Category Archives: British Columbia
Sockeye returns plunge in B.C., official calls 2019 'extremely challenging'
VANCOUVER - Federal fisheries experts are painting a devastating picture of the challenges facing Pacific salmon and point to climate change as the main culprit. Andrew Thompson, regional director for...
Aug 22, 2019
Board extends parole, grants overnight leaves for convicted killer Kelly Ellard
VANCOUVER - The Parole Board of Canada has granted overnight leaves and extended day parole for a British Columbia woman convicted in the 1997 swarming and murder of Victoria teenager Reena Virk....
Aug 22, 2019
Retired British Columbia fisherman nets $60-million lottery jackpot
RICHMOND, B.C. - A retired fisherman from Richmond, B.C., has reeled in the catch of a lifetime - a $60-million lottery haul. The B.C. Lottery Corp. says Joseph Katalinic matched all se...
Aug 22, 2019
B.C. man takes stand at trial, denies killing daughters and attempting suicide
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver Island man says he didn't kill his two daughters and denies he tried to take his own life. Andrew Berry is testifying in his own defence, charged with two c...
Aug 21, 2019
RCMP originally planned to arrest Meng Wanzhou on plane, defence lawyers say
VANCOUVER - The defence team for a Huawei executive wanted on fraud charges in the United States is alleging Canadian officials initially planned to arrest Meng Wanzhou when her plane landed, but...
Aug 21, 2019
Workers escorted away during Border Services probe at Vancouver horse track
VANCOUVER - Several people were removed form a Vancouver horse racing track this week as part of an investigation by the Canada Border Services Agency. Border services agents arrived at...
Aug 20, 2019
Court approves release of video, affidavits ahead of Huawei executive's trial
VANCOUVER - A senior B.C. Supreme Court judge has agreed with what she calls a "somewhat unusual" request to provide documents and a video directly to media ahead of an extradition hearing for Hu...
Aug 20, 2019
Oceanside RCMP hunting for exhibitionist pervert in two separate incidents
PARKSVILLE - Two women are traumatized after separate but possibly linked incidents of a man masturbating in the woods. Oceanside RCMP Cpl. Jesse Foreman told NanaimoNewsNOW the first incident occurre...
Aug 20, 2019 Oceanside RCMP are searching for a man believed to be involved in two incidents of exhibitionism and sexual assault. (File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
RCMP believe 'criminality' involved as bodies found of two men from Surrey, B.C.
ASHCROFT, B.C. - The RCMP say the bodies of two men found Saturday in central British Columbia have been identified as two individuals from Surrey who were reported missing in mid-July. The bodie...
Aug 20, 2019
RCMP leans on public in mid-island homicide investigation
CHEMAINUS -Police hope the public can help solve a homicide investigation involving a 19-year-old woman whose body was discovered near a gulf island east of Chemainus.Delores 'Deedee' Brown's body was...
Aug 19, 2019 The body of 19-year-old Delores 'Deedee' Brown was discovered on Aug. 19, 2015 near Norway Island. Police issued a news release in hopes of leading to finding who's responsible for her death. (BC RCMP)