Category Archives: British Columbia
Murder trial in Kelowna, B.C. hears about gun found in bushes
KELOWNA, B.C. - A landscaper has told a court in Kelowna, B.C., about finding a gun in some bushes weeks after a gang leader was fatally shot nearby. Bobcat operator Joel Whitsel testified in B.C. Sup...
Jun 12, 2017
B.C. Liberal cabinet sworn-in, but defeat looms for minority government
VICTORIA - Premier Christy Clark appointed a new 22-member cabinet Monday while acknowledging her Liberal minority government is likely destined to be short lived. Clark said she told her new minister...
Jun 12, 2017
Longboard rider faces legal battle after $598 ticket for using electric board
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver man has pulled the plug on his electric skateboard after receiving a $598 ticket the first time he took it out on the street. Daniel Dahlberg said he was riding the longboard, ...
Jun 12, 2017
B.C. child killer too much of a threat for escorted outings, Crown says
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The crimes of a man who stabbed his daughter to death and smothered his two sons are so brutal he should be barred from escorted outings into the community, a Crown attorney sa...
Jun 12, 2017
Small plane crashes in North Vancouver, B.C., after running out of fuel
VANCOUVER - Investigators have determined that a small plane ran out of fuel before crashing in an industrial area in North Vancouver, B.C. Transportation Safety Board spokeswoman Sophie Wistaff says ...
Jun 12, 2017
Premier, B.C. cabinet to be sworn-in as steps toward minority government proceed
VICTORIA - Premier Christy Clark and her cabinet will be sworn-in today in what is expected to be a short-lived Liberal government in British Columbia. The swearing-in at Government House in Victoria ...
Jun 12, 2017
Terror victim Christine Archibald remembered at memorial in Castlegar, B.C.
CASTLEGAR, B.C. - An organizer says hundreds turned out Sunday evening in Castlegar, B.C., for a memorial service honouring several young people from the West Kootenay community, including a local wom...
Jun 12, 2017
Four people survive small plane crash in North Vancouver, B.C.
VANCOUVER - Officials say a small plane has crashed in North Vancouver, B.C. Transportation Safety Board spokeswoman Sophie Wistaff says four people were on board the Cessna 172 when it went down on S...
Jun 11, 2017
Decaying hotels vital temporary answer to social housing in Vancouver: experts
VANCOUVER - Despite the rats, roaches and clogged toilets at decaying rooming houses and hotels in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, activists and experts say they provide necessary affordable housing to...
Jun 11, 2017
Crack whip essential to survival of narrow minority government in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Gerard Janssen remembers the day then-premier Glen Clark was left pounding on a locked door after arriving late for a vote in the British Columbia legislature. Clark's blunder in May 1997 ...
Jun 11, 2017
