Category Archives: British Columbia
Third BC United MLA set to go to B.C.'s Conservatives
RICHMOND, B.C. - BC United Leader Kevin Falcon is losing a third member of the legislature to the Conservative Party of British Columbia. BC United's director of communications Adam Wilson says in a s...
Jul 29, 2024
Woman rescued off B.C. glacier calls those who braved smoky conditions 'superheroes'
KASLO, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - One of the four hikers plucked off a glacier in British Columbia's West Kootenay region as wildfires burned around them says the search and rescue team members who br...
Jul 29, 2024
B.C. tribunal upholds condo fines against couple for doorbell camera insults
RICHMOND, B.C. - British Columbia's Civil Resolution Tribunal has upheld $800 in fines issued by a strata corporation against a Richmond, B.C., couple for yelling "profanity and insults" through their...
Jul 29, 2024
Coast Guard fines owner $13,500 after failure to remove 'hazardous' vessel
GOLD RIVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - A British Columbia boat owner has been fined $13,500 after failing to remove the partially sunken vessel from a bay along the coast of Vancouver Island. Fisheries and Oc...
Jul 29, 2024
Two dead in crash of 'homebuilt amphibious' plane near Merritt, B.C.
MERRITT, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Police say two people are dead after an amateur-built plane crashed north of the Merritt, B.C. airport, about 270 kilometres northeast of Vancouver. Merritt RCMP say emerge...
Jul 29, 2024
Province funds battery research centre at University of B.C.
KELOWNA, B.C. - The University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus is set to receive a $2 million investment by the province to start a battery innovation centre. The Ministry of Energy, Mines and L...
Jul 29, 2024
Work continues on six significant wildfires near B.C.'s Slocan Lake
The incident commander in charge of the fight to control six wildfires in British Columbia's Slocan Lake region says changing weather conditions in the area pose a challenge for crews. Jason Lawler, i...
Jul 29, 2024
Slocan region in interior B.C. evacuated due to multiple wildfires
A small town in the B.C. interior has been evacuated due to wildfires raging nearby. The Regional District of Central Kootenay issued a statement Saturday night issued an evacuation order for the vill...
Jul 28, 2024
Vancouver police investigating homicide after two men shot in vehicle
VANCOUVER - Vancouver police are investigating a suspected homicide after two men were shot in a vehicle, which then collided with two other vehicles. A statement says police were called just before 9...
Jul 27, 2024
B.C. tree fruit grower co-operative shuts down after 88 years, citing low volume
OKANAGAN, B.C. - A British Columbia co-operative that has been selling and promoting the province's fruit for the last 88 years is shutting down. In a letter sent to members Friday and obtained by The...
Jul 27, 2024