Category Archives: British Columbia
Police say two men arrested, two hospitalized after violence at Vancouver home
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say two men have been arrested and two others were in hospital following a violent incident at a home on the east side of the city. Const. Brian Montague says the peopl...
Dec 02, 2016
B.C. emergency service says no one factor influences ambulance response times
VANCOUVER - An official with BC Emergency Health Services says response times for ambulances are affected by many factors, making it is difficult to single out what impact the overdose crisis is havin...
Dec 02, 2016
Agency calls for public hearing into alleged misconduct by B.C. transit office
VICTORIA - British Columbia's police-complaint commissioner has determined that a public hearing is needed into allegations of professional misconduct by a Transit Police officer. The Office of the Po...
Dec 02, 2016
Firearms charges against man with alleged gang and drugs ties in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - British Columbia's anti-gang agency says a man allegedly involved in a conflict over drugs in Abbotsford has been arrested and charged with firearms offences. A release from the Com...
Dec 02, 2016
Dramatic Cariboo highway rescue captured on camera
CLINTON, B.C. - A story of heroism is emerging from the South Cariboo. After a pair of crashes on Highway 97 near Chasm Road north of Clinton last night, dramatic video posted to social media shows pa...
Dec 02, 2016
Trailer park fire claims life of Blackpool woman
KAMLOOPS - A 61 year old Blackpool woman is dead after a fire at the Mountainview Trailer Park. Deputy Chief Mike Savage of the Blackpool Volunteer Fire Department says the structure fire call came in...
Dec 02, 2016
B.C. woman rescued after car plunges off cliff and into creek: RCMP
SECHELT, B.C. - The rescue of a British Columbia woman after her SUV plunged off the Sunshine Coast Highway near Sechelt and landed in a swollen creek was "miraculous," RCMP said Thursday. Mounties sa...
Dec 01, 2016
Nicola-Similkameen School District reviving First Nations languages
KAMLOOPS - The number of First Nations people able to speak an Aboriginal language has slowly diminished over the years. Residential schools played a large role in stifling Aboriginal culture, punishi...
Dec 01, 2016
Prince George Mayor beats Kamloops Mayor in Movember Challenge
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - It was a ceremonial event to cap off Movember, in which Mayor Lyn Hall was at the mercy of George the Barber, losing his mustache and celebrating his win over Kamloops Mayor Pete...
Dec 01, 2016
SPCA seizes 29 dogs in poor condition from breeder in Squamish, B.C.
VANCOUVER - The SPCA has seized 29 dogs and puppies as part of an animal cruelty investigation into a breeder in Squamish, B.C. The society says 18 dogs and 11 puppies were taken on Wednesday. It says...
Dec 01, 2016
