Category Archives: British Columbia
Homicide team investigating apparent human remains found in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Homicide police are investigating after apparent human remains were found on a rural property in Abbotsford, B.C. Abbotsford police say they were called Saturday afternoon after som...
Oct 23, 2016
Chinese-language forest tours to educate more B.C. residents on conservation
VANCOUVER - Conservationists have their eyes on a demographic that hasn't been tapped into before in terms of educating people about British Columbia's old growth forests. About half a million people ...
Oct 23, 2016
Small Town Stories: Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - The City of Merritt has had some bad news recently, receiving word last month that Tolko Industries’ Nicola Valley operation would cease operations in December. As the shock of t...
Oct 21, 2016
Storms hamper attempt to clean up, contain fuel spill off B.C. coast
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - Officials say booms containing a fuel spill from a sunken tug off British Columbia's central coast have been replaced, but clean up crews continue to face harsh weather as they att...
Oct 21, 2016
Independent police watchdog sends report to Crown about fatal Surrey shooting
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's independent police watchdog is sending a report to Crown counsel after investigating a fatal RCMP shooting in Surrey. The Criminal Justice Branch must now decide if c...
Oct 21, 2016
Dredging off CFB Esquimalt near Victoria reveals sunken naval history
ESQUIMALT, B.C. - A dredging project in Esquimalt Harbour has uncovered mysteries dating back to the turn of the 20th century. The dredging is part of an environmental remediation project launched by ...
Oct 21, 2016
Sentencing delayed for Mountie in Terrace, B.C., who pleaded guilty to assault
TERRACE, B.C. - An RCMP officer in British Columbia who was expected to be sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to assaulting a teenager will learn his fate at a later date. Provincial court Judge E...
Oct 21, 2016
Man who shot bike-shop owner in downtown Vancouver sentenced to 18 years
VANCOUVER - A man who pleaded guilty to shooting his former boss outside a Vancouver coffee shop has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Gerald Battersby pleaded guilty to three counts of attempted ...
Oct 21, 2016
Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Barnett promoted
VICTORIA - Cariboo-South MLA Donna Barnett has been given a promotion. Premier Christy Clark appointed the two-term BC Liberal MLA Minister of State for Rural Economic Development today. Clark called ...
Oct 21, 2016
Police watchdog investigates in-custody death in Coquitlam, B.C.
COQUITLAM, B.C. - British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating the death of a man who died in custody in Coquitlam after he was shot with a stun gun. The RCMP says they received a call late Wed...
Oct 21, 2016
