Category Archives: British Columbia
Falling tree kills one person as strong gusts cut power to thousands in B.C.
VANCOUVER - A woman was killed inside her bedroom Thursday when high winds knocked a large tree onto a home during a storm that blasted across most of B.C.'s south coast. Sgt. Travis Carroll said the ...
Mar 10, 2016
Crews still searching for missing Prince George snowmobilers
PRINCE GEORGE - Crews continue to comb the shore and icy water, but still no sign of two missing snowmobilers. The pair part of a group that went sledding on the Salmon River Monday afternoon. Three m...
Mar 10, 2016
No injuries following Quesnel mill explosion
QUESNEL, B.C. - WorkSafeBC has launched an investigation into the cause of an explosion and fire at a forest products mill in Quesnel, B.C. WATCH: Update from our affiliate CKPG News Al Johnson, vice-...
Mar 09, 2016
Canada set to host HSBC World Sevens Series event for the first time
VANCOUVER - The Canadian rugby sevens team is of two minds these days. While the players want to do well in front of their home fans when the HSBC World Sevens Series visits Canada for the first time ...
Mar 09, 2016
Homeless Saskatchewan man given one-way bus ticket hopes for new life in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Two homeless Saskatchewan men who say they were given one-way bus tickets to British Columbia have arrived in Vancouver. Charles Neil-Curly, 23, has been homeless for about five months and...
Mar 09, 2016
Former WestJet employee says positive response to sex-assault story ‘wonderful’
VANCOUVER - A former WestJet flight attendant who lost her job after she reported being allegedly sexually assaulted by a pilot says she's been shocked by the positive response she's received since sh...
Mar 09, 2016
Snowmobilers fined after they were rescued from national park in B.C.
GOLDEN, B.C. - Three snowmobilers who were rescued from Glacier National Park in southeastern British Columbia have been handed fines under the National Parks Act. An online court document shows Rylan...
Mar 09, 2016
Scientists want federal environment minister to reject 'flawed' LNG report
VICTORIA - Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna should reject a "flawed" environmental draft report for the proposed $36 billion Petronas-backed liquefied natural gas plant on British Columb...
Mar 09, 2016
Explosive device found East of Sicamous, B.C.
SICAMOUS, B.C. - The Canadian Navy’s bomb squad was called to the Sicamous area to deal with an antique military ordinance found by a woman cleaning up garbage. RCMP Corporal Dan Moskaluk says t...
Mar 08, 2016
B.C. politician says tests found high lead levels in water at legislature
VICTORIA - An independent member of British Columbia's legislative assembly says tests reveal water at the 119-year-old legislature building has lead levels more than five times higher than provincial...
Mar 08, 2016
