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One missing, B.C. police investigating after Okanagan Lake landslide: RCMP

WEST KELOWNA — Police in West Kelowna, B.C., say they have opened a missing person investigation for someone last seen in the area of a landslide that washed over a road along the shore of Okanagan Lake.

Apr 8, 2025 1:13 PM Read more >

Crash involving seven vehicles caused delays on Highway 1 in B.C.

ABBOTSFORD — A seven-car pileup on Highway 1 through a construction zone has prompted a warning from British Columbia's Highway Patrol. Police say it happened Monday west of Mount Lehman Road in Abbotsford.

Apr 7, 2025 4:49 PM Read more >

Two killed in small plane crash in Chilliwack, B.C, say RCMP

CHILLIWACK — Mounties in Chilliwack, B.C., say two people have been killed in the crash of a small plane. Police say in a statement on Monday that the crash happened on Saturday afternoon.

Apr 7, 2025 4:16 PM Read more >

Program that sent British Columbians to the U.S. for cancer treatment ends

British Columbia is ending a program that sent cancer patients to the United States for treatment, saying provincial wait times have improved enough that they no longer have to rely on clinics south of the border.

Apr 7, 2025 3:05 PM Read more >

Threats about violence at B.C. schools likely fake, police say

Police in two B.C. cities are reassuring parents that online threats targeting schools in Langley and Abbotsford over the weekend are not credible, but acknowledge the messages have created "a sense of fear and anxiety." Sgt.

Apr 7, 2025 2:21 PM Read more >

COPE, One-City, secure council seats in Vancouver's municipal byelection

VANCOUVER — Vancouver's left-of-centre parties have secured two council seats in Saturday's municipal byelection in a vote that was seen as a litmus test for Mayor Ken Sim's ABC party, which swept to dominance in 2022.

Apr 6, 2025 3:43 PM Read more >

Former B.C. teacher, 85, guilty of indecent assaults on his Grade 6 students

NORTH VANCOUVER — A B.C. provincial court judge has found an 85-year-old former elementary school teacher guilty of nine sex-related charges, most involving his former Grade 6 students.

Apr 4, 2025 4:34 PM Read more >

B.C. police investigate after rock thrown through Tesla windshield strikes passenger

VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver are investigating whether a Tesla was intentionally targeted when a rock smashed through its windshield, seriously injuring a passenger.

Apr 3, 2025 3:18 PM Read more >

Eby says Indigenous teen shouldn't have died' as B.C. government is grilled over care

A teenager who was found blocks from her group home on a cold January night this year "shouldn't have died" British Columbia Premier David Eby said, adding that her death represented a "failure.

Apr 2, 2025 6:32 PM Read more >

Ousted Greater Victoria school trustees take B.C. to court over firing

Nine Greater Victoria school trustees fired by the British Columbia government earlier this year have filed a court petition to get their jobs back. Education Minister Lisa Beare dismissed the entire elected board of School District No.

Apr 2, 2025 3:13 PM Read more >