Police in Agassiz say a man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a woman in a case of possible intimate partner violence.
Mounties say police were called to a home at the Seabird Island Band in April and found a 33-year-old woman dead at the scene.
Homicide investigators took over the investigation after coroners found evidence relating to the case.
Police say a 36-year-old man has been charged and will remain in custody until he appears in court.
A salmon task force that is examining the impact of the massive Chilcotin River landslide in British Columbia says it's prepared for the "emergency enhancement" of fish stocks after the disaster. A statement from the Fisheries Department, which is part of the task force alongside First Nations and the B.C. government, says monitoring has confirmed that sockeye salmon have begun to enter the river.
The suspension of the Official Opposition BC United's election campaign, consolidating its pool of potential candidates with the B.C. Conservative Party, means that dozens from either camp will lose party endorsement. Here's the math on the challenge of putting together a unified slate of candidates under the B.C. Conservative banner ahead of the Oct. 19 provincial election.
The number of active wildfires continues to tick down. There are 240 active blazes across B-C, with 35 classified as burning out of control.
B.C. Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Bowinn Ma says seismologists have been warning for decades of a major earthquake in the province, and the new system will give "crucial seconds, to 10 seconds" of warning in which to "drop, cover and hold on."
A former correctional officer is facing nine charges including obstruction of justice as part of a criminal organization and accepting a bribe, after a smuggling investigation in British Columbia. Mounties say the arrest is the result of a collaboration between Chilliwack RCMP and the Correctional Service of Canada following the discovery of evidence consistent with a correctional officer smuggling drugs, weapons, and cellphones to inmates within an institution in the Fraser Valley.
Vancouver police say a man is dead after an early morning shooting in the Downtown Eastside. Police say the shooting happened at Carall and East Cordova streets, and investigators responded to a call around 3:30 a.m.