Category Archives: British Columbia

LIONS BAY - When actor and acting coach Jeff Seymour heard that his friend Stewart McLean hadn't shown up for a scheduled day of filming last weekend, he said he knew something was wrong. "He was meti...

POWELL RIVER - Three men have been killed when a clam-fishing boat they were on capsized in the waters off B.C.'s Sunshine Coast. Powell River Mounties say in a release that the Joint Rescue Co-ordina...

ABBOTSFORD - The city of Abbotsford, B.C., says about 165,000 chickens were killed after multiple barns caught on fire. The city says in an email the fire happened at about 4 p.m. Thursday in a rural ...

GABRIOLA - A scuba diver has died in the waters off a B.C. Gulf Island, in a death that police say is not considered suspicious. Mounties on Gabriola Island off the east coast of Vancouver Island say ...

VANCOUVER - A union representing hundreds of Metro Vancouver employees says it has issued a 72-hour strike notice in their dispute with the regional district, which says essential services won't be di...

EDMONTON - A woman whose two dogs killed an 11-year-old boy at her home showed a "wanton disregard for his life," a judge said Friday as he found her guilty of criminal negligence causing death. Alber...

TORONTO - A person in Ontario tested negative for Ebola after returning from Ethiopia with symptoms consistent with a range of illnesses, Canada's top doctor said Friday, noting the risk of the virus ...

SAANICH - A man has pleaded guilty in a voyeurism investigation involving 652 women and girls, which police in Saanich, B.C., say is believed to be the most "prolific" case prosecuted in Canada. The d...

FORT ST. JOHN - Residents of Old Fort, B.C., are finally able to return home after a landslide last month blocked access to the only road in and out of the community. The Peace River Regional District...

VICTORIA - Former British Columbia premier John Horgan didn't like the idea of the Site C dam when he was alive and wouldn't like being named after it in death, but Premier David Eby says the massive ...