B.C. News

NAKUSP — British Columbia's police watchdog is asking the provincial prosecution service to consider charging an RCMP officer after a crash that killed a man in the West Kootenay region last year.

Small business owners in Whistler are struggling with inflation, staffing shortfalls, and federal policy shifts—even as visitor numbers hold steady, says Chamber executive director Louise Walker.

GIBSONS — Vancouver Coastal Health says people who ate from a food truck in Gibsons, B.C., this month may have been exposed to hepatitis A.

VICTORIA — Victoria's new police chief Fiona Wilson says she faces "a very, very steep learning curve" in her new post after almost 27 years with the Vancouver Police Department, where she rose to deputy chief constable.

Vancouver Coastal Health is warning people who dined at the Sea Monkey Coffee food truck at Sunday Cider between Aug. 1 and 25 that they may have been exposed to hepatitis A.

The number of active wildfires in British Columbia has leapt by about a dozen in a spate of hot, sunny weather that has sent daily temperature records tumbling.

Officials in Penticton, B.C., say police are investigating a recent "threat of violence" directed at a senior member of municipal staff in the Okanagan city.

SURREY — British Columbia homicide investigators say a man has been found guilty of first-degree murder over a 2017 organized-crime killing in Surrey, B.C.

Victoria has been running a basic AI-powered pothole detector on its streets since 2023.