Category Archives: British Columbia
Gang leader sentenced
Gang leader Jamie Bacon has been sentenced to 18 years in prison -- less time served -- for his part in six fatal shootings in a Surrey highrise 13 years ago. It means the 35-year-old client will spen...
Sep 11, 2020
$30M in improvements coming for B.C. logging road where two students died
VICTORIA - Improvements are coming to a narrow logging road on Vancouver Island where members of the local First Nations as well as two university students have lost their lives. Indigenous Relations ...
Sep 11, 2020
B.C. auditor general outlines costs of government's pandemic response so far
VICTORIA - A new report from British Columbia's auditor general says the largest amount the provincial government had allocated by mid-August in its pandemic response was for individual...
Sep 11, 2020
Fearless grizzly chows down on fallen fruit in busy B.C. neighbourhood
SQUAMISH, B.C. - A healthy adult grizzly bear spotted sauntering through a busy neighbourhood in a community north of Vancouver has been trapped and will be relocated far from human contact. The ...
Sep 11, 2020
Murky skies forecast as more smoke from U.S. wildfires drifts toward B.C.
VANCOUVER - Heat advisories have ended in British Columbia following several days of record breaking temperatures in some areas, but Environment Canada's advisories about wildfire smoke...
Sep 11, 2020
B.C. gang leader Jamie Bacon to be sentenced today in Surrey Six case
VANCOUVER - A judge is scheduled to sentence a gang leader today on a charge related to shootings in 2007 that left six people dead at a highrise apartment building in Surrey, B.C. Jamie Bacon pl...
Sep 11, 2020
B.C. judge rules against private care in test of universal system
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's health minister says a judge's decision against a surgeon advocating for patients' rights to pay for private medical care highlights the significant role of the pub...
Sep 10, 2020
B.C. sets new daily record of COVID-19 cases at 139, hospitalizations climbing
VICTORIA - British Columbia reached a record of daily COVID-19 cases today as schools reopened across the province. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 139 new cases for a provincial ...
Sep 10, 2020
B.C. sets new single-day high in COVID-19 cases
VICTORIA-139 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C.That's the highest single-day surge in cases in the province since the start of the pandemic.In the north 10 new cases of COVID-19 were reported, for a total ...
Sep 10, 2020
B.C. report projects economic decline of 6.7 per cent, deficit near $13 billion
VICTORIA - British Columbia's financial outlook is being hammered by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the provincial government says a partial recovery is on the horizon next year. A Finance Ministry report...
Sep 10, 2020