Category Archives: British Columbia
Fires set, windows smashed in riot at youth jail in Burnaby, B.C.: guards' union
BURNABY, B.C. - Officials say a riot at a young offenders jail in Burnaby, B.C., has caused extensive damage. Inmates started smashing microwaves, windows and other items in a living unit at the Burna...
Jul 20, 2016
Demoviction protesters removed or arrested from Burnaby, B.C., apartment
BURNABY, B.C. - Police have arrested seven people who occupied an empty apartment building in Burnaby, B.C., for nearly two weeks to protest recent evictions making way for a condo development project...
Jul 20, 2016
Vancouver-area train derails, believed to be on tracks servicing grain terminal
BURNABY, B.C. - A train has gone off the rails in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland. Burnaby Fire Chief Joe Robertson says a train was running on a private spur line that services a grain termin...
Jul 20, 2016
Emergency crews fight apartment fire in North Vancouver, B.C.
VANCOUVER - Firefighters are battling a fire burning at an apartment building in North Vancouver, B.C. Media reports say at least two people have been taken to hospital for smoke inhalation. The fire ...
Jul 20, 2016
B.C. mining code standards aims to eliminated disasters such as Mount Polley
VICTORIA - Mines Minister Bill Bennett says British Columbia is making changes to its mining code that sets standards to ensure that a disaster like the Mount Polley tailings pond collapse never happe...
Jul 20, 2016
B.C. to change human rights code to protect transgender rights
VANCOUVER - The provincial government will specifically protect transgender people under the B.C. Human Rights Code, reversing its position about 10 days before Vancouver's Pride Parade. Justice Minis...
Jul 20, 2016
No word from Cuban softball players who didn't show at B.C. tournament
SURREY, Canada - A pair of Cuban softball players who failed to show up for the Women’s World Softball Championship in Surrey, B.C., have not had any contact with their team for three days. Tour...
Jul 20, 2016
Vernon RCMP bust two licensed marijuana grow operations
VERNON, B.C. - RCMP executed two search warrants on a pair of licensed marijuana grow operations in Vernon this morning. Cpl Dan Moskaluk says police believe in both cases, they were being operated fo...
Jul 20, 2016
Demoviction protesters removed, arrested from Burnaby, B.C., apartment
BURNABY, B.C. - A group protesting so-called demovictions in Burnaby, B.C., has been evicted from an empty apartment building it has been occupying for 12 days. Natalie Knight says she and other prote...
Jul 20, 2016
Fires set, windows smashed in riot at youth jail in Burnaby, B.C.: guards’ union
BURNABY, B.C. - Officials say a riot at a young offenders jail in Burnaby, B.C., has caused extensive damage. Inmates started smashing microwaves, windows and other items in a living unit at the Burna...
Jul 20, 2016
