Category Archives: British Columbia
Snowfall warning in Rogers Pass
REVELSTOKE - Could be a good day to make sure you have your winter tires on if you’re heading east towards Alberta. Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Eagle Pass to Rogers ...
Nov 02, 2016
Government funds health improvements to Merritt-Princeton schools
MERRITT - Two schools in the Merritt and Princeton area will receive provincial funding to improve maintenance systems at their facilities. Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart announced today that Princet...
Nov 02, 2016
One female student dead, one injured after stabbing at B.C. school
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Police say a female student is dead and another is in hospital following a stabbing at a high school in Abbotsford, B.C. Abbotsford police Chief Bob Rich says a young man is in cust...
Nov 01, 2016
Blind Bay murderer to spend the next decade in jail
KAMLOOPS - One of two men charged in a drive-by shooting in Blind Bay five years ago has learned his fate, while the other may have a long legal road ahead. Jordan Barnes of Mission pleaded guilty las...
Nov 01, 2016
New BC Coroners Service team to reinvestigate all 2016 drug deaths so far
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's chief coroner has announced the formation of a specialized drug-death investigation team as part of the province's effort to fight an opioid overdose crisis. Lisa Lapoin...
Nov 01, 2016
Bad weather could delay impending efforts to lift sunken tug from B.C. coast
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - The Heiltsuk Nation on British Columbia's central coast says salvage crews are ready to begin the process of raising a sunken tug for removal from Seaforth Channel. But a release f...
Nov 01, 2016
Housing and debt risks best addressed by government, rates blunt tool: Poloz
VANCOUVER - Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz says risks from household debt and the housing market will be better addressed by the government's recent policy moves, not by adjusting interest rate...
Nov 01, 2016
Trinity Western wins legal victory in fight to open Christian law school
VANCOUVER - A decisive legal victory in British Columbia has put an evangelical Christian university one step closer in its bid to secure recognition for its proposed law school. The Appeal Court of B...
Nov 01, 2016
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
