VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says New Democrat member of the legislature Joan Phillip is "very ill" and her colleagues are "all praying for her." Eby told reporters at the legislature that Phillip is an "incredible fighter," but he was asking others to join in the prayers and
The toxic drug crisis that has killed thousands of people in British Columbia has had a “staggeringly high” impact on the youngest in the province, not only killing hundreds but leaving many more as orphans, the province's representative for children and youth says. Coroner’s data shows that in the 10
KELOWNA — Police have issued a warning to drone and laser users in the Kelowna, B.C., area, saying the city's airport saw a significant number of events with "potentially catastrophic consequences" for aircraft operations last year. RCMP say air traffic controllers at Kelowna International Airport received 21 reports of laser
PARKSVILLE — Residents of a Vancouver Island community are sounding the alarm after blaming an aggressive cougar for killing three sheep and an emu in the past week. The owners of the Truffle Farm in Parksville, B.C., about 155 kilometres northwest of Victoria, say they found two of their sheep
SURREY — A Metro Vancouver man arrested last December and charged with offences of possession and distribution of child-exploitation material now faces an additional 17 charges, including 12 counts of child luring. Police in Surrey, B.C., say 41-year-old Kevin James Belcourt was charged Monday and also faces two counts of
SURREY — Police are investigating after another case of shots fired at a building in Surrey, B.C., that is believed to be linked to the latest spasm in extortion violence. Surrey police say they were called to a home near King George Boulevard and 88 Avenue just before 1 a.m.
COQUIHALLA — The main highway linking British Columbia's Lower Mainland to the Interior has reopened after being closed for much of Tuesday because of a semi-trailer fire that set off a forest blaze. The provincial Ministry of Transportation's DriveBC information system says the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt reopened
It looks like a typical tourist photo, as British Columbia woman Barbara Welsh and her friends smile near the foot of the famous Pyramid of the Moon at the Teotihuacan site northeast of Mexico City on Monday. But in the background, clambering the pyramid's stairs, a man in a checked
MERRITT, BRITISH COLUMBIA — The main highway linking British Columbia's Lower Mainland to the Interior has been closed in both directions after a large fire in a semi-trailer set the forest alight. RCMP say officers were called to the site in the northbound lanes of the Coquihalla Highway between Merritt
VANCOUVER — British Columbia's Supreme Court heard Tuesday that three Chinese police officials went "missing" for six hours during an RCMP-escorted visit to Vancouver in 2018, setting off concerns they could be trying to illicitly repatriate someone. The revelation came during testimony by RCMP Supt. Peter Tsui at the trial
FORT ST. JOHN — A 400-metre wide landslide is slipping down a hill in the small community of Old Fort in northeastern British Columbia. The B.C. Ministry of Emergency Management says in a statement the "complex slide" is in the same area where the ground has shifted in 2018 and
VANCOUVER — The family of British Columbia RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang says they fear she'll be "erased" from the legal record after the man accused of her killing was found unfit to stand trial. Shiling Yang, the aunt of Burnaby RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang, said in an email to The
VICTORIA — A coalition of First Nations say they are prepared to block major projects and take legal action if British Columbia does not pause two treaties to resolve overlapping territorial claims. Politicians in Victoria are debating legislation to implement treaties with Kitselas First Nation in northwestern B.C., and the
VANCOUVER — The trial of a former RCMP officer got underway in British Columbia Supreme Court Monday, with prosecutors alleging William Majcher prepared to coerce a resident of the province to return to China, where he was wanted for financial crimes. Majcher stood as he pleaded not guilty to one
MCBRIDE — A British Columbia hunting guide has been ordered to pay more than $30,000 in penalties after admitting to taking a client outside of his designated hunt area. The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says in a social media post that the offence took place in September 2022 near McBride,
OTTAWA — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling on the United Nations to condemn the "regressive" attempt by B.C. Premier David Eby's government to amend or suspend parts of a landmark Indigenous rights law. That law, based on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights
MISSION, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — Authorities in British Columbia's Fraser Valley have foiled an attempt to sneak drugs into a prison by dropping a package disguised as a patch of loose turf onto the facility's grounds. RCMP say corrections officers at the Mission Institution discovered the package on April 9
FORT ST. JOHN — Residents of a community in northeastern B.C. were ordered out of their homes late Monday due to the risk of a landslide. Those in the area of the historic Old Fort slide were to head to the Pomeroy Sports Centre in the city of Fort St.
VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby said that "moving forward together" with First Nations leaders is now his top priority, explaining why he withdrew plans to table legislation to suspend key parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act on Monday. Eby, who previously angered First
OTTAWA — Gov. Gen. Mary Simon told the opening of the United Nations permanent forum on Indigenous issues Monday that Canada is making progress on improving the lives of Indigenous Peoples, even if that progress is slow. "Countries like Canada made a promise that life for Indigenous Peoples would improve,
