B.C.
B.C. court acquits man of stabbing his wife, finds he was in state of ‘automatism’
VANCOUVER – A judge in British Columbia has acquitted a man of stabbing his partner…
January home sales down 55% from year earlier, 21% from Dec: Vancouver board
VANCOUVER – The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says January home sales were more…
House post returning to First Nation after 138 years, and decades in Harvard storage
VANCOUVER – In the 138 years since an Indigenous house post was chopped down and…
Two B.C. Mounties charged with manslaughter, three others face obstruction charge
VICTORIA – Two RCMP officers are accused of manslaughter in the July 2017 death of…
First Nations women overrepresented among B.C. toxic drug deaths: doctor
VICTORIA – Indigenous people, especially women, are dying from toxic drugs at disproportionately high rates…
Drug users say B.C. ‘fight continues’ during decriminalization amid safe supply calls
VANCOUVER – Members of an advocacy group for drug users have gathered to celebrate the…
Former Alberta top doctor, Deena Hinshaw, finds temporary public health post in B.C.
VICTORIA – The former chief medical officer of health in Alberta, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, has…
General Motors to invest US$650 million in Lithium Americas
VANCOUVER – General Motors Co. has signed a deal to invest US$650 million in Vancouver-based…
Vancouver elementary school to dump name of lord linked to Boer War, other atrocities
VANCOUVER – Members of the Vancouver School Board have voted unanimously to support the renaming…
Const. Nicole Chan feared never working at VPD again after hospital stint: sergeant
BURNABY, B.C. – Const. Nicole Chan believed she would never return to work at the…
Data on B.C.’s drug decriminalization plan to be publicly available on dashboard
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s plan to decriminalize small amounts of illicit drugs for personal use…
Five-foot fence post thrown at Vancouver city bus window, police say
VANCOUVER – Metro Vancouver Transit Police say they are investigating after a five-foot metal fence…
Stolen licence plate leads to drug trafficking charges for Vernon, B.C., man
VERNON, B.C. – Mounties in B.C.’s Interior say a Vernon man has been charged for…
129 neglected cattle seized from B.C. property with ‘numerous’ dead animals: SPCA
CAWSTON, B.C. – Animal protection officers with the SPCA have seized 129 cattle from a…
B.C. health minister Dix ‘delighted’ premiers finally set to meet PM on funding
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s health minister says he’s “delighted” Canada’s premiers are set to meet…