Category Archives: British Columbia
Leon Reinbrecht sentenced to three years for fatal Shuswap boat crash
KAMLOOPS - The ongoing legal saga involving Leon Reinbrecht finally appears to have come to an end. In BC Supreme Court this afternoon, Reinbrecht was sentenced to three years in prison after he was c...
Jun 02, 2016
High demand, low inventory equals record housing sales in Greater Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says May was another record-breaking month for housing sales in the region, with sellers continuing to rule the market. The board says homes are ...
Jun 02, 2016
Father of B.C. children contacts RCMP, assures police they are safe
COMOX VALLEY, B.C. - Mounties on Vancouver Island say a father who is alleged to have abducted his four children and fled to the Middle East has contacted investigators and assured them the kids are s...
Jun 02, 2016
Suspect arrested following highway crash involving Burnaby Mountie
BURNABY, B.C. - RCMP say an officer with the Burnaby, B.C., detachment was injured while investigating two vehicles for suspected street racing. The vehicles had been stopped by Port Mann Traffic Serv...
Jun 02, 2016
Crow attacks tracked with new online map, hundreds documented so far
VANCOUVER - People with ornithophobia have a new tool to fight their fear of birds - a map that tracks crow attacks. Instructors at Langara College in Vancouver used open-source software to create the...
Jun 02, 2016
Surrey, B.C., man accused of running terrorist training camp seeks PM's help
VANCOUVER - A man accused in a media report of training Sikh terrorists at a training camp in British Columbia has written to the prime minister asking for help to clear his name. The Times of India r...
Jun 02, 2016
Hearing shows ‘Swirl Face’ was proud of reputation after release from Thai jail
VANCOUVER - Christopher Neil had been free in Canada for only months after serving time in a Thailand prison for sexually abusing young boys when police allege he started bragging about his past and s...
Jun 02, 2016
Quick-thinking victim helps Transit Police make arrest in SkyTrain assault
VANCOUVER - A young woman who endured a nearly 30-minute assault by a fellow transit passenger on Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain is being praised for helping to nab the suspect. Transit Police spokeswoman...
Jun 02, 2016
Fatal accident blamed on 'roof surfing'
VERNON, B.C. - Police say a 27-year-old man is dead after the car he was riding on top of rolled over in Vernon, B.C. RCMP say they received a report of a single vehicle collision early Wednesday morn...
Jun 01, 2016
B.C. expands drug program touted as saving money but patients say it costs them
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has expanded a drug program that provides patients with cheaper medications to treat the same illness, but critics say seniors and low-income people will be forced to pay ...
Jun 01, 2016
