Category Archives: British Columbia
Passengers taken off Vancouver-to-Maui WestJet flight after tire blows on runway
VANCOUVER - A Maui-bound WestJet (TSX:WJA) flight aborted takeoff today in Vancouver after the aircraft blew a tire. WestJet spokeswoman Lauren Stewart says Flight 1876 was supposed to depart at 10 a....
Feb 01, 2016
Police investigating sudden death near Hixon
HIXON, B.C. - RCMP and the BC Coroners Service are investigating a report of a sudden death in the community of Hixon. RCMP were called to the scene around 6am, February 1. The body of an adult female...
Feb 01, 2016
Toddler unhurt, man found dead after standoff near Fort St. John, B.C.
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - A two-year-old boy is safe after an 11-hour standoff in a northeastern British Columbia home, but police say a man who allegedly held the child has died. Fort St. John RCMP say o...
Feb 01, 2016
Landmark deal protects huge swath of central B.C. coast from logging
VANCOUVER - A jewel in the crown of British Columbia's magnificent landscape - the Great Bear Rainforest - has been largely protected from logging in a landmark agreement between First Nations, forest...
Feb 01, 2016
B.C. chief coroner expects to know cause of deadly avalanche that killed five
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Coroner's Service is confident it will pinpoint the cause of an avalanche near the community of McBride that killed five Alberta snowmobilers last week. Coroner Barb McLintock say...
Feb 01, 2016
Former B.C. premier Bill Bennett’s accomplishments celebrated at memorial
KELOWNA, B.C. - A former British Columbia premier is being remembered as a warm, witty man who helped guide the province out of a recession. A celebration of Bill Bennett's life was held in his hometo...
Jan 31, 2016
‘Bigger than thou’: Awestruck snowmobilers won’t stop after 5 avalanche deaths
MCBRIDE, B.C. - The day after a colossal avalanche killed five snowmobilers in eastern British Columbia, Thea Pelletier climbed aboard her machine and returned to the backcountry wilderness. She unfas...
Jan 31, 2016
Two B.C. byelections see parties field testing tactics ahead of 2017 election
VICTORIA - Two British Columbia byelections to fill vacant Metro Vancouver seats are being fought against a much larger political backdrop than who wins or loses. Premier Christy Clark's Liberals, the...
Jan 31, 2016
Man found dead in Vancouver apartment first murder of 2016: police
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Police are investigating the city's first homicide of 2016. Const. Brian Montague says in a release a body was discovered in an apartment Saturday night (on Granville Street near...
Jan 31, 2016
Missing snowboarder found dead on Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A 40-year-old Surrey man who went missing while snowboarding on Cypress Mountain has been found dead. Mike Danks of North Shore Rescue says the man's body was found near Montizambert Creek...
Jan 30, 2016
