B.C.

Autopsy showed 13-year-old B.C. teen was strangled, pathologist tells murder trial
VANCOUVER – A forensic pathologist testifying in the trial of a man accused of murdering…

Man arrested after ‘unprovoked’ stabbing inside Surrey, B.C., hospital: Mounties
SURREY, B.C. – Mounties in Surrey, B.C., have arrested a 24-year-old man after a stabbing…

Social housing provider Atira gives back $1.9 million to government, launches review
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia housing operator named in a scathing audit says it has…

Two northern spotted owls found dead in B.C. forest, in blow to release program
SPUZZUM, B.C. – Two northern spotted owls that had been released into a British Columbia…

Vancouver Chinatown may be lit in neon again, with $2.2-million revitalization grant
Vancouver Chinatown’s once-iconic array of storefront neon lights may soon return, after B.C.’s government announced…
Another stop-work order issued for Coastal GasLink pipeline over erosion concerns
HOUSTON, B.C. – British Columbia environment enforcement officers have issued another stop-work order for the…

Former B.C. little league treasurer charged with fraud and theft
COQUITLAM, B.C. – A former treasurer of a little league baseball organization in Coquitlam, B.C.,…

Overnight temperatures to bring relief in upcoming B.C. and Alberta heat wave
Alberta and British Columbia are bracing for an unseasonable heat wave with daytime highs soaring…

Hundreds ordered out of riverside mobile homes in flood-hit Cache Creek, B.C.
CACHE CREEK, B.C. – Cache Creek Mayor John Ranta says flooding in the B.C. Interior…

B.C.’s Elephant Hill wildfire results in losses of $1B per year: Indigenous report
VANCOUVER – An Indigenous-led report into a massive wildfire nearly six years ago that destroyed…

Rare May heat wave brings worries for further floods and wildfires
VICTORIA – A spell of unseasonably warm weather in the forecast for many parts of…

Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2019 drug death of teen in Langley, B.C.
LANGLEY, B.C. – A man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the high-profile death of…

Opposition says B.C. NDP ‘blame shifting’ on housing; non-profit sees no wrongdoing
VICTORIA – A British Columbia housing provider that featured in a report citing risks to…

Waters recede in parts of flood-ravaged B.C. as half of province remains under threat
CACHE CREEK, B.C. – Much of British Columbia’s Interior continued to be under the threat…

Employee turnover causes ripple effect, leads to more departures, UBC research finds
VANCOUVER – Employers vastly underestimate the impact of workers leaving an organization on staff left…