Category Archives: British Columbia
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
Family of 13 devastated after fire levels home
KAMLOOPS - A family of 13 is facing the unimaginable, after their family home burned to the ground over the weekend near 100 Mile House. On Saturday, July 30, most of the Duits family was celebrating ...
Aug 04, 2016
Molson lifts the lid on its new Chilliwack, B.C., location
VANCOUVER - Molson-Coors (TSX:TPX.A) has announced it's moving its British Columbia brewing operations to the Fraser Valley after issuing a last call for its iconic facility in Vancouver. The company ...
Aug 04, 2016
Ardent nationalist, author and publisher Mel Hurtig dies at age of 84
VANCOUVER - Mel Hurtig, the ardent nationalist behind “The Canadian Encyclopedia,” died of pneumonia Wednesday in a Vancouver hospital. He was 84. His death was confirmed by Barbara Hurtig...
Aug 04, 2016
Home sales in Vancouver last month fell to lowest level since January
Vancouver's booming housing market, one of the hottest in North America, may be showing signs of cooling after home sales fell last month to their lowest level since January. A total of 3,226 resident...
Aug 03, 2016
Two injured as cyclist shoots at car, car hits cyclist in West Kelowna, B.C.
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - A cyclist is in police custody after shots were fired at a car in West Kelowna, B.C. RCMP spokesman Const. Jesse O'Donaghey says a 48-year-old man was in his car Tuesday night whe...
Aug 03, 2016
Vancouver International airport sees spike in Latin American traffic
VANCOUVER - A sharp spike in travel to Latin America helped boost Vancouver International Airport's passenger numbers in the first half of 2016. Overall, the airport saw 10.5 million passengers betwee...
Aug 03, 2016
Mount Polley mine disaster hits 2-year mark, fallout still causes divisions
VICTORIA - It’s been almost two years since millions of cubic metres of mining waste gushed from a tailings pond into rivers, lakes and streams at the Mount Polley mine in British Columbia’...
Aug 03, 2016
