Category Archives: British Columbia
One dead in small plane crash on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast: fire chief
SELMA PARK, B.C. - The pilot of a small plane has been killed, but his three passengers were able to walk away after a crash near the Sechelt airport in British Columbia on Thursday. Sechelt fire Chie...
Jul 05, 2018
Police investigating blast that caused house fire and killed man
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - RCMP in West Kelowna, B.C., say a man has died after an explosion and subsequent fire in a home. Police say four people were inside the house that was levelled on Wednesday night....
Jul 05, 2018
New rules spell out details for want-to-be pot retailers in B.C.
VICTORIA – Local and Indigenous governments in British Columbia will have the power to deny applications for private retailers that want to sell recreational pot in their communities under new r...
Jul 05, 2018
Cousin says hiker who fell by waterfall near Vancouver lived and died selflessly
VANCOUVER - The cousin of a man who fell into a pool of a waterfall north of Vancouver says Charles Ryker Gamble lived an adventurous life travelling around the world but he’ll be remembered mos...
Jul 05, 2018
Study finds Vancouver-area laundry microplastics are filtering into ocean
VANCOUVER - Microplastics from Metro Vancouver’s laundered clothes are ending up in water treatment plants and filtering into the ocean, says a study published in the science journal Marine Poll...
Jul 05, 2018
RCMP remove pipeline protesters from Vancouver bridge
VANCOUVER - Greenpeace Canada says a protest that saw a dozen protesters dangling from a Vancouver bridge to block a tanker carrying crude oil from the Trans Mountain pipeline ended Wednesday night. T...
Jul 04, 2018
Bodies of three hikers recovered after slipping into pools of B.C. waterfall
SQUAMISH, B.C. - Police say the bodies of three hikers who slipped and fell into one of the pools of a waterfall north of Vancouver were recovered from the area Wednesday evening. The RCMP says in a s...
Jul 04, 2018
Former Olympic rower, investment dealer gets 13-month jail sentence for fraud
VICTORIA - Former Olympic rower Harold Backer received a 13-month jail sentence Wednesday after pleading guilty to fraud, but no answers were provided about his mysterious 18 month disappearance that ...
Jul 04, 2018
Travellers warned about measles from infected passenger who landed in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - An alert has been issued about the potential spread of measles from an infected passenger who travelled to Vancouver from India on two flights. The BC Centre for Disease Control says the p...
Jul 04, 2018
Implementation Details For B.C. Health Tax Released
VICTORIA – A tax notice was released Wednesday by the Ministry of Finance on implementation details of the Employer Health Tax (EHT) and the elimination of Medical Services Plan (MSP). B.C. Fina...
Jul 04, 2018