BC News

VICTORIA — The BC Prosecution Service says it has appointed a special prosecutor in a case involving a person related to a provincial court judge.

OLIVER, B.C. — A winery in B.C.'s Okanagan Valley has been permanently banned by the federal government from hiring foreign workers and fined $118,000 for breaking program rules. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says in a Dec.

NANAIMO, B.C. — The Regional District of Nanaimo in British Columbia says it's temporarily closing a hiking trail due to the presence of an "aggressive" cougar.

WINNIPEG — A new disciplinary process and online registry for Manitoba teachers is now in effect.

SURREY, B.C. — Police in Surrey, B.C., say homicide investigators have taken over the case of a body found after a fire was put out at an abandoned house over the weekend.

Vancouver Police say they arrested an armed man in Kitsilano who tried to hide from officers in a dumpster.

Surrey police are investigating a multi-vehicle collision, where a Maserati struck parked vehicles, injuring two people on Saturday night. Police and fire services responded to a collision call in the area of 75 Avenue near 124 Street at around 10 p.

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Police in Abbotsford are investigating after officers found what are believed to be human remains inside a vehicle that was set on fire in Sumas Mountain Regional Park.

PORT MOODY, B.C. — RCMP says the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is investigating the death of a woman whose body was found near a Port Moody, B.C., marina on New Year's Day. Police said they were called to the Reed Point Marina around 9:20 a.

Andrew Doran, a resident of the tiny B.C. Interior community of Harrop, has been getting ready for expanded strike action on the cable ferry across Kootenay Lake that is a community lifeline.