Category Archives: British Columbia
California family rushes through home purchase before B.C.’s foreign tax
VANCOUVER - The Pate family was terrified their offer on the Vancouver condominium would be accepted. Just hours after riding rented bicycles to a bank and transferring enough U.S. dollars for the 50 ...
Aug 05, 2016
Police arrest man on sex assault charges after months long investigation
KELOWNA, B.C. - A suspect has been arrested this week in British Columbia on charges of assault, sexual assault and forcing a person to have sexual intercourse. RCMP say Simon Rypiak, also known as Si...
Aug 05, 2016
Chivalry could rule in Kimberley, B.C., as organizers mull medieval contest
KIMBERLEY, B.C. - A southeastern British Columbia city could soon begin brushing up on heraldry, the chivalric code and everything medieval as it mulls a knightly proposal. Two Alberta groups whose me...
Aug 05, 2016
Major crash on the Coquihalla highway between Merritt and Hope
KAMLOOPS -The Coquihalla Highway has reopened in both directions now that emergency officials have cleared the crash scene near Box Canyon. BC Ambulance Service says there were seven patients involved...
Aug 05, 2016
Asian businessman Zhang purchases Cowichan Capitals junior A franchise
DUNCAN, B.C. - Ray Zhang isn't wasting any time establishing roots in his new home. The businessman from Beijing has become the majority owner of the Cowichan Valley Capitals, a junior A franchise in ...
Aug 05, 2016
Mounties looking for souped-up Jeep after Cache Creek theft
CACHE CREEK - Mounties hope someone in BC can help them find a stolen pickup truck that was towing a car trailer loaded with a unique, modified jeep. The truck, trailer and jeep vanished from outside ...
Aug 05, 2016
Protestors claim member injured at Mount Polley mine site
VICTORIA - The second anniversary of a mining disaster in British Columbia's central Interior was marked with a First Nations protest and a pledge from the company that the situation has improved at t...
Aug 05, 2016
Fight in B.C. pre-trial centre results in death of inmate: police
SURREY, B.C. - Homicide detectives are investigating the death of an inmate at the Pretrial Centre in Surrey, B.C. Police say a 25-year-old man died early Thursday morning in hospital after getting in...
Aug 05, 2016
B.C. fire crews’ radio equipment ‘deliberately’ vandalized: officials
CASTLEGAR, B.C. - Wildfire officials say vandals near Creston, B.C., have destroyed crucial radio equipment used to keep firefighters safe. Fire information officer Carlee Kachman says someone broke i...
Aug 04, 2016
Protesters gathers outside Mount Polley mine, site of disaster 2 years ago
VICTORIA - The second anniversary of a mining disaster in British Columbia's central Interior was marked with a First Nations protest and a pledge from the company that the situation has improved at t...
Aug 04, 2016
