Category Archives: British Columbia
Highway 97 to reopen west of Chetwynd, B.C., following severe floods
VICTORIA - A major stretch of highway in northeastern B.C. from Mackenzie Junction to Chetwynd is set to reopen, one week after it was closed by severe flooding. Transportation Minister Todd Stone adv...
Jun 23, 2016
Winnepeg Jets T-shirt made by company licensed to sell NHL stock shocker for fan
KELOWNA, B.C. - A lifelong Winnipeg Jets fan was shocked to learn she'd bought a team T-shirt with the city's name misspelled as Winnepeg. Heather Prevalnig, 33, said she paid $30 for the T-shirt at a...
Jun 23, 2016
Do you resemble van Gogh? Douglas Coupland wants you for his latest art piece
VANCOUVER - Paging Vincent van Gogh lookalikes: Douglas Coupland wants to transform you into a work of art - and he's willing to pay. The Vancouver-based artist is embarking on a global search for an ...
Jun 23, 2016
Coroner details fatal fall, frantic rescue effort in Wells Gray Park
KAMLOOPS - The BC Coroners Service has revealed details into the death of a young Danish woman who died in Wells Gray Provincial Park last Friday. According to a news release, 20 year old Mia Nrgaard ...
Jun 22, 2016
Vancouver mayor pushes B.C. to tax empty homes or he will act alone
Vancouver's mayor says he's prepared to go it alone if the British Columbia government doesn't help boost the city's near-zero vacancy rate by establishing a tax on empty homes as leverage against pro...
Jun 22, 2016
Hungry B.C. bear ransacks car for protein-bar payoff
VANCOUVER - Another hungry bear searching for food ransacked a car in suburban Vancouver. Police say a bear smashed into a vehicle that was parked in front of a home in North Vancouver to get the prot...
Jun 22, 2016
Death of sea stars in Howe Sound reveals ecological domino effect
VANCOUVER - The mass death of sea stars in British Columbia's Howe Sound has created a trickle-down effect that a researcher says should be a warning about the depletion of any species in the ocean. S...
Jun 22, 2016
UBC says acclaimed writer Steven Galloway removed over breach of trust
VANCOUVER - A woman who complained to the University of British Columbia about the chair of its writing program says she's glad the acclaimed writer is no longer employed by the school. The university...
Jun 22, 2016
Summer heat wave may be reason for winter deaths of endangered marmot species
NANAIMO, B.C. - Experts monitoring the critically endangered Vancouver Island marmot say three dozen of the animals have died over the winter in the central island region of Strathcona. Biologist Adam...
Jun 22, 2016
Private investigator takes up search for missing Merritt man
MERRITT, B.C. - A private investigation firm based in the Lower Mainland is reviving the cold case of a missing Merritt man. On October 22, 2013, 44 year old Dean Morrison went missing from the Stump ...
Jun 22, 2016
