Canada recorded more deaths than births in Q1 2026 — what the StatCan numbers actually sayhttps://newsforbc.com/canada-deaths-exceed-births-q1-2026-statcan-source-check.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/canada-deaths-exceed-births-q1-2026-statcan-source-check.htmlA source-check feature preserving an Instagram Reel about Canada recording more deaths than births, with Statistics Canada Q1 2026 birth/death data, 2024 fertility rates, provincial context and caution about unsupported causation claims.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 02:51:09 +0000Apricot kernels as “God’s chemo”? Liana Werner-Gray Reel preserved with cancer-safety source checkhttps://newsforbc.com/liana-werner-gray-apricot-kernels-cancer-claim-source-check.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/liana-werner-gray-apricot-kernels-cancer-claim-source-check.htmlSource-check on a Facebook Reel by Liana Werner-Gray promoting apricot kernels, B17/amygdalin and “natural chemo,” with NCI, EFSA and NCCIH safety context and preserved video/transcript/source package.Mon, 24 Aug 2026 23:19:17 +0000Hope campfire-ban Reel: visible cooking fire, official B.C. rules, and why reporting should not become targetinghttps://newsforbc.com/hope-bc-campfire-ban-instagram-reel-source-check.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/hope-bc-campfire-ban-instagram-reel-source-check.htmlNewsForBC and BCFires preserve an Instagram Reel alleging a campfire during a Hope-area fire prohibition, compare it with BC Wildfire Service fire-ban rules/fines/reporting guidance, and separate public safety from anti-immigrant targeting.Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:11:50 +0000BC Daily Brief: Top stories across British Columbia — August 23, 2026https://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-23.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-23.htmlSun, 23 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0000NewsForBC Staff Writer summarizes 7 selected top stories across British Columbia in original wording with source links.Viral “Surrey B.C. Pride” graphic is wrong: Stephen Ireland case is Surrey, England — but the child-sex conviction is realhttps://newsforbc.com/stephen-ireland-surrey-pride-uk-not-surrey-bc-source-check.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/stephen-ireland-surrey-pride-uk-not-surrey-bc-source-check.htmlNewsForBC source-check on a viral MTTM Media Instagram Reel/graphic about Stephen Ireland, Pride in Surrey, Guildford Crown Court and the false Surrey B.C. framing.Sat, 22 Aug 2026 10:45:00 -0700BC Daily Brief: Top stories across British Columbia — August 22, 2026https://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-22.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-22.htmlSat, 22 Aug 2026 07:00:00 -0700NewsForBC Staff Writer summarizes 7 selected top stories across British Columbia in original wording with source links.DomCon 2026: the speakers, the bans, the opposition and the remigration idea behind Dominion Society’s Hamilton-area conferencehttps://newsforbc.com/domcon-2026-dominion-society-hamilton-speakers-remigration-source-check.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/domcon-2026-dominion-society-hamilton-speakers-remigration-source-check.htmlFeature/source-check on Dominion Society’s DomCon 2026 conference: date, ticket route, speaker lineup, speaker histories, account-ban and attack claims, and the public debate around remigration.Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:55:00 -0700Home equity tax warning: Evan Siddall, Build Canada Homes and the fight over Canadians’ principal residenceshttps://newsforbc.com/home-equity-tax-evan-siddall-build-canada-homes-warning.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/home-equity-tax-evan-siddall-build-canada-homes-warning.htmlSat, 22 Aug 2026 07:00:00 -0700A Saturday feature/source-check on Tap the Maple’s home-equity-tax warning, Evan Siddall’s housing record, Generation Squeeze/CMHC report trail, Canadian-dollar decline, inflation and why taxing principal-residence equity should be a political no-go.BC Daily Brief: Top stories across British Columbia — August 21, 2026https://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-21.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-21.htmlFri, 21 Aug 2026 07:00:00 -0700NewsForBC Staff Writer summarizes 7 selected top stories across British Columbia in original wording with source links.Second Narrows Bridge collapse: the 1958 disaster behind the Ironworkers Memorial crossinghttps://newsforbc.com/second-narrows-bridge-collapse-1958-vancouver-history-source-check.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/second-narrows-bridge-collapse-1958-vancouver-history-source-check.htmlThu, 20 Aug 2026 08:30:00 -0700NewsForBC History source-check preserving an Old Vancouver Instagram Reel on the June 17, 1958 Second Narrows Bridge collapse, with archive/source context and the 18-vs-19 death-count discrepancy labelled.BC Daily Brief: Top stories across British Columbia — August 20, 2026https://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-20.