Category Archives: British Columbia
Prince William and Kate thank Canada for hospitality as tour winds down
VICTORIA - The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge expressed their gratitude Saturday for the welcome they received as they wrapped up their tour of B.C. and Yukon by bringing attention to social and mental...
Oct 01, 2016
B.C. says Petronas is not considering sale of proposed LNG terminal
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government says the main stakeholder in a proposed liquefied natural gas export terminal is not considering selling its stake in the multibillion-dollar project. The M...
Sep 30, 2016
War canoe takes Prince William and Kate to Haida Gwaii as royal tour winds down
HAIDA GWAII, B.C. - Prince William and Kate arrived at a small village off the coast of B.C. on Friday in a replica 15-metre Haida war canoe, ferried to the remote island by paddlers wearing T-shirts ...
Sep 30, 2016
Suspect arrested after missing Japanese ESL student found dead in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The mysterious disappearance of a Japanese woman studying English in Vancouver is now a police investigation into her death. Police announced Friday that the body of 30-year-old Natsumi Ko...
Sep 30, 2016
Search to resume for 65-year-old hiker on Vancouver's North Shore mountains
VANCOUVER - An air and ground search Thursday found no trace of a hiker missing on the mountains of Vancouver's North Shore but rescuers expected to be back on the trails Friday morning, looking for a...
Sep 30, 2016
Canoeing, fishing planned as Royal Tour heads to coastal islands of Haida Gwaii
HAIDA GWAII, B.C. - First Nations art and a coastal fishing trip are on the itinerary for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as they spend their final full day in Canada at the remote West Coast archip...
Sep 30, 2016
Two arrests made in two separate homicide cases in Vancouver
VANCOUBER, B.C. - Vancouver police say arrests have been made in two unrelated cases of bodies that were found at opposite ends of the city. Police say the body of a man was found on the property of a...
Sep 29, 2016
B.C. city inks deal requiring foreign-language bus-stop ads be half in English
RICHMOND, B.C. - A Vancouver-area city where nearly half the residents identify as ethnically Chinese is requiring that all bus-stop ads be at least 50-per-cent English. Richmond signed a contract ear...
Sep 29, 2016
Police ask Good Samaritan to call them after attempted abduction of teenage girl
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Police in Abbotsford, B.C., are appealing to a Good Samaritan to contact them, saying he helped a 16-year-old girl during an attempted abduction and could assist investigators. Poli...
Sep 29, 2016
B.C. man who thought he’d have sex with woman’s daughter gets big surprise
BURNABY, B.C. - RCMP say a 56-year-old British Columbia man has been arrested and charged with child pornography offences after meeting a woman with the intention of sexually exploiting her daughter. ...
Sep 29, 2016
