Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. coroner calls inquest into 2019 police shooting that left two dead
SURREY, B.C. - The BC Coroners Service has called an inquest into a police shooting in 2019 that left two people dead, including the hostage officers were trying to save. B.C.'s police watchdog cleare...
Mar 19, 2024
Highlights from auditor reports on B.C. overdose prevention, safer-supply programs
VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general has released a report on two key government programs aimed at curbing the death toll from the toxic-drug crisis. The first audit examined the implementati...
Mar 19, 2024
B.C. auditor to release reports on overdose prevention, safer-supply programs
VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general is expected to release two independent audits on government programs aimed at curbing the death toll from the toxic drug crisis. Michael Pickup's office h...
Mar 19, 2024
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