Category Archives: British Columbia
Vancouver teen engineers bacteria to win top prize at biggest school contest
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver student who won the top prize at the world's largest high school competition says four years of doing experiments taught him that patience and passion are keys to success. Aust...
May 16, 2016
Evacuation, alerts for northeastern B.C. wildfires as winds kick up
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - Strong winds, high temperatures and no sign of rain could mean another difficult week for crews battling wildfires in northeastern British Columbia. Fire information officer Kevi...
May 15, 2016
Customers, especially millennials, driving changes to beef industry standards
VANCOUVER - When Ben Campbell heard Earls was switching to Certified Humane beef from the U.S., he had a different reaction than many Alberta ranchers. The 32-year-old raises grass-fed cattle without ...
May 15, 2016
Second Surrey shooting in 24 hours sends man to hospital, police investigating
SURREY, B.C. - Police in Surrey, B.C., are investigating the city's 37th shooting of the year. The RCMP say officers responded around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday to several reports of gunfire (around the in...
May 15, 2016
Vernon man falls to his death
VERNON - A 32-year-old Vernon man, known to free climb, fell to his death and police say his body was discovered by members of the public who were out for an afternoon stroll on Saturday. Cpl. Spencer...
May 15, 2016
Two men charged in 2014 Clinton homicide
CLINTON, B.C. - Two men have been arrested in connection to a 2014 homicide in Clinton. Kodi Robert Tower, 27, Wyatt Lee Boffa, 26, were arrested on Friday, May 13 and later charged with one count of ...
May 15, 2016
More than 100 people lose homes after intense fire destroys B.C. apartment complex
WHITE ROCK, B.C. - More than 100 people have lost their homes after an intense fire engulfed an apartment building in Metro Vancouver over the weekend. The blaze flared up at a construction site in Wh...
May 15, 2016
Running water, flushing toilet coming to Victoria tent city homeless camp
VICTORIA - Plumbing is being installed at a tent city set up on the lawn of Victoria's court house. The province is installing running water and a flushing toilet at the homeless camp, where about 100...
May 14, 2016
B.C. man wins $5 million lotto but says he'd already won when he met his wife
VANCOUVER - A newly minted B.C. millionaire says he plans to spend his lottery winnings travelling the world and spoiling his wife. Burnaby resident David O'Brien won $5 million in the May 4 Lotto 6/4...
May 14, 2016
Missing B.C. kids’ Facebook photos show smiles but mom calls them ‘propaganda’
VANCOUVER - New photographs of four missing Vancouver Island siblings and an open letter posted in the name of their fugitive father have surfaced on a dedicated Facebook page that the children's mom ...
May 13, 2016
