Category Archives: British Columbia
Clearwater man pleads guilty to murdering his estranged wife
VANCOUVER - A Clearwater man has entered a surprise guilty plea in the 2014 killing of his estranged wife. Iain Scott pleaded guilty to second degree murder in BC Supreme Court in Vancouver yesterday....
Jun 24, 2016
Three year investigation leads to charges in brazen robbery in Fort St. John
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - Mounties have laid charges three years after a pickup truck was used as a battering ram in a daring and damaging robbery at a northeastern British Columbia shopping mall. Fort St...
Jun 24, 2016
Four-year-old child dies after fall from upstairs window of B.C. home
ANGLEY, B.C. - A toddler has died after falling from the upstairs window of a Metro Vancouver home. Langley RCMP say officers were notified around 3 p.m. Thursday that a four-year-old child had fallen...
Jun 24, 2016
Late veteran’s love letters give daughter window into father she never knew
VERNON, B.C. - As Cathy Gaetz-Brothen opened the box to show her book club the hundreds of love letters her father had written her mother during the war, she recalls several people recoiling. Nestled ...
Jun 24, 2016
City mystified as large tree suddenly topples in Vancouver’s West End
VANCOUVER - A huge tree has toppled in Vancouver's West End, damaging two low-rise apartments. The tree was among a row of similar trees, all roughly 12 metres tall, along the 1800 block of Nelson Str...
Jun 24, 2016
B.C. rule changes make liquor taste tests easier, allow retailers to charge fee
VICTORIA - If you're hesitating to buy a pricey bottle of liquor you've never tried, the British Columbia government has stepped in with a taste-test solution. The government is now allowing establish...
Jun 23, 2016
B.C. mine at site of tailings-pond disaster to reopen after nearly two years
VICTORIA - A gold and copper mine in British Columbia's Interior is reopening nearly two years after its tailings pond collapsed, setting off an environmental disaster. In August 2014, a massive breac...
Jun 23, 2016
Police respond to 3rd targeted shooting in Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Police are at the scene of the 3rd targeted shooting in Prince George, in less than 2 weeks. Mounties say the home on Gould Crescent was hit just after midnight, June 23. A 26-ye...
Jun 23, 2016
Viral video of failed parking attempt leads to charges for Vancouver teen
VANCOUVER - An online video showing the end of a teen's joy ride may be funny to viewers, but it wasn't a laughing matter for his mother or police in Vancouver. The YouTube video of a white Porsche Ca...
Jun 23, 2016
Radio amateurs make history in B.C. disaster drill, play key role: minister
COBBLE HILL, B.C. - When every way of communicating was cut off during an earthquake exercise on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, amateur radio operators were the first to step in with a call for h...
Jun 23, 2016
