Category Archives: British Columbia
RCMP in Surrey, B.C., look for suspects after the latest targeted shooting
SURREY, B.C. - RCMP in Surrey, B.C., are investigating what they say is another targeted shooting, although no one has been injured in the latest attack. Staff Sgt. Murray Hedderson says in a news rel...
Jan 27, 2017
Police warn about new identity theft devices
VANCOUVER - Crooks have come up with a new way to try and steal your PIN and other info from point of sale terminals. They’re called ‘shimmers’ and are about the size of a small comp...
Jan 27, 2017
Dispute over lake levels in Douglas Lake Ranch civil case
KAMLOOPS - A professional engineer that has expertise in water resource management testified at B.C. Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon in a civil suit launched by the Douglas Lake Cattle Company aga...
Jan 26, 2017
Northern fur seal pup spotted near boats recovering at Vancouver Aquarium
VANCOUVER - A northern fur seal pup rescued off the coast of Vancouver Island is being nursed back to health at the Vancouver Aquarium. The aquarium says the seals are usually found 20 to 150 kilometr...
Jan 26, 2017
Do not consume order continues south of Ashcroft
ASHCROFT, B.C. - Interior Health says the Do Not Consume order for the Thompson River downstream of the derailment near Ashcroft is still in place. The CP derailment two weeks ago resulted in metallur...
Jan 26, 2017
Kamloops area residents charged following Okanagan truck theft
VERNON, B.C. - A pair of Kamloops-area residents are in hot water after a truck was stolen out of Vernon this week. RCMP say the pickup truck was taken from a hotel parking lot in Vernon late Tuesday ...
Jan 26, 2017
British Columbia to create 5,200 additional seats in Surrey schools
SURREY, B.C. - Space for up to 5,200 students will be created over the next three years in Surrey, the largest and fastest-growing school district in British Columbia. Education Minister Mike Bernier ...
Jan 26, 2017
Safety board says fail-safe mechanism could have prevented trains from crashing
RICHMOND, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board has concluded the lack of a fail-safe mechanism to ensure railway signals were followed contributed to a collision between two CP Rail trains near Gold...
Jan 26, 2017
Client says many would be dead without medical heroin at Vancouver clinic
VANCOUVER - The smell of rubbing alcohol permeates a tiny room where chronic heroin users inject a pharmaceutical-grade version of the drug three times a day to just feel normal. Justin Hall, 48, exit...
Jan 26, 2017
Solicitor General calls Prince George killings gang related
PRINCE GEORGE - BC's Solicitor General says the shooting deaths of two men on Foothills Boulevard early Wednesday morning, is a tragic risk that comes with living life in a gang. Mike Morris says targ...
Jan 26, 2017
