Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. coroner urges safer road design to protect child pedestrians, cyclist
VANCOUVER - One winter afternoon, a student and a friend were dropped off by a transit bus along a British Columbia highway. Traffic was heavy, and there was no controlled crossing for pedestrians nea...
Jun 15, 2016
Japan gives kudos to king of Vancouver sushi kitchen, chef Hidekazu Tojo
VANCOUVER - When Hidekazu Tojo began preparing sushi at a modest Japanese restaurant in Vancouver 45 years ago, customers were squeamish about eating raw fish wrapped in seaweed. So the 21-year-old ch...
Jun 15, 2016
Evening shooting on Vancouver Island critically injures two people
SOOKE, B.C. - A shooting has prompted a manhunt in Sooke, B.C., about 40 kilometres west of Victoria. Staff Sgt. Jeff McArthur confirms two Sooke residents were rushed to hospital following the drive-...
Jun 15, 2016
Investigation planned after B.C. student severely hurt in shop accident
SALMON ARM , B.C. - An investigation is getting underway in the North Okanagan-Shuswap school district after a serious accident in a secondary school shop class. Superintendent Glenn Borthistle says i...
Jun 15, 2016
‘It was in good shape:’ Alberta farmer performs highway C-section on dying doe
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - An Alberta man was moving an injured deer off a highway in British Columbia when he saw a tiny hoof sticking out of its belly. Sean Steele was on his way to visit family in Princ...
Jun 15, 2016
Former Victoria seniors home to house 140 homeless, including tent city campers
VICTORIA - British Columbia's housing minister says he's hoping people living at a homeless camp in Victoria will choose to leave peacefully now that more accommodation will soon be available for them...
Jun 15, 2016
Police identify 29-year-old Coquitlam, B.C., man as victim of fatal shooting
BURNABY, B.C. - Police have identified the man who was killed in a shooting in a Burnaby, B.C., neighbourhood. The Integrated Homicide Investigation team says the victim was 29-year-old Christopher Hu...
Jun 15, 2016
RCMP investigating three sex assault allegations against student: SFU
VANCOUVER - An official at Simon Fraser University says the RCMP are investigating after three allegations of sexual assault were made by female students against a male student. Vice-president of acad...
Jun 14, 2016
B.C. lags behind provinces on climate change actions: Pembina Institute
VICTORIA - The Pembina Institute says British Columbia is a climate- change laggard despite its eight-year-old carbon tax on fossil fuels. The environmental think tank says in a report that harmful gr...
Jun 14, 2016
Snow possible on the Coquihalla Highway
KAMLOOPS - Summer is just six days away, but there is some unwelcome words for travellers from Environment Canada Forecaster Lisa Coldwells today. “If you are going to be traveling on the Coquih...
Jun 14, 2016
