Category Archives: British Columbia

RCMP will 'thoroughly review' coroner's inquest's recommendations: spokeswoman
BURNABY, B.C. - The British Columbia RCMP says it will review recommendations from jurors who called for police to look at how they handle serious calls. Staff Sgt. Annie Linteau says the RCMP takes v...
Jun 15, 2018

Bystanders in Nanaimo, B.C., save woman's life by lifting car off her chest
NANAIMO, B.C. - Claire Surgenor remembers staring at the back wheels of a car crushing her chest, struggling to breathe, and praying. Then she lost consciousness on the rain-soaked sidewalk in Nanaimo...
Jun 15, 2018

B.C. launches expert council on wild salmon
VICTORIA - The BC government is forming a wild salmon advisory council to guide efforts to protect the dwindling resource. Premier John Horgan made the announcement this morning in Victoria, flanked b...
Jun 15, 2018

New Ban on Limited Dual Agency for Realtors
A new dual agency ban for realtors comes into effect across the province today. The ban will prevent realtors from acting for the buyer and seller of a property, and aims to avoid conflicts of interes...
Jun 15, 2018
Three missing after five thrown into water off Tofino, B.C., as boat sinks
TOFINO, B.C. - A search is underway in the waters off the west coast of Vancouver Island after a small boat carrying five people went down early Friday. Lt. Melissa Kia with the Joint Rescue Co-ordina...
Jun 15, 2018
Stolen golden eagle in B.C. worth $930,450, not $7M, owner claims in lawsuit
VANCOUVER - A diamond-studded golden eagle statue reported stolen in a violent robbery in 2016 is worth $930,450, not $7 million as its owner originally claimed, according to court documents. Ron Shor...
Jun 14, 2018

Groups want probe into Vancouver police carding, citing racial profiling
VANCOUVER - Metis grandmother Elaine Durocher, who has lived on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside for 11 years, says it’s time for an investigation into the disproportionate rate that Indigeno...
Jun 14, 2018

Child Care Maintenance Fund Now Open To Family Providers
VICTORIA – Maintenance funding has now tripled to $1.2 million for family, in-home and private-group child care providers across BC. “Families need access to licensed child care spaces thr...
Jun 14, 2018

Nechako Branch of Library Closed After Neighboring Fire
Tuesday’s fire at the Spicy Greens restaurant has left the Nechako branch of the Prince George Public Library closed. Smoke and damage from the operations of Prince George Fire rescue to put out...
Jun 14, 2018
Another Chinese student extorted in so-called virtual kidnapping in Vancouver
Vancouver police say a student from China has fallen victim to a so-called virtual kidnapping scheme, the third reported in the city this year. In a virtual kidnapping, Sgt. Jason Robillard says no on...
Jun 14, 2018