Category Archives: British Columbia
WestJet denies sex-assault allegations from former B.C. flight attendant
VANCOUVER - WestJet is denying allegations it failed to take proper action after a former flight attendant complained to management she had been sexually assaulted by a pilot in 2010 while on a stopov...
Mar 22, 2016
B.C. photographer found safe and sound after spending the night outdoors
GOLDEN, B.C. - It was a picture-perfect ending for an amateur British Columbia photographer stranded in the wilderness overnight. RCMP and search-and-rescue crews launched a rescue operation after lea...
Mar 21, 2016
Experienced snowmobiler from Seattle dies after falling into glacier crevasse
PEMBERTON, B.C. - A snowmobiler from Seattle has died after falling into a crevasse on a glacier in British Columbia. The 53-year-old man was part of a group of 10 people, all from Seattle, who were r...
Mar 21, 2016
Federal government says B.C. LNG decision coming after 90-day review
VICTORIA - Potential delays by the federal government on deciding the fate of a liquefied natural gas project in British Columbia appeared to be causing a concern overseas even before the latest setba...
Mar 21, 2016
Former paramedic finds hope, healing, raising awareness of post-traumatic stress
WHISTLER, B.C. - Six years after the death of a Georgian luge athlete on the opening day of the 2010 Olympics, the first responder who tried to save him is still wrapped in the chains of post-traumati...
Mar 21, 2016
B.C. inmates say difficulty accessing opiate replacements unconstitutional
VANCOUVER - Four drug-addicted inmates in British Columbia jails have launched a charter challenge to gain opiate addiction treatment, arguing they deserve the same health care they could access in th...
Mar 21, 2016
Man dies from stab wound after fight in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER - A man is dead after being stabbed in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Police say a fight broke out around 4:30 p.m. on Sunday (at the intersection of Main and Hastings streets). A man was ta...
Mar 20, 2016
Suspect arrested; victim of alleged Prince George hospital kidnapping freed
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Mounties in Prince George, B.C. say a suspect in an alleged kidnapping case has been arrested, and the victim has been returned to the hospital she was abducted from Sunday after...
Mar 20, 2016
Dog shot in the head found in Shuswap parking lot
SHUSWAP, B.C. - An investigation is underway after a dead dog that was shot in the head was found in a snowmobiler's parking lot in the Shuswap this morning. Chase RCMP Cst. Carl Kennedy said the dog ...
Mar 20, 2016
Possible early-morning homicide in Surrey, B.C., prompts RCMP investigation
SURREY, B.C. - Police in Surrey are investigating a possible early-morning homicide. The RCMP say officers were called to a home (on the 10100 block of 128th St.) shortly before 6 a.m. on Sunday to fi...
Mar 20, 2016
