A man believed to have gang ties to British Columbia tops Bolo Program’s newly announced Top 25 list of Canada’s most wanted fugitives, which was unveiled in Vancouver on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, by representatives from Bolo, the BC RCMP and 15 other police agencies from across the country. Bryan Fuentes Gramajo, wanted for murder […]

According to preliminary data, 153 people in July and 149 people in August 2025 died due to unregulated drug toxicity, as reported by the BC Coroners Service. In 2025, deaths among those between the ages of 30 and 59 accounted for 69% of drug-toxicity deaths in the province, and 78% were male. By health authority, […]

As part of ongoing work to improve and modernize access to justice, the Province has introduced new legislation to make online versions of B.C. laws official. If passed, the new statutes act and the updated Regulations Act will let people use B.C.’s acts and regulations accessed through a government website as official versions for evidentiary […]

Speed limits are set for warm, dry, ideal driving conditions. As we move into “Drive Relative to Conditions” month in October, BC Highway Patrol is reminding everyone about the legal definition of crosswalks and the requirement to adjust driving behaviour for sub-optimal weather. “In bad weather or darkness, you are legally obligated to drive more […]

The Bringing the Salmon Home Initiative, led by the Syilx Okanagan, Secwépemc, and Ktunaxa Nations, in partnership with the governments of British Columbia and Canada, is proud to announce a historic achievement: sockeye salmon released as fry in the upper Columbia River in Canada have returned as adults this year as far upriver as fish passage […]

The B.C. Wildlife Federation is pleased by the Public Safety Minister’s admission that the federal firearms buyback program is flawed policy, but we are perplexed that it will proceed, nonetheless. The Minister said that if he had the firearm ban to do over again, he would focus on jailing people for using illegal firearms rather than […]

The B.C. General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) is continuing its sharp escalation of job action this week as the province-wide public service strike enters its fourth week—the longest public service strike in B.C.’s history. Today, workers have walked off the job at additional sites in Victoria, Penticton, Cranbrook, Coquitlam and Kamloops. In total, more than 12,500 public […]

People will be at the centre of better service delivery as the Province establishes Connected Services BC, a more connected technology systems model that works better for people and businesses interacting with government. Effective Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, current ministry Information Management and Information Technology branches will be combined with the Office of the Chief […]

The Province has added 65 nurse practitioner (NP) training seats to three post-secondary institutions, making training accessible in five regions throughout the province and supporting the growth of B.C.’s health-care workforce. “When you or someone in your family needs care, you shouldn’t have to wait, travel far or worry about whether your needs can be […]

The third hiker of three has been located deceased after the group fell while hiking Meachen Creek Falls. On Sept. 1, 2025, Kimberley RCMP were alerted by a GPS SOS that three hikers went over Meachen Creek Falls. Frontline officers responded and located a 68-year-old woman deceased approximately halfway down the falls while the remaining […]