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Environment Canada cautions of frostbite as frigid temperatures linger in B.C.

Environment Canada cautions of frostbite as frigid temperatures linger in B.C.

VANCOUVER — Environment Canada is warning that frostbite and hypothermia that can occur within minutes as frigid conditions linger over much of British Columbia.
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Rob Shaw: FOI system a money-wasting pit of secrecy under BC NDP

Rob Shaw: FOI system a money-wasting pit of secrecy under BC NDP

Province finds insidious way to jack up cost of transparency to British Columbians
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Canada presses on with trade diversification strategy in face of Trump's threats

Canada presses on with trade diversification strategy in face of Trump's threats

OTTAWA — As U.S. President Donald Trump continues to hold out the threat of steep tariffs on Canadian imports, the federal trade minister is citing new trade deals with Ecuador and other nations
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May to take anti-tariff message to National Prayer Breakfast in Washington

May to take anti-tariff message to National Prayer Breakfast in Washington

Green Party leader says she plans to talk to as many Republican and Democrat politicians as possible
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B.C. homicide team investigates beating death of a 19-year-old man

B.C. homicide team investigates beating death of a 19-year-old man

ABBOTSFORD — Homicide investigators are looking into an attack on a 19-year-old man that started in Abbotsford, B.C., then led officers to Crescent Beach in Surrey more than 45 kilometres away. Officers were called on Jan.
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Tribunal rules Brannon the cat stays with B.C. woman after breakup

Tribunal rules Brannon the cat stays with B.C. woman after breakup

Whitney Anne Waite provided evidence she had the cat before her relationship with Nicholas Randal Dinardo
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'Many unanswered questions': Man, 19, dead after witnesses see him taken away in vehicle

'Many unanswered questions': Man, 19, dead after witnesses see him taken away in vehicle

The 19-year-old was found with severe injuries at Crescent Beach in Surrey.
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B.C. human rights commissioner wants study of police in schools after board's firing

B.C. human rights commissioner wants study of police in schools after board's firing

VICTORIA — When the British Columbia government fired the Greater Victoria school board last week, it effectively made police liaison programs mandatory in schools while failing to provide a factual basis for the decision, the B.C.
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B.C. immigration 'consultant' convicted of sex assault, employing foreign nationals

B.C. immigration 'consultant' convicted of sex assault, employing foreign nationals

Judge finds no coercion in the cases of two Iranian women who came to Canada after seeking the services of a man claiming to be an immigration consultant
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Drug deaths in B.C. drop 13 per cent, hitting four-year low of 2,253

Drug deaths in B.C. drop 13 per cent, hitting four-year low of 2,253

VICTORIA — The BC Coroners Service said toxic drug deaths in British Columbia were down 13 per cent last year, with the toll now lower than any year since 2020. Chief Coroner Dr.
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