Category Archives: British Columbia
Pilot dead following plane crash in downtown Powell River, B.C.
POWELL RIVER, B.C. - The pilot of a small plane is dead after the aircraft crashed in downtown Powell River, B.C. Cpl. Aubrey Hachey with the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre says the Piper twin-engi...
Sep 05, 2016
Family's stolen U-Haul located
VERNON, B.C. - It appears to be a happy ending in the case of a U-Haul truck stolen from Vernon. The truck was stolen from Ryan Prevost’s parent’s home on Okanagan Landing Road Wednesday n...
Sep 04, 2016
Researchers uncover genetic effects of prenatal alcohol exposure
VANCOUVER - Canadian researchers are one step closer to uncovering a biomarker associated with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder after identifying distinct patterns associated with the DNA of children w...
Sep 04, 2016
Targeted shooting leaves one dead, says Chilliwack, B.C., police
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - One man is dead while another has been critically injured following a shooting in the Fraser Valley Friday evening RCMP say shots were fired in a rural area east of Chilliwack's cit...
Sep 03, 2016
Vancouver home sales fall in August after new tax on foreign buyers
VANCOUVER - Home sales in the Vancouver area tumbled 26 per cent in August compared to the same month last year, as observers say a new tax on foreign buyers accelerated a cooling trend in the market....
Sep 02, 2016
Helicopter pilot expected to survive after serious crash
KAMLOOPS - A pilot who suffered serious injuries in a helicopter crash in the Cariboo Friday afternoon, Sep 2, is expected to live. Bill Yearwood of the Transportation Safety Board says the pilot was ...
Sep 02, 2016
RCMP urge end to B.C. vigilante groups targeting online predators
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's Integrated Child Exploitation unit wants vigilante groups to leave policing to the professionals after media attention on a group of civilians who are posting the nam...
Sep 02, 2016
Crews make progress on Lytton wildfire, evacuation order rescinded
KAMLOOPS - Firefighters in the Lytton area are beginning to get the upper hand over the South Spencer Road fire near the community. Fire Information Officer Max Birkner says the fire is still mapped a...
Sep 02, 2016
Is Vancouver’s housing market losing its sizzle? Some facts on August home sales
VANCOUVER - Some facts on home sale figures for August released Friday by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, the first month of data available since the B.C. government brought in a tax on fo...
Sep 02, 2016
Three B.C. teachers temporarily suspended over ‘Jar of Death’ punishments
SURREY, B.C. - Three high school teachers who failed to intervene when students organized a "Jar of Death" punishment at a camp have been disciplined by the agency that regulates educators' conduct in...
Sep 02, 2016
