Category Archives: British Columbia
Vernon man falls to his death
VERNON - A 32-year-old Vernon man, known to free climb, fell to his death and police say his body was discovered by members of the public who were out for an afternoon stroll on Saturday. Cpl. Spencer...
May 15, 2016
Two men charged in 2014 Clinton homicide
CLINTON, B.C. - Two men have been arrested in connection to a 2014 homicide in Clinton. Kodi Robert Tower, 27, Wyatt Lee Boffa, 26, were arrested on Friday, May 13 and later charged with one count of ...
May 15, 2016
More than 100 people lose homes after intense fire destroys B.C. apartment complex
WHITE ROCK, B.C. - More than 100 people have lost their homes after an intense fire engulfed an apartment building in Metro Vancouver over the weekend. The blaze flared up at a construction site in Wh...
May 15, 2016
Running water, flushing toilet coming to Victoria tent city homeless camp
VICTORIA - Plumbing is being installed at a tent city set up on the lawn of Victoria's court house. The province is installing running water and a flushing toilet at the homeless camp, where about 100...
May 14, 2016
B.C. man wins $5 million lotto but says he'd already won when he met his wife
VANCOUVER - A newly minted B.C. millionaire says he plans to spend his lottery winnings travelling the world and spoiling his wife. Burnaby resident David O'Brien won $5 million in the May 4 Lotto 6/4...
May 14, 2016
Missing B.C. kids’ Facebook photos show smiles but mom calls them ‘propaganda’
VANCOUVER - New photographs of four missing Vancouver Island siblings and an open letter posted in the name of their fugitive father have surfaced on a dedicated Facebook page that the children's mom ...
May 13, 2016
BC real estate market sets record pace
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Real Estate Association says the number of homes sold in the province was up 30 per cent last month over April of last year. It says a record 12,969 homes were sold ac...
May 13, 2016
Whistler residents urged to get vaccinated after eight mumps cases reported
WHISTLER, B.C. - Eight cases of mumps have been reported in young adults in Whistler, B.C., and Vancouver Coastal Health is urging residents to check their vaccination records. The highly contagious v...
May 13, 2016
Body of male found by worker in Abbotsford blueberry field
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Homicide investigators have been called to Abbotsford, B.C. after a body was found Wednesday in a rural blueberry field. Abbotsford police Sgt. Judy Bird says a farm workers made th...
May 12, 2016
Chicken rentals offer test runs for would-be backyard farmers wanting eggs
SAANICH, B.C. - Kate Fraser holds a big brown hen she calls Dr. Donna in her arms while her two-year-old son Coby tugs on the bird's leathery feet. Fraser, 34, says she always wanted to be a farm girl...
May 12, 2016
