The Latest Breaking News from British Columbia

Technology-facilitated sexual violence (TFSV) is on the rise among Canadian youth. In an international study that included Canada, over half of the young women and girls surveyed reported being sexually threatened and/or sexually harassed online. This kind of sexual violence can include online sexual harassment, extortion, receiving unsolicited explicit images…

A judge in British Columbia has ordered former political candidate David Hilderman to stop referring to himself as an engineer. Hilderman, who has an university degree in engineering and works in the electronics and computer industry, described himself as an engineer in campaign materials. Engineer is a protected title in…

In late 2023, the federal government, British Columbia and the First Nations Leadership Council signed a $1 billion Nature Agreement to protect 30 per cent of B.C.’s lands by 2030.

The Supreme Court of the Canadian province of British Columbia has blocked new provincial laws against public consumption of illegal substances

The University of Victoria, a public university in British Columbia, is looking for an assistant professor of music composition and music technology and theory. The position is full time and tenure track. According to a job listing, the school is looking for someone who will "develop an active research and/or…

Dogs have been in the Americas for more than 10,000 years. They were already domesticated when they came from Eurasia with the first people to reach North America. In the coastal parts of present-day Washington state and southwestern British Columbia, archaeologists have found dog remains dating back as far as…

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) has launched a third-party workplace assessment of its British Columbia office after serious allegations of sexual assault, bullying and intimidation were recently made public. Whistleblowers raised allegations involving a senior officer who has been removed from the workplace.

Sadly, a 12-year old child in British Columbia died by suicide following a case of online sextortion. The child’s grieving parents are passionately urging families to talk to their children about the dangers of online predators in the hopes that other children can be safeguarded against online risks.

E-visa resumption: The decision came two months after India suspended all visa facilities for Canadian citizens following Justin Trudeau’s remarks on Indian agents being responsible for the June 18 killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia.

A bill currently before the British Columbia legislature seeks to define “reasonably available” alternative shelter when municipalities go to court to enforce bylaws against homeless encampments. If passed, Bill 45 will undermine the Charter rights of some of the most vulnerable members of Canadian society.

One wild-born owl remains in British Columbia, where logging concerns have destroyed the species’s old-growth forest home