Category Archives: British Columbia

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

VANCOUVER – Car crashes are once again on the rise in B.C., with a total of 350,000 last year. A new survey by Insights West showed that 60 percent of British Columbians believe drivers are wors...

VANCOUVER - The former RCMP constable who fired a Taser at a Polish immigrant at Vancouver’s airport has dropped his appeal of a 30-month jail sentence he received after being convicted of perju...

BURNABY – Premier John Horgan announced Monday, a new community benefits framework that will tie major infrastructure projects to benefits for workers and communities. “With this agreement...