Year in Review 2023

Which social media platform has been banned from government-issued devices in Canada? (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP)

QUIZ: How much do you know about the news of 2023?

A lot happened in Canada and around the world over the past 12 months

 

Black Press Media's top stories for 2023. (Black Press Media graphic)

A look at the top stories that resonated in B.C. in 2023

Policing, protests, reconciliation, wildfires and droughts top list of news cycle this year

 

Good news stories happened all throughout B.C. this year, from young and old. (Black Press Media files)

Here are some of B.C.’s good news stories in 2023

Highlights this year included a woman racing – and rolling – down a hill to win cheese

 

A selection of some of Black Press Media’s top photos for 2023. (Black Press Media

Top photos of 2023: See B.C. through the lens of Black Press Media’s journalists

Here are some of our favourite photos from the year, picked by our teams

A selection of some of Black Press Media’s top photos for 2023. (Black Press Media
BC Green Leader Sonia Furstenau, here seen during last media availability during the fall session, said her party will find a “whole new level of strength” in 2024. (Wolf Depner/News Staff)

BC Greens will demonstrate ‘new level of strength’ in 2024: Furstenau

Sonia Furstenau acknowledges shifting political winds in B.C., but predicts strong campaign in 2024

BC Green Leader Sonia Furstenau, here seen during last media availability during the fall session, said her party will find a “whole new level of strength” in 2024. (Wolf Depner/News Staff)
BC United Leader Kevin Falcon, here seen announcing Karen Long as the party’s candidate in Langley-Abbotsford, said he doesn’t sweat polls showing the party behind the Conservative Party of BC. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

BC United remains ‘coalition party’ to defeat NDP: Leader Kevin Falcon

Falcon said he does not ‘sweat’ polls that show party behind Conservative Party of BC

BC United Leader Kevin Falcon, here seen announcing Karen Long as the party’s candidate in Langley-Abbotsford, said he doesn’t sweat polls showing the party behind the Conservative Party of BC. (Special to Langley Advance Times)
After six years working with the Cranbrook and Kimberley RCMP, West the trauma dog will hung up his emotional support vest. He retired to a life of leisure and luxury back in September 2023. (Cranbrook RCMP photo)

Bears and pigs and goats, oh my: B.C.’s top animal stories of 2023

From a seal joining rowers to flying ants in search of mates and a marmot looking for love

After six years working with the Cranbrook and Kimberley RCMP, West the trauma dog will hung up his emotional support vest. He retired to a life of leisure and luxury back in September 2023. (Cranbrook RCMP photo)
Premier David Eby is photographed during a year-end interview from his office at the legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday, December 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Eby says province ‘put literally everything’ into housing in 2023

David Eby also defended the carbon tax as B.C. heads into a provincial election

Premier David Eby is photographed during a year-end interview from his office at the legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday, December 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito