Category Archives: British Columbia
Hydro still working to restore power to thousands in BC Interior
KAMLOOPS - BC Hydro says help is on the way for those still without power after Tuesday night’s windstorm hit the BC Interior. Spokesman Dag Sharman says crews have worked non-stop to repair hun...
May 25, 2017
Mayors across Canada urge federal government to lead on overdose deaths crisis
VANCOUVER - Mayors across Canada are calling for federal leadership on the "national emergency" of overdoses by ensuring provinces provide timely access to addiction treatment and by launching public ...
May 25, 2017
Trailblazing B.C. politician Grace McCarthy dies
VANCOUVER - Grace McCarthy, a former Social Credit cabinet minister in British Columbia who blazed a trail for women in politics and business, has died. She was 89. A statement issued by her family sa...
May 25, 2017
Man pleads guilty plea in crash that killed Mountie in British Columbia
COLWOOD, B.C. - A man whose truck slammed into an RCMP officer's cruiser killing a 32-year-old constable has pleaded guilty to two charges in a Victoria-area court. Kenneth Fenton pleaded guilty to im...
May 25, 2017
Overall Abbotsford crime rate dips but thefts from auto leap, say police
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Police in Abbotsford, B.C., say the overall crime rate in the city is dropping, compared with the 2016 rate, but theft from vehicles could drive the rate in the opposite direction. ...
May 25, 2017
Former Vancouver officer faces more criminal charges, including sexual assault
VANCOUVER - More criminal charges have been laid against a former Vancouver police detective constable. British Columbia's prosecution service says James Fisher faces two additional counts of sexual a...
May 24, 2017
Minority government confirmed in B.C.
VICTORIA - British Columbia entered a new stage of political uncertainty Wednesday as the final vote count from the May 9 election confirmed the province's first minority government in 65 years. The L...
May 24, 2017
Semi-truck destroyed in fiery crash near Spences Bridge
SPENCES BRIDGE, B.C. - An elderly couple and a semi-truck driver were lucky to escape with their lives after a fiery crash near Spences Bridge this morning. RCMP say it happened at about 8:45 a.m., si...
May 24, 2017
Man who killed children struggles with anger management: psychiatrist
COQUITLAM, B.C. - A man found not criminally responsible for killing his three children because of a mental disorder is making slow progress but still faces serious anger issues, a psychiatrist says. ...
May 24, 2017
Winds, storm surge cause some flooding as Okanagan Lake creeps upward
VANCOUVER - The Central Okanagan Regional District reports localized flooding in the wake of a powerful windstorm that swept across southern British Columbia on Tuesday. The district says in a news re...
May 24, 2017
