Category Archives: British Columbia

RCMP to release report today on B.C. homicides that sparked massive manhunt
SURREY, B.C. - The investigative findings from the homicides of three people in British Columbia are being released today by the RCMP, more than seven weeks after the bodies of two teen...
Sep 27, 2019

B.C. father guilty of second-degree murder in slaying of two daughters
VANCOUVER - A jury has found a father guilty of killing his two young daughters in his apartment in a Victoria suburb on Christmas Day in 2017. Andrew Berry hung his head as the verdict was announced ...
Sep 26, 2019

Nothing 'routine' about Meng Wanzhou's treatment at Vancouver airport: defence
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou denies her defence team is on a "fishing expedition" for documents to support its case. Scott Fenton told B.C. Supreme Court on Tuesday that...
Sep 26, 2019

Groups test rescue, cleanup responses during major marine exercise in B.C.
PORT HARDY, B.C. - Nearly two dozen agencies are responding to an environmental emergency off Vancouver Island, but fortunately it's only a drill. Vessels and members from the Canadian and United...
Sep 26, 2019
Doctor growth in Canada more than doubles population increase over last 5 years
VICTORIA - The number of doctors in Canada is growing at a rate more than double that of the population, says a report by the Canadian Institute of Health Information. Canada's population increased by...
Sep 26, 2019

RCMP investigation on three homicides in northern B.C. to be released on Friday
SURREY, B.C. - The RCMP will release its investigative findings on Friday into the murders of three people in northern British Columbia that sparked a manhunt for two teenage suspects across...
Sep 25, 2019

Teen with physical disabilities has mobile stolen while travelling on city bus
SURREY, B.C. - Police say a man with physical disabilities who was recently riding a bus in Surrey, B.C., had his cellphone ripped from his hand. Metro Vancouver Transit Police are looking for a ...
Sep 25, 2019

Log truck convoy drives home message about dire state of B.C. forest industry
MERRITT, B.C. - A convoy of as many as 200 logging trucks is to arrive in Vancouver Wednesday as owners and drivers highlight the effects from dozens of mill closures and thousands of layoff...
Sep 25, 2019

Victoria to ask Supreme Court to review overturned bylaw banning plastic bags
VICTORIA - The City of Victoria will ask the Supreme Court of Canada to review a court decision that overturned its business bylaw banning single-use plastic bags. The B.C. Court o...
Sep 25, 2019

B.C. man pleads guilty to second-degree murder of Belgian tourist: police
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - Homicide investigators say a man charged with first-degree murder of a Belgian tourist travelling through British Columbia has pleaded guilty to her slaying. Sgt. Fra...
Sep 25, 2019