Category Archives: British Columbia
Oprah Winfrey and a host of celebrities attend ‘B.C. Miracle Concert’
VANCOUVER - The David Foster Foundation's annual Miracle Gala and Concert that touted a celebrity guest list including Oprah Winfrey and Steven Tyler has come a long way from it's roots as a softball ...
Oct 22, 2017
B.C. ice rink where 3 people died remains closed due to safety concerns
FERNIE, B.C. - Residents who were forced from their homes because of a deadly ammonia leak at an ice rink in Fernie, B.C., still don't know when an evacuation order will be lifted. A total of 95 peopl...
Oct 22, 2017
Man killed on Highway 97 near West Kelowna
KELOWNA, B.C. - A Kelowna man is dead after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 97. According to Corporal Jesse O’Donaghey, the 32-year-old man was walking north on the shoulder near West Kelow...
Oct 22, 2017
No parole for 17 years for man who killed Surrey, B.C., teenager
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A British Columbia man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 17 years after pleading guilty to second-degree murder. Raymond Caissie was se...
Oct 21, 2017
B.C. SPCA says noteworthy singing pig tips the scales in search of forever home
VANCOUVER - A pig with personality is searching for a forever farm after being seized during a cruelty investigation in British Columbia. The B.C. Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says Lyl...
Oct 21, 2017
Identities released in Fernie ice rink tragedy
FERNIE, B.C. - The BC Coroners Service has released the names of the three men who died when ammonia leaked at the Memorial Arena in Fernie this week. Two of them - Fifty-nine-year-old Wayne Hornquist...
Oct 20, 2017
UBC students learn to care for Indigenous people by understanding racist legacy
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia is on mission to train future doctors, dentists and other health-care providers to treat Indigenous patients by learning about the pain inflicted by past...
Oct 20, 2017
B.C. woman plagued by bedbugs on airplane not surprising, says expert
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia woman plagued by bedbugs on a nine-hour flight to London is a victim of the explosive growth in the critters globally, but travellers shouldn't worry they'll become a co...
Oct 20, 2017
Bodies removed from B.C. arena following ammonia leak, evacuation order persists
FERNIE, B.C. - The bodies of two men have been removed from an ice arena in southeastern British Columbia following an ammonia leak that killed three people as officials try to piece together a timeli...
Oct 19, 2017
B.C.’s Greens put ride-hailing on legislature agenda with private member’s bill
VICTORIA - The Green party is taking its third run at bringing ride-hailing to British Columbia, tabling a private member's bill to pave the way for transportation companies like Uber and Lyft. Green ...
Oct 19, 2017
