Category Archives: British Columbia

Online child exploitation spiked during lockdowns. Police worry it's here to stay
VANCOUVER - Online predators are becoming increasingly resourceful in trolling media platforms where children gravitate, prompting an explosion in police case loads, said an officer who works for the ...
Dec 29, 2024

Police in Chilliwack, B.C., seek help after up to 25 guns stolen from home
Mounties in Chilliwack, B.C., say up to 25 guns were stolen from a home that was "ransacked" sometime in the last three days. Chilliwack RCMP say officers were called to a home on Lyardon Road that ha...
Dec 28, 2024

Machinery fire extinguished at Delta, B.C., coal port terminal: Port authority
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says a machinery fire this morning at a Delta, B.C., terminal facility has been put out and no injuries were reported. The authority says in a written statement tha...
Dec 28, 2024

Vancouver's Bench Accounting abruptly shuts down, with 600 potential jobs lost
VANCOUVER - Vancouver-based bookkeeping service Bench Accounting has announced its sudden closure, potentially putting hundreds of staff out of work. The company that has described itself as North Ame...
Dec 27, 2024

B.C. man who flipped 14 homes in four years is fined $2M for tax evasion
RICHMOND, B.C. - A serial property flipper in British Columbia has been convicted of tax evasion and fined more than $2 million for failing to report nearly $7.5 million in earnings. The Canada Revenu...
Dec 27, 2024

B.C. court orders fraudster who owes $36.7M to pay from retirement funds
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Securities Commission says a man behind one of the province's largest investment frauds has been ordered by the B.C. Supreme Court to use two retirement accounts to pa...
Dec 27, 2024

B.C. man faces nine firearms and drug trafficking charges: CBSA
VANCOUVER - The Canada Border Services Agency says a man from Sicamous, B.C., is facing firearms and drug trafficking charges after officers intercepted a package addressed to him earlier this year. T...
Dec 27, 2024

B.C. man faces six impaired driving charges over crash that killed Good Samaritan, 80
SURREY, B.C. - Mounties in British Columbia have approved six impaired driving charges against a 29-year-old man over a crash that killed an elderly Good Samaritan near Qualicum Beach earlier this yea...
Dec 27, 2024

B.C. team building 100 beaver 'starter homes' in the name of wetland preservation
In British Columbia's real estate market, many people dream of a turnkey starter home in a prime location. Environmental researchers are hoping the same real estate principles will encourage beavers t...
Dec 27, 2024

American pet food infected with bird flu recalled after house cat died sold in B.C.
VANCOUVER - A pet food company in Oregon sent out a voluntary recall after a house cat died from eating its products, which tested positive for bird flu, and the company says the same contaminated bat...
Dec 26, 2024