Category Archives: British Columbia
Panel calls for major overhaul of UBC’s approach to sexual assaults
VANCOUVER - An expert panel is calling for a sweeping transformation of the University of British Columbia's approach to sexual assaults, after speaking with survivors and campus members who said they...
Sep 11, 2016
No damages reported following earthquake in South Okanagan
OLIVER, B.C. - A 4.0 magnitude earthquake hit the South Okanagan on Saturday morning. Earthquakes Canada says the tremour was centred about 40 kilometres south of Penticton, B.C., near the town of Oli...
Sep 10, 2016
RCMP officer in B.C. to face child-luring charges after vigilante sting
SURREY, B.C. - Charges are pending against a police officer in British Columbia caught up in a sting by a vigilante group dedicated to exposing and publicly shaming alleged child sexual predators, the...
Sep 10, 2016
Labour ministers discuss harmonizing provincial work safety standards
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Governments across the country are aiming to harmonize occupational health and safety requirements to make it easier for businesses who do work in different provinces and territo...
Sep 09, 2016
LNIB installs 330 solar panels on school roof
LOWER NICOLA - When it comes to cheap, renewable energy, solar is becoming more and more viable. Today, one indian band in the region unveiled their newest investment: a 330 panel solar power installa...
Sep 09, 2016
Crash injures day care worker, three kids in Vernon
KAMLOOPS - Three toddlers and a day care worker were injured in a vehicle-pedestrian collision in Vernon. It happened just before 10 this morning at the intersection of 43rd Street and 25th Avenue. RC...
Sep 09, 2016
B.C. Mountie charged after pedestrian accident claimed five-year-old boy
VICTORIA - An RCMP officer has been charged with driving without due care and attention a year after a five-year-old boy was killed at a Penticton, B.C., intersection. The B.C. Criminal Justice Branch...
Sep 09, 2016
Vancouver police to get naloxone nasal spray in case of opioid exposure
Vancouver police officers and support staff will soon have access to the nasal-spray form of naloxone to protect themselves against accidental exposure to toxic opioids such as fentanyl. Chief Adam Pa...
Sep 09, 2016
Unique rose quartz statues stolen from Vancouver tourist attraction
VANCOUVER - A theft in Vancouver's Chinatown district is giving a whole new meaning to the term cat burglar, and police hope the public will help them pounce on the culprit. Sgt. Brian Montague says t...
Sep 09, 2016
Two Kitimat residents hope to save birds by clawing back house-cat freedom
KITIMAT, B.C. - A proposal by two residents of Kitimat, B.C., could send fur flying as they seek civic regulations on house cats. Laurel Woodhill and Hilda Littman are appealing to Kitimat council to ...
Sep 09, 2016
