BCJan 22, 2025
'Targeted' shooting first homicide of the year in Delta, B.C.: police
A man has died after being shot in what Delta, B.C., police call a targeted attack.
A statement from the Delta Police Department says officers are now treating the shooting of 29-year-old Delta resident Gurvinder Uppal as a homicide.
Officers say they were called Monday to a shooting at a home in Delta where Uppal was injured and he later died in hospital.
Police say a white Ford pickup truck left the scene after the shooting and was located a short time later on fire.
They say the shooting is the first homicide in Delta in 2025 and that the community recorded no homicides last year.
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BCJan 21, 2025
B.C. Government Warns of Tariff Retaliation Against U.S. Products from Republican-Controlled States
B.C.'s David Eby government has announced that if Trump implements tariffs starting Feb. 1, the province will target products from Republican-controlled U.S. states.
Finance Minister Brenda Bailey said British Columbia will respond in kind if Trump moves forward with tariffs.
She did not name any specific U.S. products but pointed to a press conference held by Eby last week, in which he indicated that U.S. alcohol sold in B.C. liquor stores, Florida orange juice sold in B.C. grocery stores, and Harley-Davidson motorcycles sold in the province would be targeted.
Bailey said she wants to reiter
BCJan 17, 2025
Winnipeg’s Abjeet Kingra Denied Bail in AP Dhillon Home Shooting Case
Abjeet Kingra, a Winnipeg resident facing charges related to the shooting at Punjabi singer AP Dhillon’s home in Colwood, B.C., was denied bail by a Victoria court on Wednesday. He will remain in custody until the case is resolved.
An arrest warrant has also been issued for Vikram Sharma, another suspect in the case. Police reported that Sharma, who was residing in Winnipeg, is believed to have fled to India.
The incident occurred on September 2 last year, when AP Dhillon’s Colwood home on Vancouver Island was shot at, and two vehicles parked in the driveway were set on fire. Kingra was a
BCJan 16, 2025
Eby calls Trump tariffs 'economic war' that would cost B.C. $69 billion
British Columbia Premier David Eby says U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has made a "declaration of economic war" on Canada and B.C. with his proposed 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods.
Eby and Finance Minister Brenda Bailey released costings that suggest the tariffs and a similar response from Canada would cumulatively cost B.C. $69 billion by 2028.
The costings also estimate 124,000 fewer jobs in the province by 2028 and that the unemployment rate would rise to 7.1 per cent next year.
BCJan 16, 2025
BC Premier Backs Federal Plan Against Trump’s Proposed Tariffs
BC Premier David Eby has voiced support for the federal government’s plan to counter Trump’s proposed tariffs. The plan includes possible export taxes or targeted restrictions on Canadian supplies of key goods to the United States.
Eby emphasized that the premiers are united in their commitment to eliminating interprovincial trade barriers and exploring trade partnerships beyond the U.S. However, while most premiers oppose Trump’s tariffs and support measures like banning exports of certain goods to the U.S., Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has declined to back the federal plan.
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BCJan 14, 2025
Former B.C. premier Christy Clark will not run for Liberal leadership
Former B.C. premier Christy Clark will not run in the Liberal leadership race to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, she said Tuesday.
Sources tell Clark was “emotional” telling her core team about her decision on a conference call.
“I have made the difficult decision to step back,” Clark wrote in an email sent to her supporters.
Clark had expressed interest in running for the leadership, but has faced criticism for walking back claims about whether or not she joined the Conservative party three years ago to vote in its leadership race.
BCJan 13, 2025
B.C. fire crews sent to fight Los Angeles wildfire: forests minister
British Columbia’s forests minister says a crew from the province’s wildfire service left for California Saturday afternoon to help battle the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area.
Ravi Parmar says in a video posted to social media Saturday afternoon that The B.C. Wildfire Service's crews had left the province and are expected to touch down in Los Angeles around 4 p.m. Pacific.
The fire crew was first promised by Premier David Eby, who committed the crew on Friday after a request from California’s Forestry and Fire Protection Department.
Eby says his province will also send ground cre
BCJan 10, 2025
Christy Clark Considers Liberal Leadership Run, Receives Support from Political Allies
Former BC Premier Christy Clark could run for the Liberal Party leadership to replace Trudeau. Clark left provincial politics in 2017 and joined law firm Bennett Jones as a senior advisor. Reports suggest she is also receiving offers to help raise funds for a potential campaign.
Sources say she has been preparing for the leadership race for months. Mike de Jong, who worked with her as finance minister for a long time, says Clark's political acumen cannot be underestimated.
BC Conservative leader John Rustad also supported de Jong's comments. Rustad, who served as a cabinet minister in the Cla
BCJan 10, 2025
Flu driving spike in respiratory illness in B.C., but COVID-19 numbers low
New data shared by British Columbia's Centre for Disease Control shows the province has one of the worst flu rates in Canada, as a holiday-season spike in respiratory illnesses continues.
But the data also shows the province has one of the lowest COVID-19 test positivity rates in the country, at about half the national rate.
Dr. Jennifer Vines, interim medical director for public health response at the B.C. CDC, says respiratory illness has been “steadily climbing” over the past several weeks, with RSV and influenza “driving the increase right now.”
The report says about 13.5 per cent