Category Archives: British Columbia
Emergency crews fight apartment fire in North Vancouver, B.C.
VANCOUVER - Firefighters are battling a fire burning at an apartment building in North Vancouver, B.C. Media reports say at least two people have been taken to hospital for smoke inhalation. The fire ...
Jul 18, 2016
Highway 12 now open following mudslide
LILLOOET, BC - Highway 12 is now open following a mudslide 38 kilometers south of Lillooet on Sunday (July 17) afternoon.
Jul 17, 2016
Women entrepreneurs galvanized to disrupt male-dominated tech industry
VANCOUVER - Technology entrepreneur Tammy Meyers does a mental count every time she attends a business conference promoting the augmented reality company she co-founded. Almost always, she's one of th...
Jul 17, 2016
Jail program gives moms a new start, helps babies develop, advocates say
VANCOUVER - Mo Korchinski remembers what it was like being separated from her three children. Her struggle with addiction and cycle through British Columbia's corrections system led her to what she ca...
Jul 17, 2016
Surrey, B.C., sees 20 drug overdoses in less than 24 hours: health officials
SURREY, B.C. - Officials in Surrey, B.C., are warning people about potent illicit drugs after a jump in overdoses. The Fraser Health authority said Saturday afternoon that there have been 20 reported ...
Jul 16, 2016
Two women dead following apparent murder-suicide in Coquitlam, B.C.
COQUITLAM, B.C. - Police say the deaths of two women in Coquitlam, B.C., appear to be a murder-suicide. RCMP say officers responded to a call about a woman in medical distress (in the 1100 block of Ea...
Jul 16, 2016
Black Lives Matter Vancouver wants police float out of Pride parade
VANCOUVER - Black Lives Matter Vancouver is asking police to voluntarily withdraw their float from the upcoming Pride Parade, as a "show of solidarity and understanding" that officer involvement in th...
Jul 15, 2016
RCMP visit 'demoviction' protesters in Burnaby but occupants refuse to leave
BURNABY, B.C. - Mounties have paid a visit to protesters occupying a three-storey apartment building in Burnaby, B.C., but the activists are promising to stay until they're forced out. The group calle...
Jul 15, 2016
Calgary man, 21, dies from fall in Yoho National Park in Field, B.C
FIELD, B.C. - Mounties say a 21-year-old Calgary man has died from a fall in Yoho National Park in Field, B.C. RCMP say the man was hiking with a group of friends in the alpine above the Little Yoho C...
Jul 15, 2016
Marijuana charges stayed against Burnaby, B.C., Realtor after trial delays
VANCOUVER - Charges against a real estate agent stemming from a marijuana grow-op raid in Burnaby, B.C., aren't being proceeded with after it took nearly six years for the case to go to trial. A Briti...
Jul 15, 2016
