Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. homeowner groups can fine defiant short-term rental hosts $1,000 a day
VANCOUVER - Homeowners groups in British Columbia will soon be able to fine owners or residents up to $1,000 a day for defying the corporation’s bylaws on short-term rentals. The B.C. government...
Jul 18, 2018
City of Burnaby issues eviction notice to protesters at Kinder Morgan terminal
BURNABY, B.C. - The City of Burnaby is evicting protesters from a make-shift camp set up outside one of Kinder Morgan’s terminals, citing fire safety and public health concerns. City manager Lam...
Jul 18, 2018
Police, family ask for clues in finding 13-year-old B.C. girl's killer
BURNABY, B.C. - One year after 13-year-old Marrisa Shen was murdered in Burnaby, B.C., police insist they haven’t given up on the case and her family is pleading for the public’s help find...
Jul 18, 2018
Cougar that had no fear of humans killed by police in Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - Mounties in Nanaimo, B.C., shot and killed a cougar that has been spotted prowling in the area for weeks. RCMP Const. Gary O’Brien says they received numerous reports of a cougar...
Jul 18, 2018
Long-term equitable recovery services needed to manage addiction in B.C.: report
VANCOUVER - When the daily partying, boozing and cocaine binges following high school left him homeless and living in a tent on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Josh McDearmid believed his life wo...
Jul 18, 2018
Police shouldn't investigate their own street-check policy: rights advocates
VANCOUVER - Indigenous and civil rights groups complain that the Vancouver Police Department should not be responsible for investigating itself over the issue of significant racial disparity in the de...
Jul 18, 2018
Fake abduction and Bitcoin ransom the latest way to trick victim: RCMP in B.C.
RICHMOND, B.C. - Mounties in Richmond, B.C., say it appears criminals have added Bitcoin ransom to the growing list of manoeuvres to swindle money from unsuspecting victims. Officers responded to a re...
Jul 18, 2018
Deadly mushrooms make early appearance in Victoria, spark health warning
VICTORIA - A type of potentially deadly mushroom is making an early appearance around Victoria, prompting a warning from the local health authority. Island Health says death cap mushrooms, which usual...
Jul 18, 2018
Kitten OK after being rescued from underground pipe in Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - An adventurous feline has been rescued after getting trapped in an underground pipe in Kamloops, B.C. Dan Groess, owner of A Groess Underground sewer and drain services, says he respo...
Jul 17, 2018
Vancouver's corpse flower bloom fades, along with its rotting flesh smell
Vancouver’s rare corpse flower, dubbed Uncle Fester because of its overwhelming stench, is no longer raising a stink. The Vancouver Park Board says the titan arum, a plant native to Sumatra and ...
Jul 17, 2018