Category Archives: British Columbia
'Very different Christmas' for those affected by B.C. wildfires this season
British Columbia's 2023 wildfires were a life-changing disaster for many, and their impact has echoed into the holiday season. The fire season was already breaking records by mid-August when forecaste...
Dec 21, 2023
Woman, 72, uses shovel to chase naked intruder from her Vancouver home, police say
VANCOUVER - Police say a 72-year-old woman used a shovel to chase a combative and naked man from her Vancouver home on Tuesday night. Vancouver police say in a statement the man entered the home by sm...
Dec 20, 2023
Hundreds of foreign-trained doctors boosting B.C. family medicine: Dix
RICHMOND, B.C. - British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix says almost all of the 666 international medical graduates registered in the province this year are now working as doctors, with more than ...
Dec 20, 2023
Metro accuses Loblaw of falsely implicating it in bread price-fixing scheme
In new court filings, Metro Inc. is accusing Loblaw Cos. Ltd. and its parent company of conspiring to implicate Metro in an alleged bread price-fixing scheme. Metro has submitted a statement of defenc...
Dec 20, 2023
Odds of another rate hike have fallen, BoC governing council agreed as they held rate
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada's governing council agreed the odds of another rate hike have decreased during its discussions ahead of the interest rate decision earlier this month. The Bank of Canada re...
Dec 20, 2023
No charges in B.C. 2022 Christmas Eve bus crash that left 4 dead
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Prosecution Service says there will be no charges stemming from a bus crash on an icy highway in the province's Interior last Christmas Eve that killed four people. Ser...
Dec 20, 2023
Salvation Army Christmas Campaign almost over
The local Salvation Army Christmas Kettle Campaign is in the home stretch, with only a few days left in their fundraising drive. More than 2400 people have requested hampers of food, including hundred...
Dec 20, 2023
IIO investigate death
The Independent Investigations Office of BC is seeking witnesses regarding the death of 83-year old Brian Watkins. The elderly man with dementia was reported missing last week, and was found by police...
Dec 20, 2023
B.C. secures largest civil forfeiture of its kind at $10 million
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says its civil forfeiture office has secured $10 million from a company that provided payment processing services for people found guilty or who are alleged ...
Dec 19, 2023
One arrested in B.C. police operation near three North Vancouver schools
VANCOUVER - One suspect has been arrested in a police operation in North Vancouver that delayed the start of three area schools. RCMP say officers responded to a report of an assault at around 5 a.m. ...
Dec 19, 2023