Category Archives: British Columbia

Surrey Police Board set to create city police force at first meeting Thursday
SURREY, B.C. - The first-ever police board meeting for Surrey, B.C., will be held today as the city moves ahead with a controversial plan to replace the local RCMP detachment with its o...
Aug 06, 2020

Agreement between province, BC Hydro, First Nation, ends legal fight over Site C
VICTORIA - A British Columbia First Nation has ended its legal battle against the provincial government and BC Hydro over the Site C dam, a project the nation originally claimed was a $1-bil...
Aug 05, 2020

Vancouver home sales jump to 3,128 in July while prices rise amid lower supply
VANCOUVER - Buyers purchased 3,128 homes in the Greater Vancouver area last month, up both from June and from July 2019. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver said on Wednesday that sales in July...
Aug 05, 2020

Driver ticketed after insecure load of lumber hits B.C. cyclist on Sea-to-Sky
SQUAMISH, B.C. - A Vancouver man is nursing serious injuries while RCMP say the driver of the truck whose load knocked him off his bicycle has been ticketed. A statement from Squamish Traffic Services...
Aug 04, 2020

Search for missing ball python, one month after it slithered off near Victoria
VICTORIA - Police say a large snake is missing somewhere in a Victoria-area neighbourhood. Victoria police issued a statement saying the nearly 1.4-metre long ball python was reported missing Tuesday....
Aug 04, 2020

B.C. allows private pot retailers to sell products online for in-store pick-up
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says new rules for private cannabis retailers will allow pot to be reserved and paid for online, but customers still have to pick up...
Aug 04, 2020

Federal government announces wildlife conservation fund for southeastern B.C.
VANCOUVER - The federal government is investing $2 million over four years to support species at risk and habitat protection in southeastern British Columbia. Jonathan Wilkinson, minister of envi...
Aug 04, 2020

Surface of Mars shows scars of glaciers just like Canada's High Arctic: study
VANCOUVER - The deep valleys scarred into the surface of Mars under thick sheets of ice show that the planet once mirrored the Canadian High Arctic, says a new study. Published Monday in the journal N...
Aug 04, 2020

Wildfire prompts evacuation alert for 43 properties northwest of Princeton, B.C.
PRINCETON, B.C. - Residents of 43 properties in British Columbia's southern Interior have been told to be ready to leave on short notice as a wildfire flares nearby. The Regional District of Okanagan ...
Aug 04, 2020

Two injured after plane crashes in interior B.C. parking lot
NELSON, B.C. - Two people were injured after a plane crashed and ended up in a grocery store parking lot in Nelson, B.C., on Monday morning. Nelson Fire and Rescue Assistant Chief Michael Daloise...
Aug 03, 2020