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-20.htmlThu, 20 Aug 2026 07:00:00 -0700NewsForBC Staff Writer summarizes 7 selected top stories across British Columbia in original wording with source links.UNDRIP, DRIPA and Agenda 2030: what B.C. actually adopted — and who is in the viral farming Reelhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-undrip-dripa-agenda-2030-farming-reel-eva-vlaardingerbroek-source-check.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-undrip-dripa-agenda-2030-farming-reel-eva-vlaardingerbroek-source-check.htmlWed, 19 Aug 2026 09:12:00 -0700NewsForBC feature on a viral DeepStateSignals/R-CALF farming Reel, Eva Vlaardingerbroek, UN Agenda 2030 claims, and B.C.’s first-in-Canada UNDRIP implementation law.NewsForBChttps://newsforbc.com/British Columbia source-linked news and features.BC Daily Brief: Top stories across British Columbia — August 19, 2026https://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-19.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-19.htmlWed, 19 Aug 2026 07:00:00 -0700NewsForBC Staff Writer summarizes 7 selected top stories across British Columbia in original wording with source links.B.C. closes public access to government directory, raising transparency fighthttps://newsforbc.com/bc-government-directory-public-access-shutdown-transparency.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-government-directory-public-access-shutdown-transparency.htmlWed, 19 Aug 2026 11:20:00 -0700Updated with Steve Kooner Instagram clip, full video and transcript: B.C. Government Directory shutdown, cybersecurity/privacy rationale and transparency questions.BC Daily Brief: Top stories across British Columbia — August 18, 2026https://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-18.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-18.htmlTue, 18 Aug 2026 07:00:00 -0700NewsForBC Staff Writer summarizes 7 selected top stories across British Columbia in original wording with source links.CSIS, Khalistani extremism and B.C. armed-camp footage: what is proven, and what Ottawa still needs to answerhttps://newsforbc.com/csis-khalistani-extremism-bc-armed-camp-footage-source-check.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/csis-khalistani-extremism-bc-armed-camp-footage-source-check.htmlTue, 18 Aug 2026 06:05:00 -0700NewsForBC source-check on an Ezra Levant/Rebel Facebook video: CSIS did warn about Canada-based Khalistani extremists, Public Safety lists Babbar Khalsa International, and alleged B.C. AK-series camp footage needs a public policing answer.Dogwood, BC Politics Watch and the back-door influence question in B.C. electionshttps://newsforbc.com/dogwood-bc-politics-watch-advocacy-financing-deep-dive.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/dogwood-bc-politics-watch-advocacy-financing-deep-dive.htmlTue, 18 Aug 2026 04:05:00 -0700A NewsForBC deep dive into Dogwood’s Victoria/Vancouver offices, mission, finances, campaigns and the Ben Mulroney Show / BC Politics Watch allegations about advocacy groups, third-party advertising and political transparency in B.C.en-caMon, 24 Aug 2026 23:19:17 +0000Who is buying B.C.’s farmland? The billionaires behind the viral Reelhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-farmland-billionaire-buyers-deep-dive.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-farmland-billionaire-buyers-deep-dive.htmlTue, 18 Aug 2026 05:35:00 -0700A NewsForBC deep dive on billionaires buying B.C. farmland, now updated with J.P. Morgan food-security/fertilizer risk, Canada Food Price Report 2026, Bill Gates U.S. farmland context and B.C. food-price logistics questions.BC Daily Brief: Top stories across British Columbia — August 17, 2026https://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-17.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-17.htmlMon, 17 Aug 2026 07:00:00 -0700NewsForBC Staff Writer summarizes 7 selected top stories across British Columbia in original wording with source links.BC Daily Brief: Top stories across British Columbia — August 16, 2026https://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-16.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-16.htmlSun, 16 Aug 2026 07:00:00 -0700NewsForBC Staff Writer summarizes 7 selected top stories across British Columbia in original wording with source links.Coquitlam cupcake delivery Reel: food-safety allegation, not proof of a foreign-worker food-supply storyhttps://newsforbc.com/coquitlam-cupcake-delivery-food-safety-reel-source-check.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/coquitlam-cupcake-delivery-food-safety-reel-source-check.htmlSun, 16 Aug 2026 09:35:00 -0700NewsForBC source-check on a Breaking News Canada Instagram Reel alleging a delivery worker licked cupcake icing before delivery in Coquitlam, separating the viral food-safety allegation from unsupported foreign-worker and immigration claims.BC Daily Brief: Top stories across British Columbia — August 15, 2026https://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-15.