Category Archives: British Columbia
One dead, two hurt in post Halloween stabbing at Vancouver’s Plaza of Nations
Vancouver has recorded its tenth murder of 2016. The stabbing death of the unidentified 25-year-old man occurred early Tuesday morning during what police say was an altercation between two groups. The...
Nov 01, 2016
Kimberley B.C. veterans aim to complete cenotaph renovation despite vandalism
KIMBERLEY, B.C. - Vandals have damaged a cenotaph renovation project in Kimberley, B.C., that was due to be completed by Remembrance Day. A spokeswoman for a veterans group in the southeastern B.C. ci...
Nov 01, 2016
Search for missing hunters underway near Quesnel
QUESNEL, B.C. - A search for a pair of hunters is underway northeast of Quesnel. 55 year old Glen Brooker and his 10 year old step son were reported overdue Sunday. They left their home Saturday to hu...
Oct 31, 2016
Passenger charged after Vancouver bus driver hit in face with screwdriver
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A 23-year-old man has been charged over allegation that he attacked a Vancouver bus driver with a screwdriver, breaking his cheekbone. Transit Police say Darren Lafferty of no ...
Oct 31, 2016
Decision expected today in legal battle over accrediting Christian law school
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal is expected to rule today on whether graduates of a proposed law school at a Christian university would be allowed to work in B.C. The decision marks t...
Oct 31, 2016
Vancouver’s health authority applies for two more supervised-injection sites
Vancouver's health authority has applied for two new supervised-injection sites to combat a drug overdose crisis that has taken more than 100 lives in the city this year. While announcing the applicat...
Oct 31, 2016
More passing lanes coming to the Yellowhead Highway
KAMLOOPS - More passing lanes are coming to the Yellowhead Highway up the North Thompson Valley. The lanes will be added near Darfield, and include a three-kilometre stretch southbound and a 2.7-kilom...
Oct 31, 2016
Charges laid against Hope, B.C., man after hate-filled rant caught on video
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A 47-year-old man has been charged with multiple offences after a racist rant was caught on video in an Abbotsford, B.C., parking lot. A warrant has been issued for Karry Corbett of...
Oct 31, 2016
Focus on innovation, not more cash, to improve health care in Canada: doctor
VANCOUVER - Squabbling by provinces in the run-up to a new health accord points to the need for an agency that would share regional health-care innovations with the rest of the country, says an editor...
Oct 31, 2016
Fisheries, justice minister visit diesel spill site on B.C. coast
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - Two federal ministers have visited a community on British Columbia's central coast where residents are concerned diesel fuel from a sunken tug could have devastating long-term effe...
Oct 31, 2016
