Category Archives: British Columbia
One person dead after shooting related to ‘criminal activity’ in Port Coquitlam
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - One person is dead after a shooting in Port Coquitlam. RCMP responded just after 9 p.m. Friday (to the area of the 2100-block of Rindall Avenue) after reports of shots fired. Mo...
Jan 24, 2016
Two people dead after workplace accident at lumber yard in New Westminster, B.C.
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The New Westminster Police Department's Major Crimes Unit has joined the investigation after two people died in an apparent industrial accident in the Metro Vancouver area. NWP...
Jan 24, 2016
Sledders rescued near Celista
VERNON., B.C. - Vernon Search and Rescue was called out Saturday morning to assist in the rescue of two overdue snowmobilers near Celista. Search Manager Leigh Pearson says he got the call for mutual ...
Jan 23, 2016
Variable speed signs to be activated soon on the Coquihalla
KAMLOOPS - Variable speed limit signs are set to be up and running on the Coquihalla Highway by this March. Some signs are installed, but others have yet to be put up. Transportation Minister Todd Sto...
Jan 23, 2016
Moving Metis toddler to Ontario would cause psychological harm: B.C. foster mom
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia foster mother fighting to adopt a two-year-old Metis girl says she fears the toddler will suffer lasting psychological harm if moved to Ontario to live with her older si...
Jan 22, 2016
Yellowhead highway accident victim identified
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Coroners service has identified the man killed in a motor vehicle incident near Mclure Sunday January 17. 48 year old Antonino George Cuthbert of Clearwater was killed when his car...
Jan 22, 2016
Vancouver Island First Nation mulls tourism potential around Bamfield
BAMFIELD, B.C. - A west coast Vancouver Island First Nation is taking preliminary steps toward creating a tourist centre around the isolate community of Bamfield, almost 200 kilometres northwest of Vi...
Jan 22, 2016
Weak snow layer raises risk of avalanche, prompts warning in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Backcountry hikers, skiers and snomobilers across British Columbia are being warned to take extreme care this weekend. Avalanche Canada has issued a special public warning that begins toda...
Jan 22, 2016
B.C. government mulling more electric car incentives, says energy minister
VICTORIA - Energy Minister Bill Bennett says the government is considering a second expansion of British Columbia's incentive programs for electric car buyers. The $10.6 million Clean Energy Vehicle P...
Jan 21, 2016
BC Hydro seeks injunction against Site C dam protesters in province’s north
VANCOUVER - A months-long dispute is heating up between BC Hydro and a small group of First Nations and landowners who are protesting the construction of the $9-billion Site C dam. The power utility h...
Jan 21, 2016
