Category Archives: British Columbia
Candidates vying to lead Assembly of First Nations call for stronger bonds
VANCOUVER - Candidates vying to lead the Assembly of First Nations are calling for stronger alliances between nations across Canada to deal with outstanding issues such as land claims. Perry Bellegard...
Jul 25, 2018
B.C. expands campfire bans amid wildfires and heat warnings
VANCOUVER - More campfire bans are being imposed as the fire danger rating rises along with temperatures in British Columbia. Starting Thursday, campfires will be prohibited in the Kamloops Fire Centr...
Jul 24, 2018
B.C. police say 7-year-old girl died of homicide, woman is in medical care
LANGLEY, B.C. - Police say a seven-year-old girl whose body was found at an apartment complex in Langley, B.C., is the victim of a homicide. Police and emergency health services were called at about 9...
Jul 24, 2018
Rail manager guilty in case of train left on B.C. mountainside without handbrakes
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - A manager with Canadian Pacific Railway has been found guilty for his role in illegally parking a train carrying dangerous materials on a mountainside near Revelstoke, B.C. A B.C. p...
Jul 24, 2018
Woman dies after becoming trapped in clothing donation bin in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A woman in her 30s has died after becoming stuck in the door of a clothing recycling bin on Vancouver’s west side. Vancouver police confirm it happened around 4 a.m. Monday. The BC C...
Jul 24, 2018
B.C.'s North Shore Search and Rescue concerned with commercial guided weed hikes
VANCOUVER - One of British Columbia’s busiest rescue teams is warning backcountry hikers not to get high on their hike. Curtis Jones with B.C.’s North Shore Search and Rescue said the stat...
Jul 24, 2018
Lightning, wind, could undo weekend progress battling B.C. wildfires
KELOWNA, B.C. - Wildfire conditions were calmer across British Columbia on the weekend, but there is concern climbing temperatures and gusty winds could undo progress made over the last several days. ...
Jul 23, 2018
B.C. First Nations seek injunction to halt Site C project on Peace River
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for First Nations aiming to stop work on the Site C dam says there’s no remedy besides taking the project “out of the ground” in northeastern British Columbia. R...
Jul 23, 2018
Coroner's inquest called into death of B.C. RCMP officer in Taser case
VICTORIA - A coroner’s inquest will be held into the suicide of an RCMP officer who was in charge of media relations in British Columbia when Robert Dziekanski was fatally stunned with a Taser a...
Jul 23, 2018
Soaring temperatures, high winds could worsen fires in B.C.'s southern Interior
KELOWNA, B.C. - Officials in British Columbia’s southern Interior say the warm temperatures and gusty winds in the forecast could spell the end of two days of relief from wildfires raging in the...
Jul 23, 2018