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B.C. watchdog refers RCMP officer for possible charges over fatal 2024 Nakusp crash
British Columbia's police watchdog is asking the provincial prosecution service to consider charging an RCMP officer after a crash that killed a man in the West Kootenay region last year.A statement f...
Aug 29, 2025
B.C. ministry unaware of coroners attending death scenes remotely after 2019
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Ministry of Public Safety says it was unaware of the BC Coroners Service continuing a practice of attending certain death scenes remotely after 2019. Ministry spokeswoma...
Aug 29, 2025
B.C. ministry unaware of coroners attending death scenes remotely after 2019
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Ministry of Public Safety says it was unaware of the BC Coroners Service continuing a practice of attending certain death scenes remotely after 2019. Ministry spokeswoma...
Aug 29, 2025
Wildfires increase as lightning hits hot, dry areas of southern B.C.
The number of wildfires continues to tick up in British Columbia as a hot, sunny week ends with thunderstorms and lightning in southern areas of the province. The latest figures from the BC Wildfire S...
Aug 29, 2025
Doctor says Port Hardy, B.C., ER should re-open 24/7 as town has 'lots of physicians'
VICTORIA - The medical director of a health centre in Port Hardy, B.C., is calling for the reopening of the community's overnight emergency room that has been shut for 31 months, saying the community ...
Aug 29, 2025
Lake Country prepares for review of long-term community plan
Lake Country council will review the community's Official Community Plan (OCP) at its meeting next week, before opening the process to public input.The OCP is the district's long-term roadmap for how ...
Aug 29, 2025
Bookmaker linked to baseball star Shohei Ohtani's interpreter sentenced to just over a year
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani was sentenced to just over a year in prison Frida...
Aug 29, 2025
B.C. watchdog refers RCMP officer for possible charges over fatal 2024 crash
NAKUSP - British Columbia's police watchdog is asking the provincial prosecution service to consider charging an RCMP officer after a crash that killed a man in the West Kootenay region last year. A s...
Aug 29, 2025
Bookmaker linked to baseball star Shohei Ohtani's interpreter sentenced to just over a year
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani was sentenced to just over a year in prison Frida...
Aug 29, 2025
Appeals court blocks Trump administration from ending legal protections for 600,000 Venezuelans
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court on Friday blocked the Trump administration's plans to end protections for 600,000 people from Venezuela who have had permission to live and work in the Uni...
Aug 29, 2025
