Category Archives: British Columbia
Home buyers, tenants from Lower Mainland moving to outlying areas to live
POWELL RIVER, B.C. - David Repa recalls the shock he felt sitting down at a bank after selling his Vancouver business in 2013 and realizing for the first time how much of "a joke" his prospects were o...
Mar 26, 2017
Suspect arrested in shooting of passing trucks on B.C. highway, Mounties say
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - RCMP say have made an arrest after getting numerous calls from truck drivers reporting that someone shot at their vehicles on a B.C. highway. Police say the incidents occurred ov...
Mar 26, 2017
Suspect shooting at passing trucks on B.C. highway, Mounties say
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - RCMP say they've received numerous calls from truck drivers reporting that someone shot at their vehicles on a B.C. highway. Police say the incidents occurred over an eight-hour ...
Mar 25, 2017
Parks Canada re-opens beach on Vancouver Island after wolf attack last week
UCLUELET, B.C. - A popular section of a national park on Vancouver Island that was closed following a wolf attack last week has re-opened. Parks Canada says Wickaninnish Beach in Pacific Rim National ...
Mar 25, 2017
Police investigating after four bodies discovered near Ashcroft, B.C.
ASHCROFT, B.C. - Four people were found dead in a home in a remote community in the B.C. Interior, RCMP said Saturday. Officers found the bodies when responding to a request for a check at a home in V...
Mar 25, 2017
Hundreds cashing in on province's first-time homebuyer program
VANCOUVER, B.C. - More than 1000 people have applied for the Liberals first-time homebuyers program since mid-January, with 831 approvals processed. In December, the Liberals announced they would matc...
Mar 25, 2017
B.C. adds $150M to education, 1,500 new teachers after reaching deal with union
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's education system will receive a $150-million funding boost after the province reached a deal with teachers to restore contract language that called for smaller class siz...
Mar 24, 2017
B.C. Liberals to refund $93k for indirect donations, cites clerical errors
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Liberal Party says it has found 43 so-called indirect donations worth almost $93,000, which it plans to reimburse. The RCMP is already investigating possible violation...
Mar 24, 2017
B.C. man survives powerful avalanche, hopes his story is a lesson to others
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A British Columbia man is offering a cautionary tale after surviving an avalanche he says tossed him more than a kilometre down a mountain in just 30 seconds. Twenty-five-year-old Ca...
Mar 24, 2017
National park beach closed on Vancouver Island after wolf attacks
UCLUELET, B.C. - A popular beach along the West Coast of Vancouver Island has been closed as a wolf prowls in the area of the national park. Parks Canada says its staff are trying to restore a balance...
Mar 24, 2017
