Category Archives: British Columbia
Man charged with assaulting police at SkyTrain station during altercation
BURNABY, B.C. - Police have charged a man with assaulting transit officers after an altercation on Sunday at the Metrotown SkyTrain Station in Burnaby, B.C. Metro Vancouver Transit Police say officers...
Jan 31, 2017
Operator of Okanagan Lake boat is dead after sinking on Monday
KELOWNA, B.C. - A tug boat operator is dead after the commercial vessel sank in Okanagan Lake near Kelowna, B.C. Police say they received several emergency calls from employees at the Tolko sawmill on...
Jan 31, 2017
‘It’s wrong on all levels’: Canadians affected by Trump’s travel ban speak out
VANCOUVER - The only reason Athba Samarai and her husband moved thousands of kilometres from their homes in Iraq, she says, was so their children could grow up happily and safely in Canada. But this w...
Jan 31, 2017
Details, timeline for changes to B.C. foreign homebuyers tax unclear
VANCOUVER - A man who lost thousands of dollars when British Columbia introduced a tax on foreigners buying homes says tweaks to the policy are a good step forward but the harm has already been done t...
Jan 30, 2017
Hiker missing near Nanaimo, B.C., since Saturday found alive
NANAIMO, B.C. - A 20 year-old man who was missing for almost three days while hiking near Nanaimo, B.C., survived by drinking creek water, hunkering down in a cave, and walking. Spencer Hunt of Victor...
Jan 30, 2017
IIO investigates after RCMP shoot man in Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM, B.C. - The Independent Investigations Office has been deployed to Salmon Arm after RCMP officers shot a man early this morning. According to a news release, police responded to a theft in ...
Jan 30, 2017
Death of man found stabbed in Richmond, B.C., was targeted: police
RICHMOND, B.C. - Police have identified a man believed to be the victim of a homicide in Richmond, B.C. RCMP say 24-year-old Francis Le was found unresponsive in the parking lot of Richmond General Ho...
Jan 30, 2017
B.C. premier expresses sadness at mosque attack as violation of sanctuary
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier Christy Clark expressed her shock and sadness Monday after a terrorist attack at a mosque in Quebec City. Clark said mosques, like all houses of worship, are "sanctuaries of pe...
Jan 30, 2017
B.C. health officer leads push for European-style heroin treatment programs
VICTORIA - Prescribing medicinal heroin to prevent overdose deaths might appear to clash with common sense, but the provincial health officer in B.C. is backing the idea because he says European-style...
Jan 30, 2017
University of B.C. task force helps students, faculty, caught in U.S. travel ban
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia is setting up a task force in response to an American travel ban that prevents residents of seven countries from entering the United States for 90 days. ...
Jan 30, 2017
