Category Archives: British Columbia
Inspections halt boats carrying invasive mussels from entering B.C. waters
VERNON, B.C. - British Columbia's lakes and rivers remain free of invasive mussel species, but that may be due mainly to the vigilance of the BC Conservation Officer Service. Since April 1, a team of ...
Jun 03, 2016
High-climbing bear cub coaxed off dangerous perch on Vancouver Island
PORT HARDY, B.C. - A baby bruin with a penchant for poles picked the wrong one near Port Hardy, on northern Vancouver Island. But the curious cub will be OK after reconsidering its perilous perch. BC ...
Jun 03, 2016
Kelowna RCMP arrest man and woman accused of late-night hot tub hijinks
KELOWNA, B.C. - Kelowna RCMP have arrested a couple accused of taking a late-night dip in somebody else's hot tub. Security camera footage taken last week caught a man and a woman trespassing on a Kel...
Jun 03, 2016
Variable speed signs activated on B.C. highways
KAMLOOPS - They have been installed and tested, now variable speed signs are up and running in B.C. The signs went live this morning, June 2, with Transportation Minister Todd Stone demonstrating how ...
Jun 02, 2016
Suspect arrested after mail theft, damage to mailboxes in Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - Nanaimo RCMP have arrested a 39-year-old man after a string of thefts from community mailboxes. Police say a suspect was identified after Mounties worked with Canada Post to investigat...
Jun 02, 2016
Leon Reinbrecht sentenced to three years for fatal Shuswap boat crash
KAMLOOPS - The ongoing legal saga involving Leon Reinbrecht finally appears to have come to an end. In BC Supreme Court this afternoon, Reinbrecht was sentenced to three years in prison after he was c...
Jun 02, 2016
High demand, low inventory equals record housing sales in Greater Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says May was another record-breaking month for housing sales in the region, with sellers continuing to rule the market. The board says homes are ...
Jun 02, 2016
Father of B.C. children contacts RCMP, assures police they are safe
COMOX VALLEY, B.C. - Mounties on Vancouver Island say a father who is alleged to have abducted his four children and fled to the Middle East has contacted investigators and assured them the kids are s...
Jun 02, 2016
Suspect arrested following highway crash involving Burnaby Mountie
BURNABY, B.C. - RCMP say an officer with the Burnaby, B.C., detachment was injured while investigating two vehicles for suspected street racing. The vehicles had been stopped by Port Mann Traffic Serv...
Jun 02, 2016
Crow attacks tracked with new online map, hundreds documented so far
VANCOUVER - People with ornithophobia have a new tool to fight their fear of birds - a map that tracks crow attacks. Instructors at Langara College in Vancouver used open-source software to create the...
Jun 02, 2016
