Category Archives: British Columbia
Surrey, B.C., man charged with 4 offences following targeted shooting
COQUITLAM, B.C. – Multiple firearms charges have been laid against a 28-year-old man following a drive-by shooting in Coquitlam, B.C. RCMP say Jonathan Fall is a suspect in a targeted shooting o...
Nov 22, 2016
Mystery surrounds man found injured in parked car in Vancouver's Stanley Park
Vancouver police are appealing for help as they investigate how and why an elderly man ended up behind the wheel of his car, with severe injuries. A passerby spotted the unidentified 80-year-old man i...
Nov 22, 2016
Delay in trial for polygamous sect trio accused of transporting minors
CRANBROOK, B.C. - Opening arguments have been delayed in the case of three people tied to a fundamentalist polygamous sect in southeastern British Columbia as lawyers wrangled over evidence the court ...
Nov 22, 2016
Salvage operation wraps, clean-up continues for sunken tug off B.C. coast
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - Efforts to remove a sunken tug from the waters off British Columbia’s central coast have wrapped up, but crews continue to clean-up and survey the damage left behind. The lat...
Nov 22, 2016
Ottawa places three-gram limit on amount of medical pot it covers for veterans
VANCOUVER - The federal government is limiting the amount of medical cannabis that veterans will be reimbursed for to three grams a day. Veterans Affairs Minister Kent Hehr says the cost of reimbursin...
Nov 22, 2016
Military probe ordered after service member hurt at 443 squadron near Victoria
ESQUIMALT, B.C. – A member of a military helicopter squadron based near Victoria has been seriously injured in an industrial accident. A spokesperson for CFB Esquimalt says the accident happened...
Nov 22, 2016
Reunion follow-up: 38 years apart, family now reunited
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - It's not every day you get to meet members of your family for the very first time. In November 1978, 18 year-old Edna Tom of Kamloops was on the verge of giving birth to a baby g...
Nov 21, 2016
Two arrested following multi-community crime spree
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - RCMP have a pair of people in custody after a crime spree that spanned two days throughout the Logan Lake, Merritt and Ashcroft areas. It began last Friday morning, when a couple tr...
Nov 21, 2016
Special advisory has 85 suggestions to improve indigenous child welfare in B.C.
VANCOUVER - A final report from a special adviser on indigenous children in care in British Columbia offers 85 recommendations on how to overhaul the aboriginal child-welfare system in the province. G...
Nov 21, 2016
Investigators examining death of man in Prince George, B.C., jail
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - An investigation has been launched into the death of a man found unresponsive in a jail cell in Prince George, B.C. RCMP say officers responded Sunday night to reports of an into...
Nov 21, 2016
