Category Archives: British Columbia
Antibiotic delivered to wild killer whale in international rescue operation
VANCOUVER - Experts attempting an unprecedented rescue effort to save an endangered killer whale off the West Coast have managed to inject the young orca with antibiotics. A team set out Thursday and ...
Aug 10, 2018
Balaclava rapist Larry Takahashi's day parole continued, no overnight leave
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The Parole Board of Canada has continued day parole in British Columbia for the man known as the balaclava rapist for another six months while ruling out overnight leave privileges ...
Aug 09, 2018
More sex-related charges approved against former Burns Lake, B.C., mayor
VICTORIA - A special prosecutor in British Columbia has approved 29 sex-related charges against Luke Strimbold, the former mayor of Burns Lake. Dan McLaughlin with the B.C. Prosecution Service says th...
Aug 09, 2018
Bad drivers to pay more in B.C. under new Crown auto insurance plan
VANCOUVER – Inexperienced and high-risk drivers would pay more for their vehicle insurance in British Columbia under proposed changes to modernize the province’s Crown auto insurance corpo...
Aug 09, 2018
Wildfire crews brace for weather change as 39 new fires recorded in B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - More wildfires are burning in British Columbia in 2018 than in past years but the total amount of timber burned is well below average, a wildfire official says. “It’s very...
Aug 09, 2018
Scientists concerned about endangered orca still pushing body of her calf
VANCOUVER - An endangered orca is not letting go of her newborn calf, whose body she has been pushing through the water for more than two weeks. The whale known as J35 was spotted in coastal waters ne...
Aug 09, 2018
New Zealand woman dies as group jumps from bridge in Sicamous, B.C.
SICAMOUS, B.C. - A 23-year-old New Zealand woman has died after she and three friends jumped from a bridge in Sicamous, B.C. RCMP say it happened at around 2 a.m. Wednesday when all four people leaped...
Aug 09, 2018
Logging company employee dies working on Vancouver Island wildfire
NANAIMO, B.C. - A logging company employee has died while working at a wildfire in the Nanaimo Lakes area on Vancouver Island. The province’s workplace safety authority confirmed a TimberWest em...
Aug 08, 2018
Getting a good scratch is just as worthy as good food for cows, says study
VANCOUVER - Everyone knows the satisfaction of having an itch scratched and researchers at the University of British Columbia say cows appear to feel the same way. A study from the animal welfare prog...
Aug 08, 2018
Child perched on ornamental railing saved by police in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A four-year-old British Columbia girl is safe and well, thanks to a timely late-night rescue by members of the Abbotsford Police Department. Sgt. Judy Bird says the youngster had cl...
Aug 08, 2018