Skip to content

BC News

B.C. old-growth protesters celebrate as contempt prosecution has 'collapsed'

B.C. old-growth protesters celebrate as contempt prosecution has 'collapsed'

NANAIMO, B.C. — The B.C. Prosecution Service has withdrawn contempt charges against 11 old-growth logging protesters accused of breaching a court injunction during blockades at Fairy Creek on Vancouver Island.
Read more >
B.C. mom whose son was killed urges people to call police, not film violence

B.C. mom whose son was killed urges people to call police, not film violence

VANCOUVER — The mother of a teenager stabbed to death on a transit bus in Surrey, B.C., says she hopes her son's death will bring change.
Read more >
Public invited to vigil for teen boy fatally stabbed on Surrey bus

Public invited to vigil for teen boy fatally stabbed on Surrey bus

Rain or shine, the vigil will take place at 7 p.m.
Read more >
Vancouver police to implement recommendations from Const. Nicole Chan inquest

Vancouver police to implement recommendations from Const. Nicole Chan inquest

Police Chief Adam Palmer: “Very, very sad tragedy. It's something that, of course, we never want to see again.”
Read more >
'Severe' drought declared in Kelowna, Vernon areas

'Severe' drought declared in Kelowna, Vernon areas

While Okanagan snowpacks are at a healthy depth, a lack of precipitation at lower elevations has brought on severe drought conditions.
Read more >
Layoffs issued as Tolko cuts shifts in Armstrong, Williams Lake

Layoffs issued as Tolko cuts shifts in Armstrong, Williams Lake

Vernon-based forestry giant Tolko Industries has announced layoffs at two of its mills in the North Okanagan and Cariboo.
Read more >
Multiple warrants issued for arrest of Okanagan woman

Multiple warrants issued for arrest of Okanagan woman

Docherty is described as a Caucasian female, five-foot-seven and about 161 pounds.
Read more >
'Why don't we count?': Princeton Mayor speaks on divide between housing support given to urban and rural centres

'Why don't we count?': Princeton Mayor speaks on divide between housing support given to urban and rural centres

"Where's the rural part to this conference?" After the recent Union of B.C.
Read more >
Plans for multi-use pathway on Colwood's waterfront get $6-million boost

Plans for multi-use pathway on Colwood's waterfront get $6-million boost

The pathway will run along the shoreline stretching from the new Royal Beach Development to the end of the Esquimalt Lagoon on the Coburg Peninsula along Ocean Boulevard.
Read more >
Senakw services agreement judicial review begins in B.C. Supreme Court

Senakw services agreement judicial review begins in B.C. Supreme Court

The Kits Point Residents Association is challenging the legality of the services agreement signed between the City of Vancouver and Squamish Nation
Read more >