Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. report on wildfires, floods recommends new disaster management approach
VICTORIA - An independent review of British Columbia’s response to last year’s wildfires and flooding recommends fighting fire with fire to protect communities and future forests. The repo...
May 10, 2018
Jewelry donated to B.C. thrift store raising funds for youth worth thousands
TSAWWASSEN, B.C. - Police say someone who donated costume jewelry to a thrift store in Tsawwassen, B.C., might have given away more than they realized. Delta police say a person working at the Delta Y...
May 10, 2018
Illicit drug deaths increase to near-record monthly levels in B.C.: coroner
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s death rate from illicit drug overdoses has spiked with the coroner recording 161 deaths in March. The figure is the second-highest toll behind the 162 deaths that w...
May 10, 2018
RCMP widens investigation in B.C.'s Okanagan after fatal ferry shooting
SURREY, B.C. - The RCMP are examining possible links between two violent incidents in British Columbia’s Okanagan less than 24 hours before a deadly police-involved shooting Tuesday on Vancouver...
May 10, 2018
Green party signs helping Liberals in B.C. led to violation: elections watchdog
OTTAWA - The federal elections watchdog says an unofficial partnership between the Greens and Liberals in a B.C. riding aimed at unseating a Conservative incumbent in the 2015 election led to an ̶...
May 10, 2018
B.C. woman who abused sick senior in care home sentenced to 60 days in jail
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - A British Columbia caregiver who pleaded guilty to assaulting a partially paralyzed 88-year-old woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease has been sentenced to 60 days in j...
May 10, 2018
Rise In Illegal Drug Deaths In March
VICTORIA – The B-C Coroners Service says the number of suspected drug overdose deaths in the province was up 58 percent in March over the previous month. It says the 161 deaths was the second-hi...
May 10, 2018
Scientist wants genetic test across Canada to gauge risks of kids' cancer drugs
VANCOUVER - A scientist who developed a lab test to predict whether children with cancer are susceptible to potentially life-threatening side effects from three chemotherapy drugs is now focusing on f...
May 10, 2018
B.C. coaches say they knew James Paxton's baseball work ethic would be rewarded
LADNER, B.C. - It took just a few hours for the British Columbia hometown of James Paxton to honour his no-hitter against the Toronto Blue Jays. By Wednesday morning, the Welcome to Ladner sign was de...
May 10, 2018
Foreign students in B.C. targeted by "virtual kidnapping" extortion scheme
Vancouver police are warning about schemes dubbed “virtual kidnappings” aimed mainly at young women from mainland China who are studying in Canada on student visas. Sgt. Jason Robillard sa...
May 09, 2018