Category Archives: British Columbia
Safety board says fail-safe 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 25, 2017
Targeted shooting in Prince George, B.C., kills two men, injures another
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Two people are dead and another is in hospital with gunshot wounds following an early morning shooting in Prince George, B.C. RCMP Cpl. Craig Douglass says the attack is believed...
Jan 25, 2017
Health minister says B.C. can’t wait for Ottawa’s approval during drug crisis
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's health minister says the province's overdose prevention sites and at least one "sharing room" where people use drugs may not be legal under federal laws but they're inte...
Jan 24, 2017
Vancouver council debates where to spend opioid-crisis tax dollars
VANCOUVER - Councillors in Vancouver are mulling how to spend about $3.5 million in tax money earmarked for addressing the ongoing illicit drug overdose crisis that claimed 215 people in the city last...
Jan 24, 2017
Vancouver Police strategy targets mental health, drug crisis, high-tech tools
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Police Department has unveiled a five-year strategic plan aimed at improving public safety and stamping out crime across the city. Police Chief Adam Palmer says the plan rang...
Jan 24, 2017
B.C. launches aboriginal family court program to reduce indigenous kids in care
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - British Columbia hopes to reduce the over-representation of indigenous children in government care with a new aboriginal family court pilot program. The Aboriginal Family Heali...
Jan 24, 2017
Tent city cleanup at courthouse involves removing drug-contaminated soil
VICTORIA - Two suspected illegal drug labs, gasoline and other fuels contaminated the grounds of a former homeless camp on the lawn of Victoria's courthouse, says a government-commissioned report that...
Jan 24, 2017
Robbery, crash in Cache Creek creates commotion
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - RCMP have released details about a frightening robbery in Cache Creek yesterday. It began at about 11:00 a.m., when a man walked into a laundromat and robbed a woman at knifepoint,...
Jan 24, 2017
Victim killed in targeted Monday night shooting in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY, B.C. - Police have identified a 22-year-old man who was shot and killed in Surrey, B.C. Staff Sgt. Jennifer Pound with the Integrated Homicide Investigations Team says evidence suggests Karanp...
Jan 24, 2017
Vancouver Park Board asks for options before deciding on cetacean plebiscite
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Park Board has delayed a decision about a possible plebiscite regarding whale and dolphin captivity at the Vancouver Aquarium. Commissioners have referred the issue to staff,...
Jan 24, 2017
