B.C.

Taseko Mines to increase its stake in the Gibraltar copper mine in B.C.
VANCOUVER – Taseko Mines Ltd. says it has signed a deal to increase its stake…

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers reports Q4 profit and revenue up from year ago
VANCOUVER – Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. reported its fourth-quarter profit and sales were up compared…

‘You’re not the only one’: Vancouver’s Black population rising fast, census shows
VANCOUVER – Lenya Wilks says she felt like the “only Black person in Surrey” when…

B.C. diver finds horseshoe crab: ‘I knew immediately it wasn’t supposed to be here’
VANCOUVER – A scuba diver cleaning part of the sea floor in a Vancouver inlet…

Suspected grave sites, children’s deaths found in probe of B.C. residential school
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. – A Vancouver Island First Nation has announced the detection of 17…

B.C. adds $180 million to help communities prepare for natural disasters
VICTORIA – Premier David Eby says he’s introducing more supports to better prepare British Columbia…

A timeline of events since the detection of possible unmarked graves in Kamloops
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. – The Tk’emlups te Secwepemc announced in May 2021 that ground-penetrating radar…

Woman and 14-year-old girl found dead in Richmond, B.C., home: RCMP
RICHMOND, B.C. – Police in Metro Vancouver say homicide investigators have been deployed after the…

Man charged with attempted murder after downtown Vancouver shooting
VANCOUVER – A man has been charged after a shooting in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside that…

Teck Resources to split company and spin off steelmaking coal business
CALGARY – Teck Resources Ltd. has announced a plan to split the company in two,…

Surrey police chief wants audit of city’s ‘inflated and mischaracterized’ costings
SURREY, B.C. – The chief of the municipal police service in Surrey, B.C., is calling…

‘Wonderful awakening’ as totem pole is returned to Nuxalk Nation after a century
BELLA COOLA, B.C. – A totem pole that was taken from a First Nation more…

Probe begins after pedestrian killed by truck in New Westminster, B.C.
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – Police in New Westminster, B.C., confirm a pedestrian has been hit…
One person slightly hurt, several pets killed in house fire in Chilliwack, B.C.
CHILLIWACK, B.C. – Several pets have died in an early morning house fire in Chilliwack,…

Mounties in Richmond, B.C., seek witnesses to random Valentine’s Day attacks
RICHMOND, B.C. – Mounties in Richmond, B.C., are looking for witnesses and video evidence of…