Category Archives: British Columbia
Province taking early steps to prepare for drought and wildfire this summer
PRINCE GEORGE - The provincial government is taking several early steps to prepare for the wildfire and drought season.The provincial snowpack is currently sitting at 66% of normal, leading for a pote...
Mar 18, 2024
COVID was a good chance to study what the animals did while humans were locked down
VANCOUVER - The COVID-19 lockdown for humans was not an opportunity for wildlife to run free, in fact a new study found herbivores tend to be more active around people, while carnivores remained hidde...
Mar 18, 2024
B.C. officials to give drought update as province adopts new wildfire prediction tool
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is introducing technology to improve wildfire prediction and decision-making even as the association representing Canadian insurance companies warns residents about the po...
Mar 18, 2024
B.C. to provide $80 million to help farmers cope with drought
DELTA, B.C. - Unprecedented drought in British Columbia last year has prompted the provincial government to invest $80 million to help manage, collect and store water for crops and livestock. Premier ...
Mar 18, 2024
Almost 40 temperature records broken across B.C. Saturday, Environment Canada says
VANCOUVER - Balmy weather across much of British Columbia helped set dozens of new temperature records across the province on Saturday. Environment Canada says a ridge of high pressure brought warm te...
Mar 17, 2024
Man in Abbotsford, B.C., charged with second-degree murder in wife's death
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - British Columbia's integrated homicide investigation team says a man in Abbotsford, B.C., has been charged with murder in the death of his wife. IHIT says in a news release that off...
Mar 17, 2024
RCMP seek witnesses after stabbing on Surrey, B.C., city bus
SURREY, B.C. - Mounties in Surrey are investigating a weekend stabbing on a city bus that has sent a man to the hospital. They say it happened shortly before 2:40 p.m. on Saturday when officers got wo...
Mar 17, 2024
B.C. 911 dispatch service 'functioning as normal' following unplanned outage
VANCOUVER - The dispatch service that handles most of British Columbia's 911 calls says its lines are again operating as normal after an "unplanned outage" Saturday morning. A spokeswoman with E-Comm ...
Mar 16, 2024
Abbotsford, B.C., police arrest 50-year-old man for woman's death
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Police in Abbotsford say a man has been arrested in the death of a woman after officers responded to a report of an assault at a home in the city Friday night. They say that patrol ...
Mar 16, 2024
Victoria police notebook left in possession of suspected criminal for eight days
VICTORIA - Police in Victoria say a notebook containing personal information of 54 people was mistakenly left in the possession of a suspected criminal for eight days. Police say an officer left the n...
Mar 15, 2024