Category Archives: British Columbia
Snowfall warnings, storm watches issued for southern B.C.
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued a dozen snowfall warnings or winter storm watches for communities across southern British Columbia. A Pacific frontal system is expected to sweep through the ...
Nov 25, 2022
RCMP seek person of interest in suspicious death
The BC RCMP is asking the public to be on the lookout for Michael Mawley, who is a person of interest in a suspicious death investigation in the Kootenays. Human remains were located after a suspiciou...
Nov 25, 2022
Crews find wreckage of fatal B.C. plane crash, TSB team deployed to the site
PORT HARDY, B.C. - The wreckage of a Cessna float plane has been found in Strachan Bay on British Columbia's central coast two days after it crashed, killing all three aboard. Cpl. Alex Brub says in a...
Nov 25, 2022
Income tax lifts B.C.'s surplus to $5 billion over estimate, finance minister
Faster-than-expected economic recovery has pushed British Columbia's operating surplus to $5 billion more than estimated in the last quarter. Finance Minister Selina Robinson says much of the added su...
Nov 25, 2022
Search on after float plane with three aboard crashes into B.C. bay
PORT HARDY, B.C. - A search is underway in Strachan Bay on British Columbia's central coast for a float plane that crashed into the water. Mounties in Port Hardy say the plane went down Wednesday afte...
Nov 24, 2022
B.C. has plan to cancel surgeries to make room for flu cases in overcrowded hospitals
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has plans in place to cancel hospital surgeries to make room for patients with respiratory illnesses, but it hasn't yet reached that point. Health Minister A...
Nov 24, 2022
Suicide of Vancouver police officer will be subject of coroner's inquest
VICTORIA - The events leading up to the suicide of a 30-year-old Vancouver police officer will be the subject of a coroner's inquest next month. A lawsuit filed on behalf of Const. Nicole Chan's famil...
Nov 24, 2022
UPDATE: Police outline details of incident that closed down the Coquihalla
UPDATE: 10 a.m. Nov. 24 RCMP have released details on the incident that shut down the Coquihalla Highway for several hours between Merritt and Hope Wednesday afternoon. Police say around 12:15 p.m., m...
Nov 24, 2022
Coquitlam, B.C., shooting leaves two people dead, another expected to survive
COQUITLAM, B.C. - Two people are dead and another has been injured in a shooting in Coquitlam, B.C. A statement from Coquitlam RCMP says officers responded to numerous calls about a possible shooting ...
Nov 24, 2022
B.C. Premier Eby promises $230M in police funding for RCMP vacancies, new hires
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government will spend $230 million over the next three years to hire 277 RCMP officers to serve across the province in the latest in a whirlwind ...
Nov 23, 2022
