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British Columbia·CBC Investigates Surrey police and RCMP financial crimes officers are investigating allegations that a former City of Surrey finance clerk defrauded the city of more than $2.5 million by cutting hundreds of cheques to accounts associated with herself and her boutique cake baking business. Search warrant claims former clerkContinue Reading

British Columbia An expert in emergency medicine testified at the B.C. coroner’s inquest into the death of Sidney McIntyre-Starko that software used to guide B.C. 911 operators does not meet ‘agreed-upon standard of care.’ Software does not meet ‘agreed-upon standard of care,’ says U.S. expert at McIntyre-Starko coroners inquest KarinContinue Reading

British Columbia Two pumpkin seed products from the brand Organic Traditions have been recalled. Canadian Food Inspection Agency recommends throwing out recalled Organic Traditions productsCBC News · Posted: May 08, 2025 3:24 PM EDT | Last Updated: May 8 Two jumbo pumpkin seed products from the brand Organic Traditions haveContinue Reading

British Columbia Elections Canada says all registered political parties have been informed that 822 special ballots cast by electors in 74 electoral districts across the country were left with the returning officer in the riding of Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam. Ballots came from 74 electoral districts across Canada, were left in Coquitlam-PortContinue Reading

British Columbia In an unusual scene, vehicles heading north from the U.S. into B.C. are sometimes being stopped by U.S. border patrol before they exit the country and arrive at Canadian customs. In some cases, it has added hours to crossing times. U.S. residents worry checks will further deter Canadians,Continue Reading

When Diane Chandler found a unit in Surrey’s Foxglove supportive housing building in 2023, the main thing her children hoped for was safety. The 60-year-old had spent years battling depression and addiction, surviving on disability payments as she moved between temporary shelters and her car. And the Foxglove — aContinue Reading

British Columbia A drug squad investigator said it was “shocking” to learn how 18-year-old University of Victoria student Sidney McIntyre-Starko came to possess and then ingest the toxic drugs that killed her. Sidney McIntyre-Starko died of fentanyl poisoning after snorting drugs with 2 friends in a dorm bathroom Karin Larsen ·Continue Reading

British Columbia B.C.’s chief coroner has ordered the investigation into a young Indigenous women’s death be reopened, a day after the family publicly called for an inquest. 20-year-old Tatyanna Harrison’s cause of death disputed by independent forensic pathologist Michelle Ghoussoub · CBC News · Posted: May 06, 2025 7:09 PMContinue Reading

British Columbia B.C. MLA Mable Elmore says she is proud of the leadership and response from the Filipino community after the Lapu-Lapu Day tragedy. She acknowledged growing support from B.C. and around the world as the memorial near the crash site grows. MLA Mable Elmore says the community has beenContinue Reading