Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. says insurance rates to go up by 4.9 per cent as affordability is reviewed
VICTORIA - Those who insure their vehicles in British Columbia will see a rate increase for basic insurance of 4.9 per cent. The provincial government has directed the B.C. Utilities Commission to app...
Dec 19, 2016
Snowfall warning issued for the Coquihalla
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt this evening. The forecasting service says a system moving through the area is expected ...
Dec 19, 2016
Trudeau to visit Vancouver on Tuesday, but no public events planned
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits Vancouver on Tuesday, but there are no public events on his itinerary. Trudeau is scheduled to sit down with the editorial board of the Vancouver Sun f...
Dec 19, 2016
B.C. records spike in number of overdose deaths from illicit drugs in November
VICTORIA - The annual number of fatalities from illicit drug overdoses in British Columbia reached 755 by the end of November, causing health officials to speculate whether an even stronger drug like ...
Dec 19, 2016
Vancouver police shoot man on SkyTrain allegedly threatening riders with machete
VANCOUVER - A man who allegedly used a machete to threaten passengers on a busy SkyTrain car during the Monday morning commute was shot after refusing to drop the weapon, Vancouver police say. Const. ...
Dec 19, 2016
Search and rescue team in Sparwood, B.C., loses equipment in fire
SPARWOOD, B.C. - Members of a search and rescue unit in southeastern B.C. say the team is still operational but much of its equipment has been destroyed by fire. A blaze broke out Saturday in the buil...
Dec 19, 2016
Blanket of wet snow creates commuter woes across Metro Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A blanket of heavy, wet snow cut off power to thousands in British Columbia and caused commuter chaos in Metro Vancouver on Monday. The snowfall caused trees or branches to come down over ...
Dec 19, 2016
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
