Category Archives: British Columbia
Crews call off search for Burnaby, B.C., swimmer missing in Fraser River
SURREY, B.C. - Police say the search has been called off for a missing swimmer in the Fraser River. Surrey RCMP say the man was some people drinking alcohol and having a bonfire on the beach when they...
Jun 04, 2016
Safety issues, increased crime reasons to shut down tent city: B.C. government
VICTORIA - British Columbia's housing minister says the province now has a stronger case for evicting campers who have set up a tent city on the lawn of Victoria's courthouse. The government has filed...
Jun 04, 2016
Whistler mumps outbreak spreads to Lower Mainland, 41 now infected
WHISTLER, B.C. - A mumps outbreak in Whistler, B.C., has spread to nearby municipalities. Vancouver Coastal Health says 41 people in Whistler, Squamish, North Vancouver and Vancouver have been reporte...
Jun 04, 2016
Volunteers give Ashcroft landmark a new look
ASHCROFT - From 1881 to 1884, 17,000 Chinese workers came to British Columbia to help build the Canadian Pacific Railway. They were paid less than their white counterparts, and often given the most da...
Jun 03, 2016
Four small B.C. dogs need surgery after eating meat laced with razor shards
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A Chilliwack, B.C., woman says she's horrified that pieces of cooked meat with shards of razor blades hidden inside were left in her yard for her four Pomeranian dogs to find. Chris...
Jun 03, 2016
B.C. man’s appeal of body-shaving sexual assault conviction dismissed
KELOWNA, B.C. - The B.C. Court of Appeal has dismissed the case of a man convicted of sexual assault for shaving the body hair of a young man who passed out at his home. A lower court heard that Micha...
Jun 03, 2016
Some say the fate of British Columbia’s old-growth forests rests in the balance
SAANICH, B.C. - The Douglas fir Andy MacKinnon leans against is 40 metres tall. It's likely more than 500 years old and its fire-scarred trunk is almost two metres in diameter. In most other countries...
Jun 03, 2016
Inspections halt boats carrying invasive mussels from entering B.C. waters
VERNON, B.C. - British Columbia's lakes and rivers remain free of invasive mussel species, but that may be due mainly to the vigilance of the BC Conservation Officer Service. Since April 1, a team of ...
Jun 03, 2016
High-climbing bear cub coaxed off dangerous perch on Vancouver Island
PORT HARDY, B.C. - A baby bruin with a penchant for poles picked the wrong one near Port Hardy, on northern Vancouver Island. But the curious cub will be OK after reconsidering its perilous perch. BC ...
Jun 03, 2016
Kelowna RCMP arrest man and woman accused of late-night hot tub hijinks
KELOWNA, B.C. - Kelowna RCMP have arrested a couple accused of taking a late-night dip in somebody else's hot tub. Security camera footage taken last week caught a man and a woman trespassing on a Kel...
Jun 03, 2016
