Category Archives: British Columbia
Residents return home following police-ordered evacuation in Terrace, B.C.
TERRACE, B.C. - A police incident that saw the RCMP evacuate homes on two streets in a small community in northwest British Columbia has ended. The Mounties said in a release Wednesday evening that th...
Oct 05, 2016
Homicide team investigating women’s death at business in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. - Police say they are investigating a homicide in Burnaby, B.C. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says on Twitter that its officers were sent to a business in the city's east en...
Oct 05, 2016
Anti-Trump activists set sights on recruiting Americans living abroad
VANCOUVER - An activist organization's campaign to keep Donald Trump out of the White House is spilling across the border into Canada as the group ramps up efforts to convince U.S. voters living abroa...
Oct 05, 2016
Highway 99 now open at 10 Mile Slide
LILLOOET, B.C. - Highway 99 north of Lillooet has reopened to single lane traffic today, about a week after it was closed. BC Ministry of Transportation officials closed the route when they noticed th...
Oct 05, 2016
Soggy keyboards could be repurposed as art, garden ornaments in Kelowna, B.C.
KELOWNA, B.C. - Five decorated upright pianos are available for free in Kelowna, B.C., but don't expect to tickle their ivories. The pianos are among several set in outdoor spaces across the city as p...
Oct 05, 2016
Two men arrested in double homicide investigation in Courtenay, B.C.
COURTENAY, B.C. - A man and woman have been found dead in a Vancouver Island home. RCMP Const. Rob Gardner says the victims were found early Wednesday in a home in Courtenay, B.C. He confirms the bodi...
Oct 05, 2016
Golf cart program on hold in Chase, B.C.
KAMLOOPS - BC Transportation Minister Todd Stone says the pilot project that would allow golf carts on certain streets in Chase and Qualicum Beach is being put on hold. Stone says his ministry has hea...
Oct 05, 2016
Great Bear Rainforest project earns environmental group $100,000 U.S. award
VANCOUVER - Three groups that were once labelled enemies of the province by a British Columbia premier have been given an international award for their work in helping to protect the Great Bear Rainfo...
Oct 05, 2016
Man arrested following assault at health centre in Kelowna, B.C.
KELOWNA, B.C. - RCMP say a man is in custody following an alleged assault against an employee and a Mountie at a community health centre in Kelowna, B.C. Const. Jesse O'Donaghey says officers responde...
Oct 04, 2016
Vancouver home sales plunge nearly 33% last month, real estate board says
VANCOUVER - Home prices in Metro Vancouver's once-surging real estate market are on the cusp of falling, housing experts say, as new figures show another month of plunging home sales in the region. Th...
Oct 04, 2016
