Category Archives: British Columbia
Trial begins for Jake Virtanen, former Canucks forward charged with sexual assault
VANCOUVER - The trial for a former Canucks forward accused of sexual assault has begun in Vancouver. Jake Virtanen was in B.C. Supreme Court as Justice Catherine Wedge gave instructions to the 12-memb...
Jul 18, 2022
Gusty winds forecast near Lytton, B.C., as wildfire remains out of control
LYTTON, B.C. - Showers are likely over the northern end of British Columbia's Fraser Canyon, potentially aiding crews battling a 17-square kilometre wildfire just west of the village of Lytton. But En...
Jul 18, 2022
Wildfire near Lytton, B.C., continues to burn at 1,500 hectares
LYTTON, B.C. - The acting chief of the Lytton First Nation says about 30 evacuees briefly returned home in an effort to salvage food they left behind in freezers when a wildfire broke out Thursday nea...
Jul 17, 2022
SUNDAY UPDATE: Weather expected to slow spread of wildfire near Lytton
Cooler temperatures and additional moisture in the air is expected to have helped keep the wildfire burning near Lytton, B.C. at a less aggressive pace, according to an update posted by the B.C. Wildf...
Jul 17, 2022
B.C. NDP to begin leadership campaign period, new leader to be elected Dec. 3
The New Democrat Party in British Columbia says it will elect a new leader this December. A statement issued today says the campaign period will officially start Sunday. The party says voting will beg...
Jul 16, 2022
Wildfire near Lytton remains out of control at 1,500 hectares
UPDATE Sunday, July 17 Environment Canada has issued a special air quality advisory for the Fraser Canyon due to the smoke coming from a wildfire that broke out Thursday nearly two kilometres northwes...
Jul 16, 2022
Wildfire moving away from Lytton, but blaze still out of control
A wildfire that sparked near Lytton on Thursday (July 14), is reportedly moving away from the village."As of noon [Friday], the Nohomin Creek wildfire was an estimated 800 hectares in size. It is loca...
Jul 15, 2022
Vehicle waited for Ripudaman Singh Malik hours before shooting in B.C.: police
SURREY, B.C. - Police say a vehicle with "multiple" people inside was waiting for Ripudaman Singh Malik hours before he was killed in a parking lot in Surrey, B.C. Malik was one of the two men acquitt...
Jul 15, 2022
Wildfire grows near Lytton, B.C., 60-person crew joins fight says wildfire service
LYTTON, B.C. - A wildfire blazing just west of Lytton, B.C., has now scorched five square kilometres of trees and bush, more than doubling in size in less than 12 hours. BC Wildfire Service spokeswoma...
Jul 15, 2022
B.C. Court of Appeal rejects private health care, says Charter breach OK
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has unanimously upheld a lower court's dismissal of a Vancouver surgeon's challenge of the Medicare Protection Act, saying bans on extra billing and pr...
Jul 15, 2022
