Category Archives: British Columbia
Vancouver mayor apologizes to men in mall photos who were labelled ‘suspicious’
VANCOUVER - The mayor of Vancouver has apologized to two men and a teenage boy singled out in an internal police bulletin leaked to the press for their "suspicious behaviour" at a downtown shopping ma...
Jan 17, 2016
Yellowhead highway now open following serious collision
MCLURE, B.C. - Highway 5, the Yellowhead Highway is now open to single lane alternating traffic 20 kilometres South of Barriere following a serious motor vehicle incident. The incident involved a trac...
Jan 17, 2016
Stolen Dodge pickup rams into Scotch Creek drug store
CHASE, B.C. - Two suspects involved in a serious break and enter in Scotch Creek last week remain on the lam today. There is significant damage to the Scotch Creek Peoples Drug Mart after a Dodge pick...
Jan 17, 2016
Police investigating suspicious death in Quesnel
QUESNEL, B.C. - Police are investigating a suspicious death in Quesnel, 4 hours North of Kamloops. RCMP and EMS (Emergency Medical Services) responded to a 911 call that came from a home in the 100 bl...
Jan 16, 2016
Men whose photos were published by Vancouver media feared public attacks
VANCOUVER - Two men and a teenager labelled "suspicious" because they were taking photos of a Vancouver mall feared being attacked on the street after local media published their images, says their do...
Jan 16, 2016
University of Victoria announces world’s first chair of transgender studies
VICTORIA - The University of Victoria says it has appointed the world's first chair in transgender studies. Dr. Aaron Devor will work with researchers, community activists and students to advance stud...
Jan 15, 2016
B.C. police watchdog investigates shooting; male taken to hospital
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's police watchdog says it is investigating the shooting of a male by officers of the New Westminster Police Department. The Independent Investigations Office says the m...
Jan 15, 2016
Safe injection service within Vancouver HIV centre gets federal approval
VANCOUVER - After years of intense political opposition to safe-injection sites, Health Canada has granted approval for the operation of a second clinic in Vancouver. The Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation has...
Jan 15, 2016
Culling of fawns in Cranbrook, B.C., infuriates deer protection society
CRANBROOK, B.C. - The B.C. Deer Protection Society is furious about what it says is a cull of deer, conducted without any notification, in southeastern B.C., near Cranbrook. The society and the Animal...
Jan 15, 2016
Beloved Victorian-era lounge to close at Victoria’s Empress Hotel
VICTORIA - For more than a century, the Bengal Lounge at the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria has paid homage to the days when the sun never set on the British Empire. But the hushed, palm tree-spri...
Jan 14, 2016
