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Man shot, injured in wooded area where he was living in Burnaby, B.C.: RCMP

BURNABY, B.C. — Police in Metro Vancouver say they're investigating a shooting that injured a 71-year-old man on Saturday.

Mar 16, 2025 10:24 PM Read more >

B.C. police watchdog called after RCMP shoot, injure man suspected of carrying a gun

PENTICTON, B.C. — Mounties in British Columbia's southern Interior say the province's police watchdog has been called in after a shooting involving an officer that sent one man to hospital with gunshot injuries.

Mar 16, 2025 4:08 PM Read more >

Pedestrian struck and killed after collapsing: Vancouver Police

VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver say they're investigating a crash that left a pedestrian dead in the city's Fairview neighbourhood Friday night.

Mar 15, 2025 11:59 AM Read more >

B.C. prison inmate charged with second-degree murder after fatal cafeteria fight

AGASSIZ, B.C. — An inmate at a British Columbia prison has been charged with second-degree murder over a death in a cafeteria fight.

Mar 14, 2025 6:02 PM Read more >

Advocates and family of man shot by RCMP launch 'people's tribunal' to probe police

VANCOUVER — Laura Holland's voice shook with emotion as she talked about her smart and affectionate son, saying she is "tired of waiting" for justice for him.

Mar 14, 2025 5:45 PM Read more >

B.C. overdose deaths drop 30 per cent, but researchers point to 'emerging dangers'

BC Coroners Service data show nearly half the people who died in January due to unregulated toxic drugs had the depressant bromazolam in their system, which researchers say highlights "emerging dangers" in the illicit drug supply even as deaths decli

Mar 14, 2025 5:40 PM Read more >

RCMP arrest suspects in shooting in Penticton, B.C.

PENTICTON, B.C. — Mounties in Penticton, B.C., say they've arrested the final two suspects in a shooting in the city earlier this month.

Mar 14, 2025 2:30 PM Read more >

Rare unanimous support for B.C. bill on perinatal, postnatal mental health care

VICTORIA — British Columbia's politicians have found rare common ground and given unanimous support in the legislature to a private member's bill proposing universal access to mental health care for pregnant women and new mothers. The Opposition B.C.

Mar 14, 2025 10:11 AM Read more >

Teen dies after car crashes into tree in Vancouver's Stanley Park

VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver say an 18-year-old man has died in an early morning car crash in Stanley Park.

Mar 14, 2025 9:56 AM Read more >

Woman dies after being found unresponsive on Blackcomb Mountain in B.C.

WHISTLER, B.C. — A woman has died after being found unresponsive on a mountain at a British Columbia ski resort.

Mar 13, 2025 5:40 PM Read more >