Category Archives: British Columbia

TSB investigators deploy to freight train derailment Saturday near Field, B.C.
FIELD, B.C. - Investigators from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada were deployed Saturday to the site of a train derailment near Field, B.C., close to the British Columbia-Alberta border. TSB ...
Feb 17, 2024

Train locomotives derail near Revelstoke, B.C., two injured, cleanup underway
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Two railway crew members were sent to hospital after multiple locomotives derailed and sparked a fire east of Revelstoke, B.C. Terry Cunha, a spokesman for Canadian Pacific Kansas C...
Feb 17, 2024

Astronaut headed to the moon says Canada needs more visionaries
OTTAWA - You're in a Florida beach house. You're under quarantine. And you're saying your final goodbyes to your family. That's all mandated by your bosses, because they're about to send you on a miss...
Feb 17, 2024

B.C. Prosecution Service updates hate crime definitions, includes 'hate propaganda'
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Prosecution Service has revised its hate crimes policy, expanding definitions and guidance related to hate-motivated offences. The service says the definitions of hate ...
Feb 16, 2024

Seniors lose thousands in three 'grandparent' scams in one day in Port Moody, B.C.
PORT MOODY, B.C. - Police in Port Moody, B.C., say three separate seniors were targeted on the same day by a well-known "grandparent" scam, getting swindled out of thousands of dollars. Const. Sam Zac...
Feb 16, 2024

Vancouver police officer is directed to remove Star of David patch from uniform
Vancouver police say an officer has been told to remove from his uniform a patch that shows the Star of David. An image of the officer wearing the black patch that includes the star and white bars, si...
Feb 16, 2024

B2Gold says three employees killed in bus attack in Mali, several others wounded
VANCOUVER - B2Gold Corp. says three employees have died after an attack on a bus transporting workers in Mali. The company says the bus, which was travelling under Malian gendarme escort, was going fr...
Feb 16, 2024

Truck firm involved in multiple B.C. overpass strikes loses licence to operate
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has cancelled the operation licence of the trucking company involved in multiple highway overpass strikes since 2021. Transportation Minister Rob Fleming say...
Feb 16, 2024

Falcon says BC United's housing plan includes rent-to-own initiative, drops taxes
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Opposition Leader Kevin Falcon is pitching a housing plan that aims to get more first-time buyers into homes, and it comes just days after Premier David Eby promised to b...
Feb 15, 2024

RCMP form national co-ordination team in response to extortion schemes
SURREY, B.C. - The RCMP says it has established a national team to help co-ordinate investigations and information sharing about extortion schemes targeting South Asian businesses in B.C., Alberta and...
Feb 15, 2024