Category Archives: British Columbia
Investigation begins after fatal crash between dump truck and vehicle in Delta
DELTA, B.C. - One person has been killed in a crash involving a dump truck in Delta, B.C. Police have confirmed the fatality but have released few other details of the collision, which appears to invo...
Jul 06, 2016
Worker injured after blast and fire at recycling plant in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. - One worker has been injured in an explosion and fire at a recycling plant in Burnaby, B.C. Fire chief Joe Robertson says the blast occurred when the end of an acetylene gas tank was so...
Jul 06, 2016
Crews contain Burns Bog fire, reopen highway following wildfire in Delta, B.C.
DELTA, B.C. - A busy highway running beside Burns Bog in Delta, B.C., is being reopened as crews have fully contained a wildfire. Delta's Emergency Operations Centre says traffic is moving again on Hi...
Jul 06, 2016
Firearm recovered after incident at Surrey, B.C., border crossing
SURREY, B.C. - Police say a firearm related to an incident at a border crossing in Surrey, B.C., has been recovered. The RCMP received reports Tuesday afternoon that a vehicle failed to stop while hea...
Jul 05, 2016
VPD begins crackdown on loud vehicles in the city
VANCOUVER - Starting today, Vancouver Police officers will be listening for noise violators in the city. Traffic officers will be out with decibel meters, conducting increased enforcement on noisy exh...
Jul 04, 2016
Small part of B.C.’s Burns Bog contained, but most will regenerate: Society
DELTA, B.C. - About 90 per cent of a peat bog south of Vancouver is expected to regenerate in the coming years, but it could take a century before the entire area recovers from a fire tearing through ...
Jul 04, 2016
Homicide officers investigating after body found in Surrey park
SURREY, B.C. - Homicide investigators have taken the lead after a body was found in a park in Surrey, B.C. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says Surrey RCMP responded to a call about a decea...
Jul 04, 2016
Child rushed to hospital after falling out of window in Surrey
SURREY, B.C. - Emergency officials say a child fell out of a window in Surrey, B.C., on Sunday night. BC Ambulance says it responded to a call in the Johnson Heights neighbourhood just before 10 p.m. ...
Jul 04, 2016
Provincial crews called in to help battle wildfire near Delta, B.C.
DELTA, B.C. - The B.C. Wildfire Service has been called in to help fight a blaze burning in a conservation area in suburban Vancouver. Lois Jackson, the mayor of Delta, B.C., says the fire in Burns Bo...
Jul 03, 2016
Suspicious death investigation in Kelowna
KELOWNA - RCMP have secured the scene of a death being treated as suspicious in Kelowna’s downtown. “On July 2, 2016 at 1:45 am, a 911 emergency call was made and the Kelowna RCMP responde...
Jul 03, 2016
