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B.C.’s health-care system is still far behind national benchmarks for cancer care wait times, despite the province pouring in new money and hiring scores of additional staff. Wait times for some types of treatment are decreasing, but the overall picture shows B.C. falling behind the rest of Canada. The longest waits are to get an […]

There were 211 black bears killed in B.C. – the lowest number killed in more than a decade, the B.C. Conservation Officer Service says. The service released the 2025 statistics Thursday (Jan. 22), noting it was a 65-per-cent drop from 2023 and the lowest overall number since the B.C. Conservation Officer Service predator statistics were

A prolific criminal who pleaded guilty to an attempted robbery in Surrey has dodged a dangerous offender designation that would have carried indeterminate incarceration but instead was found to be a long-term offender warranting a determinate prison sentence followed by long-term supervision. Justice Barbara Norell presided over the case of Christopher David Prokopchuk in B.C.

The Hope RCMP is asking for the public’s help in locating a set of framed First World War medals stolen from the Hope United Church. According to police, a framed set of four to six medals were stolen from the church sometime in November. They discovered the medals were missing after receiving a report that

A Surrey resident is calling on the province to expedite the issuance of 500 gun licences so residents can protect themselves during the ongoing extortion crisis. Vikram Bajwa said, “I strongly believe we have to become B.C. vigilante cowboys in order to respond to this violence.” “(If) somebody calls me and says, ‘Vikram, I need