Category Archives: British Columbia
Forty years of flying experience brings happy end to B.C. plane crash saga
SURREY, B.C. - When an experienced Surrey, B.C., pilot agreed to take a friend and a Polish visitor on a short sightseeing flight over the snow-covered mountains north of Vancouver, he had no idea the...
Jun 07, 2016
Two cyclists OK, bikes badly damaged, after hit-and-run near Grand Forks, B.C.
GRAND FORKS, B.C. - Two cyclists are recovering from minor injuries after being hit by a vehicle while taking part in a privately-organized cycling event near Grand Forks, in southern B.C. RCMP say th...
Jun 07, 2016
SAR: capsized boat on Thompson River was empty
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Search and Rescue was called out to the Thompson River in the Ashcroft area yesterday, but in this case, volunteers were quite happy to come away without finding anyone. The organi...
Jun 07, 2016
Port Alberni to be site of massive 9.0 earthquake, tsunami disaster drill
VICTORIA - British Columbia's government is spending $1.2 million on a massive earthquake drill to prepare for the real thing, which forecasters say has one-in-three odds of hitting the West Coast in ...
Jun 07, 2016
Donated WWII Japanese internment camp photos show slice of normal life
VANCOUVER - The black and white picture shows teenage girls posing for the camera with their clothes neatly pressed, their hair in perfect movie star pin curls, but the background of a dilapidated Sec...
Jun 07, 2016
Speed stop nets police 15 pounds of pot
BLUE RIVER, B.C. - RCMP in Clearwater say a speeding stop in a construction zone netted an unexpected surprise. On May 25th, Mounties pulled over a vehicle near a construction zone on Highway 5 near B...
Jun 06, 2016
Minor train derailment cleaned up near Ashcroft
ASHCROFT, B.C. - CN Rail crews made quick work of a minor derailment overnight near Ashcroft. Michelle Allen, Chief Administrative Officer with the Village of Ashcroft indicated 7 empty rail cars left...
Jun 06, 2016
Family at centre of assisted dying law says Ottawa failed to listen
VANCOUVER - One of the key plaintiffs in the court battle for physician-assisted death is celebrating the historic decision coming into effect, but says the government's handling of the new law is a b...
Jun 06, 2016
Final arguments begin in B.C. terrorism trial with focus on ‘spiritual guidance’
VANCOUVER - The lawyer for a man found guilty of planning to bomb the British Columbia legislature says the RCMP broke the law by supplying her client and his common-law wife with the means and the sp...
Jun 06, 2016
Plane missing on B.C.’s south coast found, all three passengers safe
VANCOUVER - Rescue crews say a single-engine plane missing from British Columbia's south coast has been found and all three passengers are safe. A spokeswoman for the Joint Rescue Co-Ordination Centre...
Jun 06, 2016
