A United Nations anti-racism committee is urging Canada to stop construction on three major resource projects that are set to transform British Columbia.The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination says Canada must suspend the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Site C dam and Coastal GasLink pipeline until it obtains the approval of affected Indigenous Peoples.All three project proponents say they have the support of many First Nations but the committee says they don't have the free, prior and informed consent of all affected Indigenous groups.The committee also says it's concerne

Work has begun on the removal of an abandoned vessel near Surrey, B.C., that has been an eyesore on the Fraser River for over five years.Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan announced that an assessment of the MV Spudnik shows there's an imminent risk of pollution, hull corrosion, sinking and fire.The department says in a news release that the Canadian Coast Guard has begun work with contractor Marine Recycling Corporation to assess various options to safely dismantle and remove the former fishing vessel from the water.The 75-year-old ship has been moored at the same location on the Fraser Riv

The British Columbia Green party has announced more details about its leadership contest as Andrew Weaver officially leaves the post.The party says voting will take place, primarily online, from June 15 to 26, and it will use ranked ballots for three or more candidates or first-past-the-post for a contest of two.The party announced last month that Green legislature member Adam Olsen would be its interim leader and he stepped into the job on Monday.It also said voters aged 16 and up can vote for a candidate even if they're not a member of the party, although membership is free for those aged 2

British Columbia's highest court has ordered seven police officers to fully co-operate with an investigation into the shooting death of a robbery suspect in 2016.The B.C. Appeal Court decision released Monday is the latest legal fight involving the provincial police watchdog over the interpretation of the duty of a police officer to co-operate with its investigations.The dispute stems from the fatal shooting of a man outside a Canadian Tire store in Vancouver by one of several officers who attended the scene of the robbery.When the Independent Investigations Office asked officers who witnessed

An 18-year-old man is recovering after being struck in the leg during what police describe as a targeted drive-by shooting late Sunday night in Burnaby. The incident has renewed worries among residents about gang-related violence in neighbourhoods close to Metrotown. RCMP say the teenager was travelling with two other men in a small car when a white sedan pulled alongside near Willingdon Avenue and Burke Street and opened fire shortly after 10 p.m. The car crashed into bushes and the occupants fled, but officers quickly located them. Police confirmed the other two men were not injured. Investi

Environment Canada has posted weather warnings from the east coast of Vancouver Island all the way to the southeastern corner of the province, while winter storm watches are in effect for a large section of the southeast Interior and the Elk Valley.Rainfall warnings are up for parts of Vancouver Island and the inner south coast, including Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and Howe Sound.The weather office says up to 90 millimetres of rain could cause localized flooding in low-lying areas before the system passes Tuesday.Elsewhere, winter storm and snowfall warnings call for as much as 30 cen

Housing assessments in British Columbia show the real estate market continues to see signs of moderation in the Lower Mainland while stabilizing on Vancouver Island and other parts of the province. The figures released today by BC Assessment show the typical value of a single-family home in Vancouver has dropped 11 per cent, from $1.76 million to $1.57 million, as of July 1, 2019. The drop is more dramatic in the costly University Endowment Lands on the city's west side, where values fell 16 per cent from $5.9 million to $4.95 million. At the same time, the values in the resort community of Wh

Delta police say they're treating a New Year's Day fire that destroyed a commercial building in Tsawwassen as suspicious.The two-storey commercial medical-dental building was completely gutted in the fire that was reported about 4:00 a-m.Police spokeswoman Cris Leykauf says police believe the fire may have been deliberately set based on the evidence collected so far.Two other suspicious fires destroyed or damaged three empty homes in Delta last October but Leykauf says any link between those blazes and the most recent fire remains to be determined.

Vancouver recorded its first homicide of the year following an assault at a troubled homeless camp in the city's Downtown Eastside.Police say officers were called to Oppenheimer Park on New Year's Day where a 62-year-old man had been assaulted.They say Jesus Cristobal-Esteban was taken to hospital where he died on Thursday.The identity of the suspect is not known, although police say they believe the victim and suspect had some sort of an interaction before the assault.