Tag Archives: B.C

The B.C. First Nations Justice Council has opened a new Indigenous Diversion Centre in downtown Prince George, B.C., which will offer some Indigenous people who commit minor crimes an alternative to being criminally charged. The organization says it’s the first of its kind in Canada. During a grand opening ceremony on …

Surrey police say an Indian celebrity’s local café twice targeted by gunmen has been hit with bullets once again, in what has become common violence often associated with extortion. The Surrey Police Service (SPS) said officers responded to the city’s Newton area Thursday where there were reports of Kap’s Cafe, …

Thanksgiving Monday wasn’t a great day to be a Toronto Blue Jays fan.  As turkeys roasted in ovens across the country, supporters watched as Canada’s only Major League Baseball franchise was baked, boiled, stuffed and mashed, losing to the Seattle Mariners 10-3 in Game 2 of the American League Championship …

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says an ostrich that was part of a B.C. flock that was recently issued a last-minute stay of a cull order by the Supreme Court of Canada has died.  The agency says the bird at Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., had a previous injury and a pre-existing condition that impacted …

Families and business owners in Abbotsford, B.C., are being shaken by a rise in extortion-related threats, which police say are becoming more frequent and violent. One victim told CBC News they’ve been facing extortion threats for months, often being woken up at night with dozens of phone calls with no …

A wildfire near Peachland, B.C., that has forced the evacuation of hundreds of properties in the Okanagan municipality has tripled in reported size. The B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) reported Friday morning that the fire around the Munro Lake Forest Service Road just west of Okanagan Lake is now burning over 2.2 …

Private security guards hired to patrol the streets in Smithers; Williams Lake nearly declaring a state of local emergency due to public disorder; and in Nanaimo, an iron fence proposed to separate city hall from the “congregations” of people around it. These are just some of the ways that communities across British …

Former transport minister Chrystia Freeland is being called back to a committee to testify after emails suggested the ministry was given weeks of notice that B.C. Ferries was buying four new vessels from a Chinese shipyard. The House of Commons transport committee unanimously passed the motion to have Freeland testify …

The ongoing B.C. Conservative Party leadership review has been marred by allegations of ballot stuffing and fake memberships. Leader John Rustad, whose party narrowly lost the 2024 provincial election to the B.C. NDP and saw a meteoric rise to Official Opposition status, has been facing questions over his leadership from both within and …

Two residents of Merritt, B.C., are spearheading a proposed class-action lawsuit against the city for allegedly failing to repair its dikes in the years before the 2021 flood, which forced 7,000 residents to evacuate and damaged more than 600 homes in the area.  The community, located about 190 kilometres northeast of …