Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. RCMP seek witnesses, video footage after stabbing homicide in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - RCMP are looking for witnesses and seeking more information after a fatal stabbing in Williams Lake, B.C., earlier this week. They say police responded to a report of a man suffe...
May 07, 2022
Air Canada flight makes emergency landing in Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - An Air Canada Jazz flight made a successful emergency landing at the Prince George Airport Friday (May 6) evening.In a news release, the Prince George Airport Authority (YXS) says the ...
May 07, 2022
B.C. money laundering report granted extension until June 3 after COVID-19 delays
VANCOUVER - The deadline for the final report of British Columbia's public inquiry into money laundering has been extended until June 3. The B.C. government says in a statement the report's submission...
May 06, 2022
Poaching probe begins after cougar kittens killed, dismembered on Vancouver Island
LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. - The British Columbia Conservation Officer Service is investigating a disturbing case on Vancouver Island that involves the killing of two cougar kittens. A post on the conservati...
May 06, 2022
Unemployment rate in Prince George below provincial average
PRINCE GEORGE - The jobless rate in Prince George stayed locked in at 3.8 per cent in April, significantly lower than the provincial rate of 5.4 per cent. The provincial rate increased from 5.1 per ce...
May 06, 2022
Telus reports Q1 profit and revenue up from year ago, raises quarterly dividend
VANCOUVER - Telus Corp. reports that its first-quarter profit increased compared with a year ago as its revenue climbed more than six per cent. The telecom company has also raised its quarterly divide...
May 06, 2022
Suspects in separate murder, attempted murder cases died in same plane crash
VANCOUVER - A plane crash in Ontario that killed an alleged hit man also claimed the life of a man believed to be linked to a separate murder plot. A warrant for the arrest of Duncan Howard Bailey was...
May 05, 2022
Indigenous B.C. man, granddaughter settle with BMO over arrest while opening account
VANCOUVER - Standing amid the noise of traffic and hustle of pedestrians on the same Vancouver sidewalk where he was arrested and handcuffed in December 2019, Maxwell Johnson said he finally feels at ...
May 05, 2022
B.C. government launches investigation to curb crime connected to repeat offenders
VICTORIA - The B.C. government has launched an investigation into a surge in crime connected to repeat offenders in the province.The province, in co-operation with the BC Urban Mayors' Caucus, has hir...
May 05, 2022
B.C. aims to support repeat offenders while protecting communities
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has hired two experts to investigate and report on how best to prevent cycles of crime involving prolific offenders and those who commit random violent attac...
May 05, 2022