Category Archives: British Columbia

B.C. man draws police emergency response team twice this week after assault arrest
SURREY, B.C. - Police say a man whose actions prompted two calls to the Lower Mainland Integrated Emergency Response Team this week will now stay in custody until a bail hearing on Monday. A statement...
Jun 07, 2024

'Large rock' found after windshield crash that left B.C. driver in critical condition
BURNABY, B.C. - Police in Metro Vancouver say a "large rock" has been recovered from the scene of an incident along Highway 1 that sent a driver to hospital in critical condition. Burnaby RCMP had sai...
Jun 07, 2024

Police say two Vancouver drug policy advocates charged with trafficking
VANCOUVER - Two people have been charged as a result of raids last year on a drug user advocacy group that Vancouver Police say trafficked illicit substances in the Downtown Eastside area. Police say ...
Jun 07, 2024

B.C. to replace fleet of air ambulances by next fall, Premier David Eby says
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the province will be replacing its fleet of air ambulance planes by the fall of next year. Eby says the 12 new Beechcraft King Air ambulances will b...
Jun 07, 2024

Ibrahim Ali faces murder sentencing hearing at B.C. Supreme Court
VANCOUVER - A sentencing hearing is scheduled to begin this morning in Vancouver for Ibrahim Ali, who was convicted in December of the first-degree murder of a 13-year-old girl from Burnaby, B.C. Crow...
Jun 07, 2024

Two killed in sports car crash at private B.C. racetrack: RCMP
OLIVER, B.C. - Police say two people died when a sports car crashed at a luxury private motorsports club in Oliver, B.C. A statement from the RCMP says the driver of a sports car participating in a pr...
Jun 06, 2024

'A no from me': Ali refuses to hear B.C. murder victim's father ahead of sentencing
VANCOUVER - A man convicted of murdering a 13-year-old Burnaby, B.C., girl has repeatedly told a pre-sentencing hearing that he didn't kill her, after refusing to listen to his interpreter during an i...
Jun 06, 2024

Vancouver police crack down on stolen goods that turn up on downtown sidewalks
VANCOUVER - Vancouver police say a crackdown on the sale of stolen goods that turn up on the sidewalks of the city's Downtown Eastside has led to five arrests and turned up more than $650,000 in cash,...
Jun 06, 2024

Vancouver mayor grieves stabbing death of 32-year-old chef near Chinatown
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has issued a statement saying police are working tirelessly to find the person responsible for a fatal stabbing near the city's Chinatown early Wednesday. Sim says ...
Jun 06, 2024

182 deaths linked to B.C. unregulated drugs in April, 14,500 deaths in eight years
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Coroners Service says 182 people died in April from drug overdoses. A statement from the service says the toll represents a 24 per cent decrease in deaths from April 20...
Jun 06, 2024