Category Archives: British Columbia
Mounties investigate after five-year-old drowns in bathtub in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY, B.C. - RCMP in Surrey, B.C., were investigating after a five-year-old boy drowned in a bathtub. Police were called to a home in the Whalley neighbourhood just before 5 p.m. Sunday. They say fi...
Dec 19, 2016
Ship noise on government's radar amid dispute over pipeline's impact on whales
OTTAWA - The federal government is seeking a way to regulate underwater shipping noise as part of its plan to protect an endangered group of killer whales from increased oil tanker traffic off Vancouv...
Dec 19, 2016
Longtime opioid users motivated by desire to avoid drug withdrawal
VANCOUVER - John Lenec remembers the song "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" going through his head moments after he slipped off a detox centre bed and began convulsing on the floor. It had been six hours si...
Dec 18, 2016
Shooting victims at Abbotsford, B.C., hospital connected to earlier incident
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Police say two shooting victims who turned up at an Abbotsford, B.C., hospital Friday night are connected to an earlier shooting investigation. Police responded to reports of a shoo...
Dec 17, 2016
Man in critical condition after early morning shooting in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY, B.C. - RCMP say a man is suffering injuries described as life-threatening after a shooting in Surrey, B.C., early Saturday morning. Police say officers responded to reports of a shooting in a ...
Dec 17, 2016
Tolko Mill employees clock out for the last time
MERRITT, B.C. - There are just nine days before Christmas, and for Tolko employees in Merritt the holidays will not be as festive as usual. Today (Dec. 16) marks the last day the mill is in operation....
Dec 16, 2016
Petition leads to improved maintenance on Interior highways
KAMLOOPS - Drivers in the Southern Interior are being reassured highway maintenance has improved, following a petition last year. Merritt Mayor Neil Menard says last year over 2,500 people in the Inte...
Dec 16, 2016
Helicopter to prevent snow, ice bombs falling on vehicles from bridge cables
VANCOUVER - A heavy-lift helicopter has been called in to help keep traffic flowing smoothly on a Vancouver-area bridge where vehicles have been damaged by so-called ice bombs. B.C.'s Transportation M...
Dec 16, 2016
Three charged after bombs, guns discovered in traffic stop
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Three people arrested by Williams Lake RCMP earlier this week appeared in court today (Dec. 16) facing numerous explosives and firearms charges. Dyami Diana Rickman, James Robert...
Dec 16, 2016
B.C. coroner, police, politicians issue overdose alert after 11 deaths
VANCOUVER - An urgent warning has been sent out to illicit drug users in British Columbia after at least 11 people died in the province on Thursday alone, six of them in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside....
Dec 16, 2016
