Category Archives: British Columbia
Coquitlam mayor 'honoured' recipient of emotional first trim by Syrian refugee barber
COQUITLAM, B.C. - Refugee and barber Mohammed Kurdi gave his first haircut in Canada to the mayor in his community, an honour the politician says symbolizes a fresh start for the family of a drowned S...
Jan 08, 2016
Medical cannabis doesn’t need to be kosher, says leading certification agency
VANCOUVER - Is marijuana kosher? If it's medicine, it doesn't matter. That's the message from Canada's largest kosher certification agency after its board of rabbis held a debate on whether to certify...
Jan 08, 2016
Murder charges laid in Cariboo death
KAMLOOPS - A 46-year old 100 Mile House man is facing first degree murder charges in the suspicious death of a 37 year old woman, Vesna Dumstrey-Soos, found dead in a residence in that community Monda...
Jan 08, 2016
Application aims to shed light on closed-door hearings in B.C. terror trial
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge is tasked with deciding how much the public should be allowed to know about the involvement of Canada's spy agency in a terrorism probe. Justice Cath...
Jan 08, 2016
Energy board OK’s its first 40-year natural-gas export licence for LNG Canada
VANCOUVER - Plans for a liquefied-natural-gas export facility on British Columbia's northwest coast inched forward after backers received the first-ever 40-year export licence issued by the National E...
Jan 08, 2016
Armed robbery in Clinton
CLINTON, B.C. - RCMP are investigating an armed robbery in that small community. Police say at about 7 o’clock last night (January 6), a man walked into a local grocery store, pulled a weapon an...
Jan 07, 2016
Vancouver cyclist dies after being hit by an object thrown from garbage bin
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver cyclist riding on the city's seawall has died in what investigators are calling a bizarre event. Const. Brian Montague says in a news release that the 46-year-old man was ridin...
Jan 07, 2016
Police perseverance leads to arrest and charge in 1999 sexual assault
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Police have made an arrest in a disturbing sexual assault that occurred in Abbotsford, B.C., nearly 17 years ago. Const. Ian MacDonald says the attack happened on Aug. 7, 1999, when...
Jan 07, 2016
Separate blazes damage barn, commercial building in Abbotsford, Surrey
VANCOUVER - Early-morning blazes kept firefighters busy in two suburban Vancouver cities on Thursday. An empty chicken barn in Abbotsford was fully engulfed by the time crews arrived shortly after 4 a...
Jan 07, 2016
Separate Terrace homicides in 2011, 2015, produce charge recommendations
TERRACE, B.C. - RCMP in Terrace B.C., are recommending charges after wrapping up separate investigations into fatalities around that northwestern B.C. city. Charges of criminal negligence causing deat...
Jan 07, 2016
