Category Archives: British Columbia
Gang shootings in Surrey prompt more resources, access to closed-circuit TVs
SURREY, B.C. - The mayor of a Vancouver-area city where police have logged 31 shootings this year has approved 24-hour police access to more than 400 closed-circuit cameras in an effort to stop the re...
Apr 08, 2016
Three B.C. First Nations buy parcel of prime Vancouver real estate
VANCOUVER - Three British Columbia First Nations have paid nearly half a billion dollars for a prime piece of real estate on the west side of Vancouver. The Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh natio...
Apr 08, 2016
B.C. conflict commissioner launches review of exclusive political events
VICTORIA - British Columbia's conflict of interest commissioner says he will review two complaints that exclusive, high-priced fundraising events promising access to political leaders are breaches of ...
Apr 08, 2016
Procession honours fallen RCMP officer as body is returned to Langford, B.C.
LANGFORD, B.C. - A second sombre procession is scheduled to travel along the highways of southern Vancouver Island today as the body of RCMP Const. Sarah Beckett is returned to Langford. The Capital R...
Apr 08, 2016
Oil spill fears remain one year after bunker fuel fouled Vancouver beaches
VANCOUVER - When the MV Marathassa leaked at least 2,700 litres of bunker fuel into Vancouver's harbour one year ago, the effects of the spill reached far beyond the city's picturesque waters and beac...
Apr 08, 2016
Clinton man found safe
CLINTON, B.C. - UPDATE: April 13, 2016 - RCMP now say Abraxas Glazov has been found and is safe. EARLIER - RCMP are renewing calls for information on the whereabouts of a man missing out of Clinton. 4...
Apr 07, 2016
Investigation launched after Greyhound strands girls in Valemount
VICTORIA - Reports of two young sisters being stranded midway through a bus trip at a remote Interior depot in the middle of the night is "completely and totally unacceptable," says British Columbia's...
Apr 07, 2016
Two men charged in Vernon home invasion
VERNON, B.C. - Two men arrested following a home invasion in Vernon last month have now been charged. Gregory Jolicoeur and Maurice Perrier are facing numerous counts including break and enter, forcib...
Apr 07, 2016
B.C. premier rejects calls for spending reforms, NDP seeks donation bans
VICTORIA - Premier Christy Clark says she's not about to overhaul British Columbia's political funding rules despite Opposition moves Wednesday to ban corporate and union donations. Clark said she was...
Apr 07, 2016
Campaign on West Coast strives to crush thirst for plastics, one straw at a time
VANCOUVER - Some businesses in an ocean-side town on Vancouver Island are eliminating plastic drinking straws, taking a first slug against plastic waste. Businesses in the tourist destination of Tofin...
Apr 07, 2016
