Category Archives: British Columbia
Foul play suspected after human remains identified as missing B.C. woman
PORT MOODY, B.C. - Police say a search for a missing person has turned into a homicide investigation after human remains found in Hope, B.C., were identified. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Tea...
May 01, 2021
International Workers' Day
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan has issued the following statement marking International Workers' Day:"Today, May 1, is International Workers' Day. It is a day to honour working people in British Colum...
May 01, 2021
Pacific National Exhibition at risk due to financial impacts of COVID-19 closures
VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver says the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic threaten to shutter the long-running Pacific National Exhibition if the non-profit organization isn't able to secu...
Apr 30, 2021
Flight cancellations to India delay shipment of man's body from British Columbia
VANCOUVER - The body of a man that was supposed to be flown home to India from British Columbia just before the federal government stopped flights is now in limbo as his family scrambles to get the re...
Apr 30, 2021
Most people moved inside after Vancouver park encampment shut down: city
VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver says a tent encampment in Strathcona Park has come to a close as the majority of people who had been sleeping there have now moved into government-organized accommoda...
Apr 30, 2021
B.C. expands vaccine booking eligibility to those 50+
VICTORIA - The province of British Columbia is expanding eligibility for those wanting a COVID-19 shot.It means everyone in B.C. 50 years and older (born 1971 or earlier) registered to get a COVID-19 ...
Apr 30, 2021
COVID-19 modelling shows B.C. bending the curve of variant cases
VANCOUVER - A group of modelling experts says British Columbia is managing to suppress infections that have been driven by COVID-19 variants.The group of researchers from the University of British Col...
Apr 30, 2021
International effort thwarts $20,000 fraud aimed at Vancouver senior
VANCOUVER - An alert nephew and the co-ordinated efforts of police departments in Vancouver and England have saved an elderly woman from falling victim to an expensive scam. Vancouver police Const. Ta...
Apr 30, 2021
B.C.’s travel ban road checks could start as early as Friday
The B.C. government says police have no power to engage in an arbitrary vehicle or street check as part of enforcing the provincial ban on travelling across health regions.Public Safety Minister Mike ...
Apr 30, 2021
Minister to release enforcement details of COVID-19 travel ban in B.C.
VICTORIA - British Columbia's solicitor general is expected to announce more details about enforcement of a travel ban aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19. Mike Farnworth, who is also the public ...
Apr 30, 2021