Category Archives: British Columbia
Surrey, B.C., man accused of running terrorist training camp seeks PM's help
VANCOUVER - A man accused in a media report of training Sikh terrorists at a training camp in British Columbia has written to the prime minister asking for help to clear his name. The Times of India r...
Jun 02, 2016
Hearing shows ‘Swirl Face’ was proud of reputation after release from Thai jail
VANCOUVER - Christopher Neil had been free in Canada for only months after serving time in a Thailand prison for sexually abusing young boys when police allege he started bragging about his past and s...
Jun 02, 2016
Quick-thinking victim helps Transit Police make arrest in SkyTrain assault
VANCOUVER - A young woman who endured a nearly 30-minute assault by a fellow transit passenger on Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain is being praised for helping to nab the suspect. Transit Police spokeswoman...
Jun 02, 2016
Fatal accident blamed on 'roof surfing'
VERNON, B.C. - Police say a 27-year-old man is dead after the car he was riding on top of rolled over in Vernon, B.C. RCMP say they received a report of a single vehicle collision early Wednesday morn...
Jun 01, 2016
B.C. expands drug program touted as saving money but patients say it costs them
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has expanded a drug program that provides patients with cheaper medications to treat the same illness, but critics say seniors and low-income people will be forced to pay ...
Jun 01, 2016
McDonald’s wraps sustainable beef pilot as cattle ranchers embrace verification
VANCOUVER - McDonald's Canada has wrapped a pilot project to verify cattle ranches as producing sustainable beef, an initiative that one expert says could be a game-changer for the industry. The Canad...
Jun 01, 2016
B.C. Appeal Court upholds attempt to charge accused polygamist
VANCOUVER - The leader of a fundamentalist religious community has lost his attempt to have a polygamy charge filed against him derailed at the B.C. Court of Appeal. Winston Blackmore's lawyers wanted...
Jun 01, 2016
Fatal 2015 hit-and-run in Abbotsford, B.C., leads to criminal charge
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A charge has now been laid, 16 months after a fatal hit-and-run crash in Abbotsford, B.C. A release from the Abbotsford Police Department says 39-year-old Kerry James Froese has bee...
Jun 01, 2016
Pedophile dubbed 'Swirl Face' sentenced to 5 1/2 years by B.C. judge
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A British Columbia man convicted of producing online child pornography in Cambodia where he disguised his face with a swirl has been sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison. With ti...
Jun 01, 2016
Vancouver police arrest 33-year-old man they believe attacked two seniors
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver have arrested a man they believe is behind two random attacks on elderly women. An 84-year-old woman was sitting on her walker waiting for a ride on a busy street last ...
Jun 01, 2016
