Category Archives: British Columbia
Carjacker who used pepper spray, struck pedestrian arrested in Vancouver: police
VANCOUVER - Police say a pedestrian was seriously injured Friday morning in downtown Vancouver after a carjacking that ended with the arrest of a suspect and multiple collisions. Const. Jason Doucette...
Sep 21, 2018
Dead and dying birds rain down in unexplained occurrence in B.C. community
DELTA, B.C. - A British Columbia man who witnessed dozens of birds falling from the sky just south of Vancouver says he was horrified by the sight. “I called it birdageddon. It was really, reall...
Sep 21, 2018
Shortage Of Kidneys In BC
PRINCE GEORGE – For patients with end-stage kidney disease, there are two courses of treatment: dialysis and a kidney transplant. In British Columbia, there is a shortage of kidney donors which ...
Sep 20, 2018
Election 2018
Join us October 20th on CKPGToday.ca and on CKPG TV for complete 2018 election coverage. Below you will find the list of candidates in municipalities, regional districts and school districts. CITY OF ...
Sep 19, 2018
Mother of baby who died at Vancouver daycare claims negligence
VANCOUVER - The mother of a baby who died at a Vancouver daycare describes the details of what she experienced that day in a lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court. The statement of claim filed Monday al...
Sep 18, 2018
RCMP introduce traffic 'scarecrow' in bid to prevent speeding in Coquitlam, B.C.
COQUITLAM, B.C. - The RCMP is borrowing an idea from the United Kingdom by using a cut-out of a police officer to try and slow down traffic in Coquitlam, B.C. The Mounties have dubbed the life-sized f...
Sep 18, 2018
Vancouver park board passes motion to learn Indigenous place names
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Park Board has passed a motion to learn the traditional Indigenous names for the lands it administers, including areas within Stanley Park and the many beaches lining the Fra...
Sep 18, 2018
Rare 'fire whirl' caught on video in B.C. shows strange world of wildfires
A towering funnel of smoke and flames captured on video by a firefighter with the BC Wildfire Service is giving viewers a peek into the surreal world that crews have faced while battling some of the w...
Sep 18, 2018
BC to have only one store selling cannabis on first day of legalization
VANCOUVER - On the morning of Oct. 17, British Columbians shouldn’t expect to wake up and see marijuana stores opening their doors. At least that’s the message from the province’s mi...
Sep 16, 2018
Victoria police seek help finding visually-impaired man's stolen coat
VANCOUVER - Police in Victoria are looking for a thief who stole a treasured coat from the arms of a visually impaired man. They say the 71-year-old-victim was standing at an intersection early Saturd...
Sep 15, 2018