Category Archives: British Columbia
Woman, two children killed in Coquitlam, B.C. highway crash
COQUITLAM, B.C. - RCMP say a young woman and two children have been killed in a head-on crash in Coquitlam, B.C.. Investigators say the accident happened early Friday night on the Lougheed Highway jus...
Apr 29, 2017
B.C. responds to lawsuit over fees to welfare recipients for methadone treatment
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government says it has done nothing wrong by redirecting money from the income-assistance cheques of recovering heroin addicts to pay private methadone-dispensing clin...
Apr 29, 2017
B.C. leader could drag Canada into unwanted battle with U.S. on softwood: expert
BURNABY, B.C. - A vow by British Columbia's Liberal leader to fight American tariffs on softwood lumber may force the federal government to wage an unwanted battle with the United States, an internati...
Apr 29, 2017
Trial of man accused of sexually assaulting Barriere senior comes to close
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Testimony wrapped up in B.C Provincial Court Friday in the case of Brian Byung Koo Lee, accused of sexually assaulting an elderly woman in Barriere last year. During closing submissio...
Apr 28, 2017
B.C. election: Key developments from Day 18
VANCOUVER - A look at some key developments from Day 18 of the B.C. election campaign for each of the parties: LIBERALS: - Liberal Leader Christy Clark ratchets up the pressure in the trade dispute be...
Apr 28, 2017
Elderly man dies in crash near Cache Creek
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - RCMP have confirmed an elderly man has died after a crash near Cache Creek today. Sgt. Mike Pears of RCMP Central Interior Traffic Services says the man was driving a car southboun...
Apr 28, 2017
Statistics show overdose calls across B.C. set grim record in April
VANCOUVER - New numbers from health officials and first responders in British Columbia confirm a provincewide drug overdose crisis shows no sign of abating. BC Emergency Health Services says it respon...
Apr 28, 2017
B.C. drunk driver gets over eight years for killing three people
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man who killed two cyclists and a passenger in his own vehicle while driving drunk along a winding, mountain highway north of Whistler has been sentenced to eight years ...
Apr 28, 2017
B.C. leader says province would go it alone on coal ban if feds don't act
BURNABY, B.C. - British Columbia's Liberal leader says she would take steps to ban thermal coal shipments through the province if the federal government doesn't act during a fight over softwood lumber...
Apr 28, 2017
Washout cuts off access to 300 Shuswap properties
SALMON ARM, B.C. - More than 300 homes in the Shuswap have been cut off after a fast-flowing creek washed out a section of Eagle Bay Road yesterday. The washout happened yesterday afternoon when Deroy...
Apr 28, 2017
