Category Archives: British Columbia
UNBC North Dakota Protesters Back in Canada
PRINCE GEORGE - The two UNBC students arrested in the North Dakota pipeline protest are safely back in Canada. Nicole Schafenacker and Katriona Auerbach were allowed to return home after being taken i...
Nov 03, 2016
B.C. Liberals gather in Vancouver to build May 2017 election team
VICTORIA - It's still six months before British Columbians go to the polls, but the unofficial start of the election campaign is expected to get underway Friday as the Liberal party gathers in Vancouv...
Nov 03, 2016
NDP has first announced candidate in Shuswap riding
SALMON ARM - The NDP has its first candidate in the Shuswap riding for next May’s provincial election. Sylvia Lindgren is an educational assistant who works at Salmon Arm Secondary. She is also ...
Nov 03, 2016
Man charged in deadly B.C. school attack
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Grade 9 student Amsuman Nair will remember the screams for the rest of his life. The 14-year-old was in the middle of a math exam at his high school in Abbotsford, B.C., when two gi...
Nov 02, 2016
Bad weather delays efforts to clean up tug off British Columbia coast
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - A barge has arrived to remove a sunken tug from waters off British Columbia's central coast, but blustery weather is hampering the efforts of crews cleaning up the fuel spill. The ...
Nov 02, 2016
Vancouver home sales plunge 38.8% last month, real estate board says
VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home sales plunged 38.8 per cent last month compared with October 2015. The board says 2,233 properties were sold in October of this year, d...
Nov 02, 2016
RCMP in Port Alberni make quick arrest after man hurt in early-morning stabbing
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - One man has been seriously injured in a stabbing on Vancouver Island. RCMP say the 51-year-old Port Alberni man was in a fast food restaurant in that city at about 7:30 a.m. Wedne...
Nov 02, 2016
Okanagan rail trail gaining momentum
VERNON, B.C. The fundraising campaign for the Okanagan Rail Trail is starting to gain some momentum. Trail ambassador Brad Clements says just over 500-thousand dollars was raised in October, which was...
Nov 02, 2016
Schools superintendent says stabbing was ‘random act’
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The superintendent of schools in Abbotsford, B.C., says evidence suggests the man alleged to have killed one female student and injured another didn't know his victims. Kevin Godden...
Nov 02, 2016
Police identify man found in scrap yard in Maple Ridge, B.C.
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. - Police have identified a man who was found dead in a scrap yard in Maple Ridge, B.C. The Integrated Homicide Investigations Team says police were called Tuesday when a body was fou...
Nov 02, 2016
