Category Archives: British Columbia
Homicide police investigate after body found in homeless camp in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. - Police are investigating after a body was found in a wooded area in Burnaby, B.C. The Integrated Homicide Investigations team says in a tweet that the 56-year-old man's body was found ...
Oct 11, 2016
Police investigating fatal diving accident near West Vancouver, B.C.
VANCOUVER - Police say a woman is dead after a diving accident near a park in West Vancouver, B.C. The West Vancouver Police Department says crews were called to Whytecliff Park around noon Sunday aft...
Oct 10, 2016
Ottawa warned about law that stripped some Canadians of citizenship: advocate
VANCOUVER - The Canadian government was aware and warned repeatedly years before an arcane law began stripping longtime Canadians of their citizenship, says a man who spent decades lobbying for change...
Oct 10, 2016
Blaze at Burnaby, B.C., home uncovers suspected drug lab
BURNABY, B.C. - Police are investigating a suspected drug lab after a fire broke out at a Burnaby, B.C., home. Fire crews who responded to the blaze Friday night found signs inside the building that s...
Oct 08, 2016
Vancouver police searching for suspect in alleged sexual assault
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Vancouver police are looking for a man who is accused of groping a 12-year-old girl Friday night. Police say three girls left a community centre in the city's West End shortly before...
Oct 08, 2016
BC Hydro expected to fully restore power after 90-kilometre-per-hour winds
VANCOUVER - BC Hydro crews were expected to fully restore power by Friday evening to about 1,200 customers who were without electricity when a wind storm hit Thursday night in parts of Vancouver Islan...
Oct 07, 2016
Police say man charged in double homicide in Courtenay, B.C.
COURTENAY, B.C. - Police say a man has been charged following a double homicide on Vancouver Island earlier this week. A man and woman were found dead by police in home in Courtenay early Wednesday mo...
Oct 06, 2016
Man dead in farming accident in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY, B.C. - A farming accident in B.C.'s Lower Mainland has left one man dead. WorkSafe B.C. spokeswoman Trish Knight Chernecki says a serious incident at a farm in southwest Surrey involving a wor...
Oct 06, 2016
Coroners Service identifies Cariboo crash victim
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The BC Coroners Service has identified a man who died in a crash southeast of Williams Lake on the weekend. He was 44 year old Michael Loren Hendry of 108 Mile Ranch. On Saturday...
Oct 06, 2016
Second extension of school board audit granted amid ‘bullying’ allegations
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's education minister has granted a two-week extension to an audit of the Vancouver School Board, which has failed to submit a balanced budget. Mike Bernier says the board ...
Oct 06, 2016
