B.C. News

VANCOUVER — The BC Crown Counsel Association says it has filed a formal workload grievance against the BC Prosecution Service over what it calls "inadequate staffing" in its Okanagan and Kootenay offices.

Lower Mainland Response Team attended and cleared a residence

Coun. Peter Meiszner: "My driving force in bringing this forward was really my love for Vancouver and my passion for the city, and wanting to celebrate that."

SQUAMISH — A 22-year-old woman is dead after a fatal slack-line incident at a recreation area north of Vancouver. Squamish RCMP say they received a report on Friday afternoon of a female falling from a slack line at Chek Canyon Recreation Area.

The incidents happened between November 2023 and January 2024.

VICTORIA — Municipal leaders from across British Columbia have joined First Nations to ask the provincial government to withdraw or delay proposed legislation to fast-track major projects in response to U.S. tariffs.

BURNABY — British Columbia's main outpatient lab services provider and the union representing about 1,200 striking workers have reached a deal through binding recommendations from a mediator, ending roughly 10 weeks of strike action.

The Independent Investigations Office says ‘reasonable grounds exist to believe that one officer may have committed an offence in relation to the use of a firearm’

Judges were asked to rate the samples on appearance, aroma, taste, mouth feel, after taste and overall impression.

The event brings together artists to repurpose a door or a small piece of ­furniture from the agency’s Victoria or Westshore ReStore locations into one-of-a-kind works of art.