British Columbia
Recent Highlights
All Stories for British Columbia
Canada to deploy military in British Columbia to tackle fast-spreading fires
•Canada is sending the military to tackle fast-spreading wildfires in British Columbia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Sunday, as the western province deals with flames that have led to evacuation orders for more than 35,000 people
Hot as Hell: What's causing the record-shattering heatwave in the US and Canada?
Fp Explainers •Summer has become unbearable in the US and Canada. The Pacific Northwest, Seattle and Olympia recorded temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius. Canada’s western regions saw monthly records broken. In the British Columbian regions like Lytton, mercury soared to 36.1 degrees Celsius
Canadian province experiments with decriminalising hard drugs including cocaine, heroin
•A Canadian province on Tuesday decriminalised the possession of small amounts of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and other hard drugs in a radical policy shift to address an opioid overdose crisis that has killed thousands.
Sikh teen dies in car crash in Canada, say media reports
•Taren Lal was driving home earlier this month when the car he was travelling in veered off the Fraser Highway in Langley, British Columbia, according to media reports.
In Canada Police's list of most violent criminals, nine of 11 men are of Punjab origin
Fp Staff •These 11 men are connected to a slew of killings and shootings throughout British Columbia, and the public has been cautioned not to approach them
Watch: Sikh men use their turbans to rescue hikers at Canada waterfall
Trendingdesk •A video of the rescue has gone viral on social media where the five Sikh men are seen throwing a rope, made out of their turbans, towards the men who had fallen into the pool
Huawei CFO to appear in Canada court for bail hearing as Chinese media slam arrest
•Details of the case against Meng, to be heard in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, remain sparse.
Canada, UK to investigate Facebook and Canadian data firm AggregateIQ over the ongoing data misuse scandal
•Facebook Canada said on Wednesday that more than 600,000 Canadians had their data “improperly shared” with Cambridge Analytica.
Who is Jaspal Atwal? Khalistani militant convicted of trying to kill Punjab minister roils India-Canada relations
Fp Staff •Jaspal Atwal convicted of trying to assassinate an Punjab cabinet minister in 1986 was reportedly invited to attend events with the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during his visit to India
Khalistani militant Jaspal Atwal's invite to Justin Trudeau event rescinded after furore; India says matter being probed
Fp Staff •Canadian media reports say that Jaspal Atwal, a convicted Khalistani terrorist, who was once active in the International Sikh Youth Federation, was photographed with Trudeau's wife Sophie and Canadian minister Amarjeet Sohi at an event in Mumbai on 20 June.