Category Archives: British Columbia
Vancouver’s request for cash to address opioid crisis would drain budget
VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver says it will ask council to approve an additional $600,000 in spending on the opioid crisis as officials estimate over 400 people could die of illicit drug deaths by ...
Jul 21, 2017
Man punches bear in the nose in fight for survival during B.C. beachcombing trip
QUALICUM BEACH, B.C. - A British Columbia man's beachcombing trip turned into a harrowing fight for survival as a grizzly bear flailed him around "like a puppet." Fifty-seven-year-old Randal Warnock s...
Jul 21, 2017
Evacuation orders lifted, highway corridor re-opens
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has rescinded several small evacuation orders around the Elephant Hill fire north of Cache Creek, and that has resulted in an open highway cor...
Jul 21, 2017
RCMP says motive, suspect in B.C. teen’s murder still unknown
SURREY, B.C. - RCMP have confirmed the death of a 13-year-old girl in British Columbia's Lower Mainland is a homicide. The body of Marrisa Shen was found in Burnaby's Central Park early Wednesday morn...
Jul 20, 2017
New B.C. government to hike disability and income assistance rates by $100
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier John Horgan is making good on his campaign pledge to hike income assistance and disability rates by $100 a month. The policy takes effect Sept. 20 and will be the f...
Jul 20, 2017
Military sends extra help for exhausted police officers dealing with B.C. fires
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Hundreds of Canadian Armed Forces members will support the police response to devastating wildfires in British Columbia, bringing some relief to scores of exhausted officers on the gr...
Jul 20, 2017
Vancouver Port to lead study to probe effects of ship noise on killer whales
VANCOUVER - A program led by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority will examine how endangered southern resident killer whales respond to slower vessel speeds and reduced underwater noise in a key summe...
Jul 20, 2017
Truck hits cow, veers into house off B.C. highway: RCMP
ARMSTRONG, B.C. - Part of an Armstrong, B.C., home is in shambles and a driver has minor injuries after a transport truck sheared off the back deck of a house in an early morning crash. RCMP say the t...
Jul 20, 2017
Evacuations after wildfire breaks out on outskirts of Penticton, B.C.
PENTICTON, B.C. - Residents of a rural area on the outskirts of Penticton, B.C., on Thursday joined the more than 45,000 people in British Columbia who have fled their homes due to fast-moving fires. ...
Jul 20, 2017
Body of man is found in Fraser Valley after couple reported missing
AGASSIZ, B.C. - Police in the Fraser Valley say the body of a man has been found near Agassiz, B.C., after a Vancouver couple was reported missing July 12. Police say the man and woman's vehicle was f...
Jul 20, 2017
