Category Archives: British Columbia
Independent police watchdog sends report to Crown about fatal Surrey shooting
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's independent police watchdog is sending a report to Crown counsel after investigating a fatal RCMP shooting in Surrey. The Criminal Justice Branch must now decide if c...
Oct 21, 2016
Dredging off CFB Esquimalt near Victoria reveals sunken naval history
ESQUIMALT, B.C. - A dredging project in Esquimalt Harbour has uncovered mysteries dating back to the turn of the 20th century. The dredging is part of an environmental remediation project launched by ...
Oct 21, 2016
Sentencing delayed for Mountie in Terrace, B.C., who pleaded guilty to assault
TERRACE, B.C. - An RCMP officer in British Columbia who was expected to be sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to assaulting a teenager will learn his fate at a later date. Provincial court Judge E...
Oct 21, 2016
Man who shot bike-shop owner in downtown Vancouver sentenced to 18 years
VANCOUVER - A man who pleaded guilty to shooting his former boss outside a Vancouver coffee shop has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Gerald Battersby pleaded guilty to three counts of attempted ...
Oct 21, 2016
Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Barnett promoted
VICTORIA - Cariboo-South MLA Donna Barnett has been given a promotion. Premier Christy Clark appointed the two-term BC Liberal MLA Minister of State for Rural Economic Development today. Clark called ...
Oct 21, 2016
Police watchdog investigates in-custody death in Coquitlam, B.C.
COQUITLAM, B.C. - British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating the death of a man who died in custody in Coquitlam after he was shot with a stun gun. The RCMP says they received a call late Wed...
Oct 21, 2016
RCMP say they have made ‘significant’ fentanyl seizure on Vancouver Island
NANAIMO, B.C. - Police seized one kilogram of fentanyl earlier this week on Vancouver Island. The RCMP say they found the drug in a car travelling on Island Highway on Monday evening just south of Nan...
Oct 20, 2016
Naked man arrested after he broke into Vancouver home and began cooking eggs
Vancouver police hope the story of a man who broke into a home, stripped naked and began cooking eggs will encourage people to lock their doors. Police say the 35-year-old man also managed to damage t...
Oct 20, 2016
West Coast whale boat tragedy scars survivors, families and rescuers
VICTORIA - Entire communities have been honoured, individuals cited for heroism and boats blessed, but one year after the sinking of a whale-watching vessel off British Columbia that tossed 27 people ...
Oct 20, 2016
Hypothermic turtle once near death warmed and freed off the West Coast
VANCOUVER - The sea turtle believed to be the first ever successfully rehabilitated in Canada is now swimming, free and healthy, in the warm waters off San Diego, Calif. The Pacific green turtle nickn...
Oct 20, 2016
