A man has been arrested over fire at British Prime Minister Starmer's private house

Sales of homes in British Columbia grew in July compared with the same month last year, but year-to-date numbers show transactions remain slower. The British Columbia Real Estate Association says there were about 7,000 residential unit sales in the province last month, up 2.2 per cent from the numbers reported in July 2024. Just under 43,000 homes sold in B.C. in the first seven months of this year, down 5.7 per cent from 2024 levels during the same period. The association's chief economist Brendon Ogmundson says the numbers show markets in the province building momentum through the summer, wi

After several similar incidents in the preceding months, the Fort St John RCMP is asking members of the public to familiarize themselves with a new scam targeting employees in the area. On July 31, 2025, an employee of a store in Fort St John, BC, was targeted by a fraudster purporting to be their boss. The fraudster convinced the employee to deposit $900 into a Bitcoin ATM to pay for the delivery of a package for the business and they complied. By the time the unsuspecting employee realized they had sent money to a fraudster, rather than their boss, the money had been converted into Bitcoin a

Ridge Meadows RCMP is currently on scene following a shooting in the area of 246 Street and 124 Avenue in Maple Ridge that has left one man deceased.On August 13, 2025, at approximately 12:22 a.m., Ridge Meadows RCMP received the report of a shooting near 246 Street and 124 Avenue. Police located an unresponsive victim with apparent gunshot wounds inside a vehicle in the 24000-block of Dewdney Trunk Road. Despite life saving measures the individual did not survive.The area surrounding both scenes will be cordoned off for a significant amount of time. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team

Construction is beginning on new K-12 classrooms at three schools in Burnaby, bringing more than 1,000 new student spaces to meet the needs of the community. "Supporting our schools is one of the most important things we can do for our community,” said Janet Routledge, MLA for Burnaby North. “These types of projects help ensure that families have access to the services and opportunities they deserve." Construction on these projects is set to begin in summer 2025: a new Conseil scolaire francophone (CSF) elementary school, adding 360 seats and 15 classrooms, in north Burnaby;an addition to

Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has threatened India for suspending the Indus Water Treaty. At a function held in the capital Islamabad on Tuesday, Sharif said that the enemy cannot take away even a drop of water from Pakistan. He said that if it tries to do so, Pakistan will teach you such a lesson that you will never forget in your life. This is the fourth consecutive threat from Pakistan in 48 hours, before this, Army Chief Asim Munir, former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif had threatened. Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir had said that if India stop