Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. called on to release province-wide statistics on police-dog bites
VANCOUVER - A month after a bystander was mistakenly mauled by a Vancouver police dog, a legal advocacy group is calling on the provincial government to release newly gathered numbers outlining how ma...
Oct 25, 2016
No criminal charges in death of B.C. woman who fell out of party bus
VANCOUVER - A malfunctioning door was a main factor in the death of a 23-year-old woman who fell out of a party bus in January, but Vancouver police will not recommend criminal charges in the case. Po...
Oct 25, 2016
Sunken B.C. tug’s tanks now pumped out, thousands of litres of oil not recovered
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - A group overseeing cleanup of an oil spill from a submerged tug on British Columbia's central coast says all the tanks aboard the Nathan E. Stewart have been pumped out. A joint re...
Oct 25, 2016
British Airways flight makes emergency landing in Vancouver with ill crew
VANCOUVER - Some of the 400 passengers diverted to Vancouver on a British Airways flight when crew members reported feeling ill have now left on other flights, the airline said Tuesday afternoon. All ...
Oct 25, 2016
Drug and weapons charges recommended against Victoria man following raid
VICTORIA - Drug and weapons charges are being recommended against a man arrested during a recent bust in Victoria. A news release from Victoria Police says the man and a woman were picked up last Frid...
Oct 25, 2016
Arrest after double stabbing leaves man hurt, another dead at B.C. homeless camp
BURNABY, B.C. - A 53-year-old man is under arrest as detectives investigate an apparent homicide in Burnaby, B.C. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the suspect was taken into custody at ...
Oct 25, 2016
Grade 8 student tells federal minister he teaches indigenous language course
VICTORIA - A Grade 8 student stunned a gathering of national aboriginal leaders and the federal indigenous affairs minister Monday by saying he volunteered to become his school's indigenous language t...
Oct 24, 2016
Shuswap shooting suspect pleads guilty
KAMLOOPS - One of two men accused of killing a man in a Shuswap drive-by shooting five years ago has pleaded guilty. Jordan Barnes of Mission entered a guilty plea to second degree murder in BC Suprem...
Oct 24, 2016
O'Keefe Ranch ups security after corn maze incident
VERNON, B.C. - The O’Keefe Ranch will be increasing security measures for its haunted corn maze after an incident management is calling isolated. Manager Glen Taylor says one of the ranch’...
Oct 24, 2016
Sinking of tug off B.C. coast prompts disaster-response rethink: minister
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - A sunken tug and the subsequent diesel spill on British Columbia’s central coast is prompting a rethink to emergency response that could allow those closest to the disaster t...
Oct 24, 2016
