Category Archives: British Columbia
Police search for whoever toppled four Surrey power poles with chainsaw
SURREY, B.C. - BC Hydro and Mounties in Surrey, B.C., want to find the vandal who used a chainsaw to topple four transmission poles in the city's Green Timbers neighbourhood. The Crown utility says th...
Apr 13, 2016
B.C. investigators to tackle money laundering through illegal gaming
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is attempting to crack down on money laundering at casinos with help from the province's anti-gang police agency and strategies that encourage gamblers to come without a w...
Apr 12, 2016
Okanagan Falls man victim of Yellowhead crash
KELOWNA - The BC Coroners Service has identified a man who died in a crash on the Yellowhead Highway near Clearwater Saturday. He was 61 year old Okanagan Falls resident Gary Dwayne Flath. Flath was d...
Apr 12, 2016
Concord Development confirms plans for newly purchased Molson lands in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Property developer Concord Pacific is the new owner of a prime piece of real estate on the south side of Vancouver's False Creek, but its plans for the land may run into zoning trouble. In...
Apr 12, 2016
Police to march ahead of today’s funeral for B.C. Mountie killed in crash
LANGFORD, B.C. - A public funeral will be held near Victoria today for RCMP Const. Sarah Beckett who was killed a week ago when her cruiser was hit broadside by a pickup truck. The regimental ceremony...
Apr 12, 2016
Kelowna grandmother $50M Lotto Max winner
KAMLOOPS - A Kelowna grandmother says she only hoped to win a $1 million Maxmillion prize in Friday’s Lotto Max draw. Today, 80 year old June Bergh is $50 million richer. Bergh was introduced as...
Apr 12, 2016
Two people dead in crash of small plane in Nakusp area of B.C
NAKUSP, B.C. - Two people are dead after a small private plane crashed in the mountains of southeastern British Columbia. The Transportation Safety Board says a single-engine Rockwell 112B took off fr...
Apr 12, 2016
Wildfire pops up near 70 Mile House
70 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Wildfire crews are rushing to assess a new wildfire near the Bonaparte recreation site southeast of 70 Mile House. The blaze was reported earlier today and is burning in grasslan...
Apr 11, 2016
Mining sector eyes treetop needles, bark for help with hitting pay dirt
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's trees could hold the key to identifying promising new mineral deposits hidden across the province. A provincial science group is set to release the results of an innovat...
Apr 11, 2016
B.C. forms investigation team to tackle money laundering, illegal gaming
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is attempting to crack down on money laundering at casinos with help from the province's anti-gang police agency. Finance Minister Mike de Jong says 22 officers with the C...
Apr 11, 2016
