Category Archives: British Columbia
Sunken B.C. tug’s tanks now pumped out, thousands of litres of fuel not recovered
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - More than 90,000 litres of diesel have yet to be accounted for after a group overseeing cleanup of a spill from a submerged tug on British Columbia's central coast said the tanks a...
Oct 25, 2016
Highway closed after rock slide injures contractors working to prevent slides
FIELD, B.C. - Two workers have been injured in a rock slide in Yoho National Park that has closed the Trans-Canada Highway for an extended period. RCMP say the slide happened Monday west of Field, B.C...
Oct 25, 2016
Critics call for more social housing as Vancouver set to dismantle homeless camp
VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver says outreach workers are helping about two dozen people move into a shelter after the homeless camp they were staying at was deemed unsafe. City spokesman Tobin Post...
Oct 25, 2016
CN Rail working to reopen tracks near Yale, B.C., after derailment
YALE, B.C. - Crews with CN Rail have made good progress repairing tracks following a derailment in British Columbia's Fraser Canyon. An email from CN spokesman Brent Kossey says crews worked through t...
Oct 25, 2016
Arguments being heard in sentencing of Clearwater killer
KAMLOOPS - Sentencing submissions have begun for a man who admitted to killing his estranged wife in Clearwater more than two years ago. On April 20 of 2014, Iain Scott stabbed 33 year old Angila Wils...
Oct 25, 2016
B.C. called on to release province-wide statistics on police-dog bites
VANCOUVER - A month after a bystander was mistakenly mauled by a Vancouver police dog, a legal advocacy group is calling on the provincial government to release newly gathered numbers outlining how ma...
Oct 25, 2016
No criminal charges in death of B.C. woman who fell out of party bus
VANCOUVER - A malfunctioning door was a main factor in the death of a 23-year-old woman who fell out of a party bus in January, but Vancouver police will not recommend criminal charges in the case. Po...
Oct 25, 2016
Sunken B.C. tug’s tanks now pumped out, thousands of litres of oil not recovered
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - A group overseeing cleanup of an oil spill from a submerged tug on British Columbia's central coast says all the tanks aboard the Nathan E. Stewart have been pumped out. A joint re...
Oct 25, 2016
British Airways flight makes emergency landing in Vancouver with ill crew
VANCOUVER - Some of the 400 passengers diverted to Vancouver on a British Airways flight when crew members reported feeling ill have now left on other flights, the airline said Tuesday afternoon. All ...
Oct 25, 2016
Drug and weapons charges recommended against Victoria man following raid
VICTORIA - Drug and weapons charges are being recommended against a man arrested during a recent bust in Victoria. A news release from Victoria Police says the man and a woman were picked up last Frid...
Oct 25, 2016
