Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. set to deliver fourth straight balanced budget
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Liberal government is set to deliver a fourth consecutive balanced budget Tuesday with sprinkles of relief expected for first-time home buyers trying to get into a red ho...
Feb 15, 2016
Surrey, B.C., RCMP investigating after pair show up in hospital with gun wounds
SURREY, B.C. - The RCMP in Surrey, B.C., are trying to understand what brought two men to hospital with gunshot wounds over the weekend. The Mounties say the pair arrived for medical care shortly befo...
Feb 15, 2016
South Cariboo chief calls for biosolids moratorium
JESMOND, B.C. - A South Cariboo chief is calling for a moratorium on the transport of biosolids in his First Nation’s territory after a truck crash earlier this month resulted in a biosolid spil...
Feb 14, 2016
Huge Fernie, B.C., house fire kills 69-year-old man
FERNIE, B.C. - A 69-year-old man has died after a massive house fire in Fernie, B.C. The fire happened around 4:45 p.m. Friday in a residential neighbourhood of the mountain town, located just west of...
Feb 14, 2016
Woman arrested for assaulting police officer in Vancouver party bus fight
VANCOUVER - Five people have been arrested after a fight on a party bus in downtown Vancouver. Police say they responded to a call about an assault around midnight Friday. When officers arrived, they ...
Feb 13, 2016
Murder charge laid in Celista triple shooting
CELISTA, B.C. - A 59-year-old Celista man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with the triple shooting in the Shuswap town Sunday. RCMP say Richard Allen Williams was arrested Thursda...
Feb 12, 2016
First Nations basketball player excluded from games, native identity questioned
VANCOUVER - Tattooed on Josiah Wilson's chest is a fine line of writing that combines two significant dates: his birth and the death of his biological mother four days after he was born. The 20-year-o...
Feb 12, 2016
Tsilhqot’in nation signs deal with B.C. on path to securing resources: chief
VANCOUVER - The Tsilhqot'in nation's five-year agreement with British Columbia outlining land and resource negotiations has set the stage for settling with the federal government, says the aboriginal ...
Feb 12, 2016
Violent altercation at Kelowna General Hospital
KELOWNA, B.C. - RCMP say one of two officers who was attacked in the emergency room of a Kelowna, B.C., hospital ended up with broken bones in his hand. Const. Jesse O'Donaghey says three Mounties res...
Feb 12, 2016
Taseko files lawsuit against Ottawa over B.C. gold and copper mine decision
VANCOUVER - Taseko Mines Ltd. (TSX: TKO) is suing the federal government in B.C. Supreme Court and seeking unspecified compensation for a 2014 decision that blocked development of a proposed $1.5 bill...
Feb 12, 2016
