British Columbia
RCMP used covert search and surveillance powers before arresting high-level intelligence official
In the RCMP’s search for a leak that ultimately led to the arrest of top intelligence official Cameron Ortis last year, investigators first obtained...
Is more testing behind the record numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada? Your testing questions answered
We’re answering your questions about the pandemic. Send yours to COVID@cbc.ca, and we’ll answer as many as we can. We publish a selection...
Election day arrives in Saskatchewan, the third province to head to polls during pandemic
Polls are set to open Monday morning for Saskatchewan’s 29th provincial election as the Saskatchewan Party seeks a fourth consecutive mandate. “This will be the largest non-wartime...
RCMP and CBSA officers to face questions over Meng Wanzhou’s arrest in extradition case
The RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency officers who detained Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver’s airport in December 2018 will speak publicly for the...
B.C. NDP will form decisive majority government, CBC News projects
The NDP will form a historic majority government in British Columbia for the first time in more than 20 years, CBC News projects, as...
Justin Trudeau asked to help with Jordan Naterer search during Memorial University town hall
Fresh off surviving a confidence vote on a Conservative motion to look into the government’s ethics and pandemic spending, a relaxed-looking Justin Trudeau held...
The Liberals had the leverage this week — but it might not last
This week’s excitement ended quietly on Wednesday afternoon, brought to a formal conclusion by a vote of 180 nays to 146 yeas. The...
As COVID-19 cases climb in long-term care homes, experts hope to avoid locking down residents
As the number of people infected with COVID-19 continues to climb, the virus has crept back into long-term care and retirement homes across the...
A B.C. research project gave homeless people $7,500 each — the results were ‘beautifully surprising’
The results of a B.C. research project that gave thousands of dollars to homeless people are in and, according to one researcher, could challenge stereotypes...
A Nova Scotian is saved from an opioid overdose by paramedics almost every other day
Eight years ago, Matthew Bonn watched his friend turn blue and become deathly quiet as fentanyl flooded his body. Bonn jumped in, performing...
Toronto lawyer Annamie Paul elected leader of the federal Green Party
Green Party members have picked Toronto lawyer Annamie Paul as their next leader, bringing to a close the year-long race to replace Elizabeth...
Ontario woman sidelined from parole reviews for man who murdered her father
An Oshawa, Ont., woman whose father was murdered nearly 30 years ago says she’s being left out of the legal process that may soon...
Military member with links to far-right groups says he’s ‘done nothing wrong’
A Canadian military reservist whose membership in two far-right groups is being investigated by the army has spoken publicly about the matter for the first time,...
Members fighting sale of MEC say planned COO hire clashes with Canadian company’s values
Members of Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) fighting its takeover by an American investment firm say the hiring of an executive from a U.S. company...
B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan gambles popularity against pandemic in bid for historic majority
In a year of world events nobody wanted, British Columbians will be getting an election almost nobody wanted. “Families are concerned,” admitted NDP Leader...
‘That grin, that big heart’: Remembering Terry Fox, the Marathon of Hope and one day in Thunder Bay
“It’s not supposed to end this way,” Bill Vigars remembers thinking as he watched a plane carrying Terry Fox, his parents, Betty and...
