Category Archives: British Columbia

Vernon, B.C., New Democrat MLA to face recall petition over health-care issues
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government's handling of the health-care file has prompted a Vernon, B.C., resident to launch a recall campaign against her local New Democrat member of the legislature...
Aug 08, 2022

Man faces three charges, including aggravated assault, after Vancouver machete attack
VANCOUVER - Charges have been laid against a man accused of attacking several people with a machete in downtown Vancouver. A statement from Vancouver police says 48-year-old Ibrahim Bakhit faces three...
Aug 08, 2022

Victoria police appeal for information about local man last seen in Madrid, Spain
VICTORIA - A British Columbia man is missing in Spain and police in Victoria are working with Spanish investigators to find him. A statement from Victoria police says 67-year-old Scott Graham was last...
Aug 08, 2022

Teen who wasn't wearing a helmet dies in ATV crash in Williams Lake, B.C.: RCMP
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A teenager has died in an ATV rollover in Williams Lake, B.C. RCMP say the 17-year-old female was riding at the end of the Gun-a-Noot Trail south of the city when she crashed. Po...
Aug 08, 2022

BC Wildfire Service plans control burns to bring Okanagan wildfire under check
KEREMEOS, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service says planned ignitions are scheduled to enclose a fire burning in the southern Okanagan. Information officer Mikhail Elsay says the controlled burn will increa...
Aug 07, 2022

Downtown Vancouver Machete attack sends four to hospital with life-altering injuries
Vancouver police say they're investigating an alleged machete attack in the city's downtown core that sent four people to hospital with life-altering injuries. They say officers were called to a roomi...
Aug 07, 2022

Hotter, drier weather causing increase in B.C. wildfire near Okanagan
KEREMEOS, B.C. - A wildfire on the fringes of British Columbia's southern Okanagan has grown. The BC Wildfire Service says the blaze, which is about 21 kilometres southwest of Penticton, is now nearly...
Aug 06, 2022

CP NewsAlert: man accused in Amanda Todd harassment case found guilty on all charges
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The jury in the British Columbia Supreme Court trial of Aydin Coban has found him guilty on all charges he faced. Coban was accused of extortion, harassment, communication with...
Aug 06, 2022

Sextortion boom coincides with pandemic's online shift, as experts raise alarm
VANCOUVER - The mass shift online brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic coincided with a boom of so-called "sextortion scams," new data from Statistics Canada suggests. As authorities aim to educate you...
Aug 06, 2022

B.C. homicide squad says fatal Surrey park shooting was a targeted hit
SURREY, B.C. - Police say a shooting at a Surrey, B.C., sports field that killed two men and left another man in hospital with life-threatening injuries was a targeted crime likely connected to gangs ...
Aug 05, 2022