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-15.htmlSat, 15 Aug 2026 07:05:00 -0700NewsForBC Staff Writer summarizes seven selected top stories across British Columbia in original wording with source links.B.C. RCMP leadership shakeup and the fentanyl-network question: what is verified, and what is nothttps://newsforbc.com/bc-rcmp-dwayne-mcdonald-fentanyl-network-accountability-source-check.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-rcmp-dwayne-mcdonald-fentanyl-network-accountability-source-check.htmlSat, 15 Aug 2026 13:05:00 -0700NewsForBC source-check on Dwayne McDonald being relieved as B.C. RCMP commanding officer and a Scott McGregor Reel warning Canada is becoming a fentanyl source, separating verified records from political-interference claims.BC Daily Brief: Top stories across British Columbia — August 14, 2026https://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-14.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-14.htmlFri, 14 Aug 2026 07:00:00 -0700NewsForBC Staff Writer summarizes 7 selected top stories across British Columbia in original wording with source links.B.C. wildfire federal-help question: military standby, shelter request and the records voters should seehttps://newsforbc.com/bc-wildfire-military-standby-federal-assistance-source-check.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-wildfire-military-standby-federal-assistance-source-check.htmlFri, 14 Aug 2026 16:00:00 -0700Source-check on a Beautiful Canada Instagram card citing CityNews: Canadian Armed Forces on standby for B.C. wildfires while B.C. had requested federal shelter/accommodation help but not formal military deployment.Hoffe, Bonnie Henry and the vaccine-reporting claim: who is named, what is proven, and what records are still neededhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-charles-hoffe-bonnie-henry-vaccine-reporting-source-check.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-charles-hoffe-bonnie-henry-vaccine-reporting-source-check.htmlThu, 13 Aug 2026 16:20:00 -0700NewsForBC checks an Instagram Reel featuring Dr. Charles Hoffe, Bonnie Henry and likely Monika Naus, separating real B.C. public-health records from unproven censorship/criminal claims.Dan Dicks land-transfer video: what is verified, what needs documents, and what the numbers meanhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-songhees-treaty-land-transfer-dan-dicks-source-check.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-songhees-treaty-land-transfer-dan-dicks-source-check.htmlThu, 13 Aug 2026 09:30:00 -0700NewsForBC adds the Dan Dicks / Press For Truth X video to the ongoing B.C. Crown land and treaty-land story, checking claims about Songhees, Hatley Castle, downtown Victoria parcels, 334,000 acres and 10 percent of B.C.BC Daily Brief: Top stories across British Columbia — August 13, 2026https://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-13.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-13.htmlThu, 13 Aug 2026 07:05:00 -0700NewsForBC Staff Writer summarizes seven selected top stories across British Columbia in original wording with source links.BC Daily Brief: Top stories across British Columbia — August 12, 2026https://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-12.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-12.htmlWed, 12 Aug 2026 07:05:00 -0700NewsForBC Staff Writer summarizes seven selected top stories across British Columbia in original wording with source links.BC Daily Brief: Top stories across British Columbia — August 11, 2026https://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-11.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-11.htmlTue, 11 Aug 2026 07:05:00 -0700NewsForBC Staff Writer summarizes seven selected top stories across British Columbia in original wording with source links.BC Daily Brief: Top stories across British Columbia — August 10, 2026https://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-10.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-10.htmlMon, 10 Aug 2026 07:05:00 -0700NewsForBC Staff Writer summarizes seven selected top stories across British Columbia in original wording with source links.BC Daily Brief: Top stories across British Columbia — August 9, 2026https://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-09.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-09.htmlSun, 09 Aug 2026 07:05:00 -0700NewsForBC Staff Writer summarizes seven selected top stories across British Columbia in original wording with source links.Viral cave-pool Reel is Ainsworth Hot Springs: the Kootenay history, location and maphttps://newsforbc.com/ainsworth-hot-springs-cave-history-location-map-facebook-reel-source-check.