Category Archives: British Columbia
Deadly California shooting casts pall over Canadian Lunar New Year festivities
VANCOUVER - The joy of Lunar New Year parades, parties and other festivities was tempered with sadness on Sunday following a deadly mass shooting in California that appeared to target people celebrati...
Jan 22, 2023
Second officer dies in hospital after avalanche near Kaslo, B.C.
NELSON, B.C. - The second off-duty officer who was caught in an avalanche in the British Columbia Interior earlier this month has died. The City of Nelson says Const. Mathieu Nolet suffered severe int...
Jan 21, 2023
Ottawa, 325 nations reach settlement for damage done by residential school system
VANCOUVER - The federal government has reached an out-of-court settlement with 325 Indigenous bands who are part of a class action suit due to loss of language and culture propogated by Canada's resid...
Jan 21, 2023
'Homicide in slow motion': Police urged to tackle stalking amid rise of tracking tech
VANCOUVER - Stephanie Forster did everything right. She obtained a restraining order, changed her phone number and moved three times in six months. She once found an Apple AirTag in her car so she ask...
Jan 21, 2023
Civilian police investigator targets evasive Vancouver officers for further probe
VANCOUVER - Two Vancouver police officers who punched and injured a drunken man won't face further investigation into their use of force, but four other officers who witnessed the arrest last year mig...
Jan 20, 2023
Police to release their findings of B.C. bank shootout where two suspects died
SAANICH, B.C. - Police will release the results of their investigation into the dramatic shootout last June in which two gunmen were killed outside a Victoria-area bank branch. The Vancouver Island In...
Jan 20, 2023
Eby promises $50M to help get fire-damaged wood to B.C. mills
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby is promising $50 million from the upcoming budget to help transfer fire-damaged wood from remote areas to pulp mills. Eby told the Truck Loggers Associat...
Jan 19, 2023
Slide keeps residents out of two Campbell River, B.C., condos for another night
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. - About 30 people living in two condominiums in Campbell River, B.C., remain out of their homes after two small slides on the hill behind the buildings. An evacuation order was is...
Jan 19, 2023
More universities reviewing honorary degrees given to Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
VANCOUVER - Six out of 10 universities say they're reviewing honorary degrees conferred on retired judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, after being asked by a group of Indigenous women to revoke them follo...
Jan 18, 2023
B.C. officer who died in avalanche posthumously promoted to detective, funeral hears
NELSON, B.C. - The British Columbia constable who died in an avalanche last week has been posthumously promoted to detective for his dedication as an officer and commitment to improving his skills in ...
Jan 18, 2023