Category Archives: British Columbia
Final man charged in 2008 killings of Mission, B.C., couple pleads guilty
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The fourth and final man charged in connection with the 2008 targeted killings of a Mission, B.C., couple has pleaded guilty. British Columbia's Criminal Justice Branch says To...
Sep 06, 2016
Spill response base planned for Vancouver harbour if Trans Mountain proceeds
VANCOUVER - Western Canada Marine Response Corp. says it's moving ahead with plans to build a new on-water spill response base in Vancouver harbour, even though the project will only proceed if the Tr...
Sep 06, 2016
B.C. government will not reconsider tax on foreign homebuyers, says premier
VANCOUVER - The plunge in real estate sales and deceleration in price increases in the Vancouver area last month were exactly what the government was trying to manoeuvre, and Premier Christy Clark say...
Sep 06, 2016
Coquitlam man, 54, identified as pilot killed in Powell River plane crash
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died after a plane crash in Powell River on Sunday. He was 54-year-old David Tetarenko of Coquitlam, B.C. The s...
Sep 06, 2016
B.C. to restore ferry service on Central Coast to boost aboriginal tourism
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government will restore summer ferry service between Bella Coola and Port Hardy, after it cut a similar route in 2014, restricting access to aboriginal tourism sites a...
Sep 06, 2016
67th Annual Fall Fair and Rodeo a big success
BARRIERE, BC - It’s a tradition dating back almost seven decades. The North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo was held in Barriere this weekend, and is an event the community works hard to bring toge...
Sep 06, 2016
Mounties warn of sex attacks in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. - Mounties in Burnaby, B.C., are issuing a public warning after receiving reports of three separate sexually motivated assaults against women. Police say the attacks occurred between Sep...
Sep 06, 2016
B.C.’s health-care shortcomings violate patients’ constitutional rights: lawyers
VANCOUVER - British Columbia shouldn't be allowed to bar patients from taking action privately to meet their own medical needs if the government is failing them in the public health-care system, a cou...
Sep 06, 2016
Trial begins for man accused in mill shooting in Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - Jury selection will begin today in the trial of a man accused of killing two men and wounding two others during a shooting at a sawmill in Nanaimo, B.C. Michael Lunn and Fred McEachern...
Sep 06, 2016
Convicted rapist Larry Takahashi has not been seen in Vancouver, say police
Vancouver police say convicted rapist Larry Takahashi has not been seen in an east Vancouver neighbourhood. Someone has posted leaflets claiming to have seen the 63-year-old in the neighbourhood but A...
Sep 06, 2016