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/ainsworth-hot-springs-cave-history-location-map-facebook-reel-source-check.htmlSat, 08 Aug 2026 21:40:00 -0700NewsForBC checks a viral Facebook Reel showing “Mother Nature’s Sauna,” identifying Ainsworth Hot Springs near Kootenay Lake and adding history, location and map context.B.C. wildfire arson claims: what is confirmed, what is not, and why wording mattershttps://newsforbc.com/bc-wildfire-arson-claims-human-caused-fires-source-check.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-wildfire-arson-claims-human-caused-fires-source-check.htmlSat, 08 Aug 2026 15:40:00 -0700NewsForBC checks social-media wildfire arson claims against BC Wildfire Service data, police-investigation reports and official prevention guidance.BC Daily Brief: Top stories across British Columbia — August 8, 2026https://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-08.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-08.htmlSat, 08 Aug 2026 07:05:00 -0700NewsForBC Staff Writer summarizes seven selected top stories across British Columbia in original wording with source links.Viral $1.46B First Nations land-transfer claim: what is sourced, what is estimated, and what B.C.’s budget does not showhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-first-nations-land-transfer-ledger-budget-source-check.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-first-nations-land-transfer-ledger-budget-source-check.htmlSat, 08 Aug 2026 04:30:00 -0700NewsForBC checks a BetterBC Facebook post and BC Mine Ledger report claiming a $1.4608B First Nations land-transfer portfolio in B.C., separating portfolio value, proven public expenditure and budget-transparency questions.BC Daily Brief: Top stories across British Columbia — August 7, 2026https://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-07.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-07.htmlFri, 07 Aug 2026 07:05:00 -0700NewsForBC Staff Writer summarizes seven selected top stories across British Columbia in original wording with source links.Viral Reel shows Vancouver in 1907 — and the filmmaker’s Titanic connection is realhttps://newsforbc.com/vancouver-1907-william-harbeck-oldest-film-facebook-reel-source-check.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/vancouver-1907-william-harbeck-oldest-film-facebook-reel-source-check.htmlFri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0700A BC Bob Facebook Reel says the oldest known film of Vancouver was shot in 1907. NewsForBC checks the claim against City Reflections, Vancouver Historical Society and source material on filmmaker William Harbeck.BC Daily Brief: Top stories across British Columbia — August 6, 2026https://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-06.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-06.htmlThu, 06 Aug 2026 07:05:00 -0700NewsForBC Staff Writer summarizes seven selected top stories across British Columbia in original wording with source links.BC Daily Brief: Top stories across British Columbia — August 5, 2026https://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-05.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-05.htmlWed, 05 Aug 2026 07:05:00 -0700NewsForBC Staff Writer summarizes seven selected top stories across British Columbia in original wording with source links.BC Daily Brief: Top stories across British Columbia — August 4, 2026https://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-04.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-04.htmlTue, 04 Aug 2026 07:05:00 -0700NewsForBC Staff Writer summarizes seven selected top stories across British Columbia in original wording with source links.BC Daily Brief: Top stories across British Columbia — August 3, 2026https://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-03.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-03.htmlMon, 03 Aug 2026 07:05:00 -0700NewsForBC Staff Writer summarizes seven selected top stories across British Columbia in original wording with source links.BC Daily Brief: Top stories across British Columbia — August 2, 2026https://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-02.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-02.htmlSun, 02 Aug 2026 07:05:00 -0700NewsForBC Staff Writer summarizes seven selected top stories across British Columbia in original wording with source links.BC Daily Brief: Top stories across British Columbia — August 1, 2026https://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-01.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-08-01.htmlSat, 01 Aug 2026 07:05:00 -0700NewsForBC Staff Writer summarizes seven selected top stories across British Columbia in original wording with source links.BC Daily Brief: Top stories across British Columbia — July 31, 2026https://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-07-31.htmlhttps://newsforbc.com/bc-daily-brief-2026-07-31.htmlFri, 31 Jul 2026 07:05:00 -0700NewsForBC Staff Writer summarizes seven selected top stories across British Columbia in original wording with source links.