Category Archives: British Columbia
Vancouver mayor-elect Ken Sim says transition plan has begun for rollout of pledges
Vancouver's next mayor says he expects the first of 100 additional police officers promised in his election platform to hit the streets within a year. Ken Sim, who takes office Nov. 7, says adding the...
Oct 17, 2022
B.C.'s extended summer breaks more records, but weather office says rain approaches
VANCOUVER - Several British Columbia cities boasted the warmest temperatures in Canada on the weekend as summer-like weather persists across most of the province, but Environment Canada says a change ...
Oct 17, 2022
Surrey Police Board confident police transition continues despite pro-RCMP mayor
VICTORIA - The Surrey Police Board is expressing confidence the city's police transition process from the RCMP to a municipal force will continue despite the election of a pro-Mountie mayor. Mayor-ele...
Oct 16, 2022
Penticton votes for new mayor, Salmon Arm keeps Harrison at helm
Alan Harrison has won a second term as mayor of Salmon Arm.Harrison, a former school principal, received 69 per cent of the votes to easily defeat two other candidates including former mayor Nancy Coo...
Oct 15, 2022
Reid Hamer-Jackson elected mayor of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops has chosen its new mayor.Reid Hamer-Jackson emerged from a field of five contenders to win Saturday's (Oct. 15) mayoral vote.Hamer-Jackson defeated former councillors Dieter Dudy, ...
Oct 15, 2022
Municipal elections across B.C., with major battles in Vancouver, Surrey expected
VANCOUVER - Voters in downtown Vancouver casting ballots Saturday to elect a new mayor and council said housing was the top campaign issue, with public safety and support for vulnerable people also on...
Oct 15, 2022
Municipal elections across B.C., with major battles in Vancouver, Surrey expected
Voters in British Columbia's cities, towns and villages head to the polls today to cast their verdict on local candidates who made big promises this fall to tackle the huge issues confronting almost e...
Oct 15, 2022
B.C. judge sentences 'sextortionist' to 13 years in case involving Amanda Todd
A British Columbia judge who imposed an unprecedented 13-year sentence on an "internet sextortionist" says he has no insight into his crimes against a vulnerable child whose life he set out to destroy...
Oct 14, 2022
Firefighters respond to wildfire in West Vancouver near Cypress Falls Park
VANCOUVER - Firefighters in West Vancouver are responding to a what they describe as a wildfire at the top of the Caulfeild neighbourhood on the lower slopes of Cypress Falls Park. West Vancouver Fire...
Oct 14, 2022
B.C. drought benefits some farmers, extending harvest and reducing rot
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is enduring a record-breaking dry spell, but farmer Amir Mann says the drought is far preferable to other recent weather extremes. "You can always apply more water, but it...
Oct 14, 2022
