Category Archives: British Columbia
Parks Canada scales back recovery operation for missing Calgary boy
FIELD, B.C. - Parks Canada says it has scaled back the recovery operation for an 11-year-old Calgary boy who fell into the Yoho River in southeastern B.C. Two boys ended up in the river near the Takka...
Jul 23, 2016
Driver injured after shooting, crash in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A 23-year-old man is in hospital following a shooting in Abbotsford, B.C., early Saturday morning. Abbotsford Police say they received reports of shots fired and a single vehicle cr...
Jul 23, 2016
Village of Chase seeking votes for new skate park
CHASE B.C. - The Village of Chase is one of four finalists in the Kraft Heinz Project Play Contest. The Chase & District Skate Park was one 820 public spaces nominated for revitalization across th...
Jul 22, 2016
Sunny outlook for Shuswap tourism sector
SCOTCH CREEK,B.C. - With the weekend now upon us, thousands of people will be heading out to the Shuswap and other area lakes to cash in on the sunshine and beautiful weather. Summer has been slow to ...
Jul 22, 2016
B.C. coroner’s jury calls for limits on time spent by inmates in segregation
BURNABY, B.C. - A coroner's jury looking into the suicide of an inmate at the medium-security Matsqui Institution in British Columbia's Fraser Valley has made 25 recommendations aimed at saving lives....
Jul 22, 2016
Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec reach deal to allow online wine purchases
WHITEHORSE - The premiers of Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec have agreed to allow online purchases of wine from each other’s provinces. The deal will allow consumers to buy wine through eac...
Jul 22, 2016
Home sales down in Metro Vancouver: Conference Board of Canada report
VANCOUVER - Home sales fell in Metro Vancouver for a fourth straight month in June, but aspiring homeowners shouldn't celebrate yet - it's still a seller's market. A new report from the Conference Boa...
Jul 22, 2016
Legendary band the Tragically Hip kicks off farewell tour in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Avril Hughes has followed the Tragically Hip since seeing the band in concert in the 1980s, so she didn't think twice about making the long road trip from her home in California to British...
Jul 22, 2016
Man pleads guilty to attacks on people linked to B.C. Justice Institute
VANCOUVER - Families with links to a British Columbia justice training centre were among the targets in the firebombings and shootings of their homes and vehicles by a man who has pleaded guilty to or...
Jul 21, 2016
B.C. posts $730 million surplus, housing revenues continue to fill coffers
VICTORIA - Final public accounting for the year shows British Columbia with a surplus budget of more than double what was predicted in the last provincial budget. Finance Minister Mike de Jong says th...
Jul 21, 2016
