Category Archives: British Columbia
RCMP seek more information after B.C. piano teacher charged with sex assault of child
KELOWNA, B.C. - Mounties say a piano teacher in Kelowna, B.C., has been charged with sexual crimes against a child and there could be more victims or people who can help their investigation. Police sa...
May 04, 2022
B.C. hiring more health-care staff as it wipes out surgery backlog: minister
VICTORIA - British Columbia's health minister says the province has almost caught up with the backlog of surgeries from the pandemic and weather events while it sets new targets to whittle down the ex...
May 04, 2022
B.C. Opposition leader aims at NDP's problem issues of crime, health affordability
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Opposition Liberal leader says he will target the New Democrat government's weak spots on the issues of crime, affordability and health care when he takes his seat in the...
May 04, 2022
Province testing beefed-up emergency alert system ahead of fire season
NANAIMO - Phone service along with television and radio broadcasts will be interrupted briefly Wednesday afternoon.The scheduled 1:55 p.m. test of the province's emergency alert system is designed to ...
May 04, 2022
Minister flags 'creative' plan for repeat offenders after being called soft on crime
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Attorney General David Eby says he is poised to announce a "creative" plan to help tackle repeat offenders. Eby, who has been labelled soft on crime by Opposition B.C. Li...
May 03, 2022
Corrections officer mistakenly killed in B.C.'s gang war: Delta police
DELTA, B.C. - Police say an off-duty corrections officer who was gunned down in a Walmart parking lot in Delta, B.C., was killed in a case of mistaken identity. The Delta Police Department says invest...
May 03, 2022
RCMP reunite owner with Wayne Gretzky rookie card
A 1979 Wayne Gretzky rookie card that has been missing for over six years has been returned to its rightful owner.The card was among a selection of vintage hockey cards stolen during a break and enter...
May 03, 2022
RCMP investigate after two suspicious wildfires sparked in B.C.'s north Okanagan
VERNON, B.C. - RCMP in British Columbia's north Okanagan say they are "incredibly concerned" that someone may be intentionally trying to spark wildfires. A statement from Vernon North Okanagan RCMP sa...
May 03, 2022
B.C. finance minister says 'over my dead body,' will abortion access change
VICTORIA - British Columbia's finance minister says she will fight to ensure abortion access rights are never denied in the province no matter what may happen in the United States. Selina Robinson rea...
May 03, 2022
B.C. sees decrease in overdose deaths in March, but drug users face risks: coroner
VICTORIA - British Columbia's chief coroner says a recent dip in the number of overdose deaths is encouraging, but illicit toxic drugs still present enormous risks for substance users. Lisa Lapointe s...
May 03, 2022