Category Archives: British Columbia
Fall from cliff kills snowboarder at B.C.'s Whistler Blackcomb ski resort
WHISTLER, B.C. - A snowboarder has died in an accident at the Whistler Blackcomb resort. RCMP confirm the man, in his mid-20s, fell about 20 metres from a cliff at one of the highest points of the res...
Jan 08, 2021
Man succumbs to injuries after shooting in Richmond, B.C., park, say RCMP
RICHMOND, B.C. - A man has died in a suspected targeted shooting in Richmond, B.C. RCMP say the victim was found in a park in the Steveston neighbourhood at around 8:30 p.m. Thursday. A statement from...
Jan 08, 2021
Project update for Trans-Canada Highway four-laning
The B.C. government said work is progressing on the Chase Creek Road to Chase West project, which expands the Trans-Canada Highway near the Village of Chase from two to four lanes, making travel safer...
Jan 07, 2021
Cowichan First Nation issues stay-at-home order as COVID-19 spreads on its reserve
DUNCAN, B.C. - The Cowichan First Nation on Vancouver Island has issued a shelter-in-place order as COVID-19 spreads through its territory. The First Nation says in a statement that there have been 23...
Jan 07, 2021
MP McLeod's office broken into on New Year's Day
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod says her constituency office in Kamloops was broken into on New Year's Day. McLeod says whoever committed the crime had gone directly to her own of...
Jan 07, 2021
COVID-19 restrictions extended to Feb. 5 in B.C. to 'hold the line'
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says COVID-19 restrictions that were set to expire Friday have been extended to Feb. 5. Dr. Bonnie Henry announced the extension while reporting eight more dea...
Jan 07, 2021
UPDATE Dead man was suspect in double murder
UPDATE 4:00 p.m. RCMP have confirmed a man found dead in the small B.C. community of Salmo today was the suspect in a double homicide investigation. Creston RCMP and emergency medical first responders...
Jan 07, 2021
B.C. COVID-19 orders extended until Feb. 5
The current provincial health orders (PHO) on gatherings and events in B.C. have been extended to Feb. 5, 2021. "This means that the same requirements that we have had, including restrictions on socia...
Jan 07, 2021
Family demands better oversight of B.C. care homes after outbreak kills 41 residents
VANCOUVER - The last time Bernadette Cheung saw her grandmother, she looked smaller somehow. It was August and the isolation of the pandemic had taken a toll, but the elderly woman with dementia still...
Jan 07, 2021
Woman walking in Nanaimo, B.C., is showered with cash: RCMP
NANAIMO, B.C. - The Mounties say a woman out for a walk in Nanaimo, B.C., was surprised when cash began falling from the sky around her. Police say in a news release the woman was walking on a street ...
Jan 07, 2021
