Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. home sales slide in October, but show strength in some regions says analyst
VANCOUVER - Figures from the British Columbia Real Estate Association show October was another challenging month for housing sales in some parts of British Columbia, while other regions prospered. The...
Nov 15, 2016
Fight between Mounties, teens, in Prince Rupert, B.C., sparks internal probe
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - RCMP in Prince Rupert, B.C., have launched an internal investigation after cellphone video surfaced online apparently revealing a confrontation between officers and two teenagers...
Nov 15, 2016
Prominent writers sign letter demanding probe of UBC firing of Steven Galloway
VANCOUVER – Margaret Atwood, Yann Martel and Madeleine Thien are among the names of prominent Canadian authors attached to an open letter demanding an external investigation of the University of...
Nov 15, 2016
Blast of snow expected on the Coquihalla
KAMLOOPS - If the weather forecast is to be believed, Old Man Winter will make his return to the Coquihalla Highway overnight and into tomorrow morning. The forecast calls for a significant dump of sn...
Nov 14, 2016
B.C. teachers want immediate action on Supreme Court win, Clark says time needed
VICTORIA - The president of the teachers’ union in British Columbia says he expects more teachers in classrooms as early as January after a Supreme Court of Canada decision last week that affect...
Nov 14, 2016
Man fatally shot by Vancouver police named by B.C. coroner
VANCOUVER – The BC Coroners Service has named the 38-year-old man fatally shot by Vancouver Police last week. Daniel Rintoul died Nov. 10, following a report of a robbery and stabbing at a Canad...
Nov 14, 2016
Store employee arrested after robbery report
VERNON, B.C. - An employee of a Vernon loans and credit store is accused of making up a story about a robbery at the business. RCMP issued a media release last week, seeking information on a man who w...
Nov 14, 2016
Two people arrested in Vancouver after woman shot in back of taxi
VANCOUVER – A woman in the back of a cab has been injured in an early-morning shooting in Vancouver. Police say two people of interest were arrested. The 29-year-old passenger in the taxi is rec...
Nov 14, 2016
UBC anthropology museum displays handmade textiles from around the globe
VANCOUVER – The Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia is showcasing handmade textiles from around the world in an upcoming exhibition that will also draw from its own exte...
Nov 14, 2016
First Nation says sunken tug being removed after 33 days in B.C. waters
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - A sunken tug has been lifted from the waters off British Columbia’s central coast more than a month after it ran aground and sank, releasing thousands of litres of fuel into ...
Nov 14, 2016
