Category Archives: British Columbia
Free salt! Icy sidewalks inspires rush on supplies at fire halls in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Free salt has become a hot commodity in Vancouver as some residents clamour to get more than their fair share to keep icy sidewalks safe during an unusually cold winter. The city is offeri...
Jan 04, 2017
Delta police report foul play is not suspected in discovery of human remains
DELTA, B.C. - Police in Delta say foul play is not suspected after human remains were found in the suburb south of Vancouver. The bones were spotted on Dec. 29 near the major thoroughfare of Nordel Wa...
Jan 04, 2017
Home sales in Vancouver dropped 5.6 per cent last year, real estate board says
Vancouver's real estate market had a roller-coaster year in 2016, peaking with record sales in the spring but wrapping with a 5.6 per cent drop from 2015, the area's real estate board said Wednesday. ...
Jan 04, 2017
Semi smokes transit bus in Salmon Arm, caught on video
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Alarming video from a Salmon Arm business shows the moment an out-of-control semi blows through a red light and hits a BC Transit bus. The video originates from a surveillance camer...
Jan 03, 2017
B.C. government reviews homeowner grants amid rising property assessments
VICTORIA - Homeowners across parts of southern British Columbia have received big increases in the assessed value of their homes, prompting the government to review who qualifies for a grant that help...
Jan 03, 2017
Uncommonly cold winter has Vancouver fire halls offering residents free salt
Vancouver is giving away bucket loads of free road salt to residents as an unusually cold and snowy winter torments the traditionally temperate West Coast, turning some streets and sidewalks into impr...
Jan 03, 2017
Crash near Canoe kills pickup truck driver
SALMON ARM, B.C. - One man was killed and three of his passengers were injured after a violent crash east of Salmon Arm last night. RCMP say the man was driving a Ford F-250 pickup on the Trans Canada...
Jan 03, 2017
Oldest known member of southern B.C. killer whale pod believed dead
VANCOUVER - The death of a whale considered the oldest in the West Coast's southern resident population could particularly affect one animal who may have lost yet another adoptive mother, a wildlife b...
Jan 03, 2017
UBC president 'deeply regrets' cancellation of John Furlong speech
VANCOUVER - University of British Columbia president Santa Ono has apologized for the school's decision to cancel a planned speech by former Vancouver Olympic CEO John Furlong. Ono said in a statement...
Jan 03, 2017
Health officials ask to open new supervised drug consumption site in Victoria
VICTORIA - Health officials on Vancouver Island are asking the federal government for permission to open a supervised drug consumption site in downtown Victoria. Island Health says the application was...
Jan 03, 2017
