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B.C. police watchdog called after armed man fatally shot on Vancouver Island

VICTORIA — Police on Vancouver Island say British Columbia's police watchdog has been called to investigate after an officer fatally shot an armed man on Sunday.

Sep 12, 2021 5:20 PM Read more >

RCMP make 27 more arrests at B.C. old-growth logging blockades

PORT RENFREW, B.C. — RCMP enforcement of a B.C. Supreme Court injunction against blockades set up to prevent old-growth logging on Vancouver Island continued this weekend.

Sep 12, 2021 2:42 PM Read more >

Mountie escapes injury after being shot at in Surrey, B.C.

SURREY, B.C. — The RCMP say one of their officers is shaken, but not physically injured after being shot at during an attempted traffic stop in Surrey, B.C., Friday evening.

Sep 11, 2021 3:00 AM Read more >

Tribunal dismisses vaccine human rights complaints against Horgan, Henry

'Ideological opposition to or distrust of the vaccine' not enough for complaint to proceed.

Sep 10, 2021 4:46 PM Read more >

B.C. health officials report 820 COVID-19 cases and another nine deaths

VICTORIA — British Columbia health officials are reporting 820 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the active infections in the province to 5,850.

Sep 10, 2021 4:13 PM Read more >

Drug criminalization causing overdose epidemic: lawsuit

21,000-plus Canadian overdose deaths since 2016 largely preventable, group claims

Sep 10, 2021 4:07 PM Read more >

Former 'Surrey Six' investigator names Canada's top Mountie in ongoing legal fight

David Attew adds RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki to list of defendants

Sep 10, 2021 9:50 AM Read more >

Campfire allowed across all but southern Vancouver Island as wildfire conditions ease

VANCOUVER — As of noon Friday, campfires are once again allowed across most of British Columbia, with only the drought-challenged region of southern Vancouver Island still covered by restrictions.

Sep 10, 2021 8:12 AM Read more >

Whistleblower admits leak; rips ‘hypocritical’ Attorney General David Eby

Former BCLC AML director said he was concerned about alleged Chinese Communist Party ties to alleged money launderers

Sep 9, 2021 8:21 PM Read more >

Coroner's report says B.C.-born teenage actor died from fentanyl overdose

VANCOUVER — A B.C. coroner's report says teenage actor Logan Williams, who played the young Barry Allen in CW's "The Flash," died from a fentanyl overdose. Williams, who was born in Coquitlam, B.C., was 16 when he died on April 2, 2020.

Sep 9, 2021 6:36 PM Read more >