Category Archives: British Columbia
Sunken tug boat leaking diesel fuel near B.C.’s Great Bear Rainforest
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - A containment boom has been placed around a tug boat that began leaking diesel fuel after it ran aground and sank on Thursday near British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest, says th...
Oct 13, 2016
B.C. Liberals reject nomination bid from former cabinet minister Terry Segarty
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A former Social Credit cabinet minister in British Columbia won't get another crack at provincial politics as a Liberal. The party's candidate approval process has rejected an applic...
Oct 13, 2016
Merritt Mayor keeping fingers crossed on Coquihalla maintenance this winter
MERRITT - There’s already been one travel advisory this fall for the Coquihalla highway. Snowfall Saturday resulted in a number of accidents for police. That’s raised some concerns about w...
Oct 13, 2016
Storms have started to batter the Lower Mainland
VANCOUVER - The first of a series of storms is starting to batter the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island. Global News weatherman Mark Madryga says it’s very wet and windy, and it’s going ...
Oct 13, 2016
Study: More than 45,000 Canadians sought treatment abroad in 2015
VANCOUVER - Tens of thousands of Canadians left the country last year for non-emergency medical procedures, the Fraser Institute says, but some health experts are challenging the way researchers at th...
Oct 12, 2016
Rain warnings and cautions prepare B.C.'s south coast for a drenching
VANCOUVER - A heavy rainfall warning has been issued for Metro Vancouver in what Environment Canada is predicting will be the first in a series of storms to swamp British Columbia's south coast. Heavy...
Oct 12, 2016
B.C. minor hockey, baseball coach faces child porn, voyeurism charges
COQUITLAM, B.C. - A man who has spent three decades coaching youth baseball and hockey across B.C.'s Lower Mainland is facing multiple child pornography charges, police announced Wednesday. Coquitlam ...
Oct 12, 2016
Three-year-old boy dies after eating poisonous mushroom during family outing
VICTORIA - A three-year-old boy who had been picking wild mushrooms with his family in Victoria has died after eating a poisonous mushroom, the local health authority said Wednesday. Dr. Richard Stanw...
Oct 12, 2016
Manhunt over: Suspect in Saskatchewan murder, B.C. police shooting found dead
REVELSTOKE, B.C. -Police say a man suspected of shooting a Mountie in British Columbia has been found dead. RCMP spokesman Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said the man's body was found near the southeastern B.C. co...
Oct 12, 2016
‘Stoner’ Tommy Chong says Canada’s pot legislation could set example for U.S.
VANCOUVER - Comedian, musician and pot activist Tommy Chong says he intends to keep "priming the pump" until marijuana is legalized across the United States and in Canada. Chong, 78, said the introduc...
Oct 12, 2016
