Category Archives: British Columbia
Man found dead after incident at Kelowna hotel
KELOWNA - When the RCMP arrived at the Best Western Kelowna Hotel and Suites on Saturday, they were hoping to find a man who was being sought under the Mental Health Act. But when they entered the roo...
Oct 16, 2017
Shots fired at Vernon home
VERNON - RCMP continue to say little after shots were fired into a Mission Hill home early yesterday in Vernon. Police were called just before 2:30 am to a house in the 3800 block of 21st Avenue. Witn...
Oct 16, 2017
Past mistakes, soul-searching feature in first B.C. Liberal debate
SURREY, B.C. - Six of the candidates running to lead British Columbia's Liberals laid out their ideas to rebuild the party today in a debate that included a fair amount of soul-searching on what went ...
Oct 15, 2017
Vancouver re-elects four former school trustees fired by province
VANCOUVER - Four former Vancouver school trustees that were fired by the B.C. government last year have been re-elected to the job. Former BC Liberal Education Minister Mike Bernier fired the nine tru...
Oct 15, 2017
Former cabinet minister drops out of B.C. Liberal leadership race
VANCOUVER - A former education minister has dropped out of the race to lead the B.C. Liberals, just one day before candidates square off in the first debate of the campaign. Mike Bernier announced Sat...
Oct 14, 2017
Back-to-back homicides not believed to be random attacks: Vancouver police
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver are investigating two separate homicides that occurred within a 24-hour span. A news release from Vancouver police says paramedics called officers to an apartment in th...
Oct 14, 2017
New spill rules tag transport companies with response, recovery costs in B.C.
VICTORIA - New pollution prevention regulations will hold transport companies and pipeline operators moving petroleum products across British Columbia responsible for spill response and recovery costs...
Oct 13, 2017
Alberta lawyer says Trans Mountain approval based on sufficient evidence
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Alberta's attorney general has told judges at a Federal Court of Appeal hearing that Ottawa's decision to approve the Trans Mountain pipeline was based on a broad base of evid...
Oct 13, 2017
RCMP questionnaire targeting Muslims ‘unacceptable: Canada’s refugee minister
VANCOUVER - Canada's immigration minister says an RCMP questionnaire that appears to single out Muslim asylum seekers is unacceptable. Ahmed Hussen says the document, which is no longer in use, is inc...
Oct 13, 2017
Doctor warns parents to lock up medication to prevent theft by teens
VANCOUVER - Teenagers who steal prescription medication from a medicine cabinet at home may be at risk of becoming addicted to drugs, says a family doctor who treats chronic substance use. Dr. William...
Oct 13, 2017
