Category Archives: British Columbia
Hate crimes officers in Abbotsford, B.C., probe man linked to racist invective
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Officers with the Abbotsford Police Department have contacted the hate crimes unit and Crown counsel as they investigate a hate-filled rant caught on video. Sgt. Judy Bird says the ...
Oct 24, 2016
UBC, former student begin mediation for human-rights complaint
VANCOUVER - A former University of British Columbia student who filed a human rights complaint over the school's handling of sexual assault reports says mediation ended unsuccessfully after 90 minutes...
Oct 24, 2016
Family of murdered B.C. girl reacts to news of killer’s prison pregnancy
VICTORIA - Family members of a teenage girl who was viciously beaten and drowned on Vancouver Island nearly two decades ago say they wish their relative's killer well after a news report that she is p...
Oct 24, 2016
B.C. children's rep Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond issues to-do list on departure
VICTORIA - The woman who has been watching out for British Columbia's children and youth for the last decade used her final report to urge the province to be accountable and focus on children. Mary El...
Oct 24, 2016
B.C. man who killed 'defenceless' fiancee handed 12-year prison sentence
KELOWNA, B.C. - A man who admitted to stabbing his fiancee 26 times after she told him to move out because of his crack cocaine habit has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Ryan James Quigley, 37, ...
Oct 23, 2016
Homicide team investigating apparent human remains found in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Homicide police are investigating after apparent human remains were found on a rural property in Abbotsford, B.C. Abbotsford police say they were called Saturday afternoon after som...
Oct 23, 2016
Chinese-language forest tours to educate more B.C. residents on conservation
VANCOUVER - Conservationists have their eyes on a demographic that hasn't been tapped into before in terms of educating people about British Columbia's old growth forests. About half a million people ...
Oct 23, 2016
Small Town Stories: Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - The City of Merritt has had some bad news recently, receiving word last month that Tolko Industries’ Nicola Valley operation would cease operations in December. As the shock of t...
Oct 21, 2016
Storms hamper attempt to clean up, contain fuel spill off B.C. coast
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - Officials say booms containing a fuel spill from a sunken tug off British Columbia's central coast have been replaced, but clean up crews continue to face harsh weather as they att...
Oct 21, 2016
Independent police watchdog sends report to Crown about fatal Surrey shooting
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's independent police watchdog is sending a report to Crown counsel after investigating a fatal RCMP shooting in Surrey. The Criminal Justice Branch must now decide if c...
Oct 21, 2016
