Category Archives: British Columbia
No injuries after pipe bomb found and destroyed in east Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Members of the Vancouver Police explosives unit have blown up a home-made pipe bomb found in a vehicle. The device was uncovered during a traffic stop in east Vancouver just before 9 p.m. ...
Jan 20, 2017
B.C.’s health minister campaigns to raise legal smoking age to 21
VICTORIA - British Columbia's health minister says he wants to see the province raise the legal smoking age to 21. Terry Lake said he's an ardent anti-smoker and believes the longer people are legally...
Jan 19, 2017
NDP fails to sway B.C. Liberals on banning corporate and union donations
VICTORIA - The NDP in British Columbia won't get support from the Liberals to ban corporate and union donations to the province's political parties. New Democrat Leader John Horgan asked Premier Chris...
Jan 19, 2017
Small plane with student and instructor crashes near airport in Duncan, B.C.
DUNCAN, B.C. - An instructor and a student have survived a small plane crash just north of the airport in Duncan, B.C. Bill Yearwood with the Transportation Safety Board says the Cessna 172 from the D...
Jan 19, 2017
Legal battle launched in Vancouver over opposition to Moby Dick restaurant
VANCOUVER - A condo council on Vancouver's waterfront is named in a civil lawsuit over allegations it refused to lease space to a fish and chip restaurant called Moby Dick partly because of an offensi...
Jan 19, 2017
Jury begins deliberations for accused human smugglers linked to MV Sun Sea
VANCOUVER - The fate of four men accused of using a derelict cargo ship to smuggle hundreds of Tamil asylum seekers into Canada was placed in the hands of a jury on Thursday. The 12 jurors began their...
Jan 19, 2017
North Thompson water restriction could last a week
VAVENBY, B.C. - An Interior Health order to not use water from the North Thompson River near the site of a crash could be in place for at least the next week. The semi crash Monday resulted in as much...
Jan 19, 2017
Avalanche warning issued for parts of northern British Columbia and Alberta
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - A special avalanche warning has been issued for parts of northern British Columbia and Alberta, starting Friday and lasting until the end of the day on Monday. Avalanche Canada's wa...
Jan 19, 2017
Police investigate death of a young child in an East Vancouver home
VANCOUVER - Police are investigating the death of a young child in Vancouver. In a news release, Const. Jason Doucette says officers were called to a home in East Vancouver on Wednesday afternoon afte...
Jan 18, 2017
B.C. set record for drug overdose deaths last year, appeals for federal help
VICTORIA - More than 900 people died in British Columbia last year from illicit drug overdoses, but the provincial health minister says the toll could have been far higher and he warned the federal go...
Jan 18, 2017
