Category Archives: British Columbia
Homicide investigators scour Langley, B.C., neighbourhood after suspected attack
LANGLEY, B.C. - Members of a Metro Vancouver homicide team are focused on a pockmarked car and casing-littered street as they investigate a suspected deadly attack in Langley, B.C.An online post from ...
Jan 27, 2021
B.C. ramping up screening for faster-spreading COVID-19 'variants of concern'
VANCOUVER - There's a race between COVID-19 and the rollout of vaccine as researchers and health officials in B.C. warn of two faster-spreading variants. The number of variant cases may start low, but...
Jan 27, 2021
B.C. records 407 new cases of COVID-19; officials repeat calls to bend the curve
VICTORIA - Health officials say more COVID-19 cases have been linked to community clusters related to social gatherings and a ski resort in British Columbia's Interior. The Interior Health authority s...
Jan 26, 2021
Man armed with bow arrested inside city hall
An incident early Tuesday (Jan. 26) has Rossland City Hall off limits to the public for the rest of the week.RCMP report the arrest of man who allegedly pushed his way past staff just before 7 a.m.Tra...
Jan 26, 2021
B.C. Covid update Tuesday: 407 cases, 14 deaths
COVID-19 cases are continuing a slight downward trend in B.C., but health officials say it's not enough. After an average of 448 cases a day over the weekend (Jan. 22-25), Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial...
Jan 26, 2021
Ex-lottery VP relates details of Day 1 briefing about money laundering in B.C.
VANCOUVER - A former top executive at British Columbia's lottery corporation says he received a high-level briefing about suspicious cash activities at provincial casinos with possible links to organi...
Jan 26, 2021
Couple accused of flying to Yukon for vaccine 'despicable': B.C. minister
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's public safety minister says a Vancouver couple accused of flying to Yukon to get a COVID-19 vaccine is one of the most "despicable" things he's heard in a long time. Mik...
Jan 26, 2021
Family of man missing in B.C. marks second anniversary with information appeal
MERRITT, B.C. - Family members of a man missing in British Columbia's southern Interior are appealing for information on the second anniversary of his disappearance. Ben Tyner's father, mother and bro...
Jan 26, 2021
Growing flocks of Canada geese in Vernon, B.C., prompt city council to approve a cull
VERNON, B.C. - Non-native, resident Canada geese in British Columbia's north Okanagan have overstayed their welcome and Vernon council has voted in favour of a cull. Councillors have approved a motion...
Jan 26, 2021
ICBC customers can check their savings with new online tool
The B.C. government has launched an improved online tool to show how much you will save on their auto insurance under the province's new enhanced care program.The insurance estimator - at icbc.com/enh...
Jan 26, 2021
