunrise project would add
