Category Archives: British Columbia
CP NewsAlert: Four people found dead at home in Richmond, B.C.
RICHMOND, B.C. - Police say four people were found dead at a home in Richmond, B.C., in what they describe as a targeted shooting. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says officers were called ...
Jan 26, 2022
Interior Fraser steelhead face extinction, warn B.C. fishing, conservation groups
VANCOUVER - Fishery and conservation groups in British Columbia warn a unique species of ocean-going trout faces a "severe conservation crisis" and must be added to Canada's Species at Risk Act. Fifte...
Jan 26, 2022
Integrated Homicide Investigations Team called after “serious incident” in Richmond
RICHMOND - The RCMP's Integrated Homicide Investigations Team (IHIT) has been called in following what police describe as a "serious incident" in Richmond.The bodies of four people were discovered in ...
Jan 26, 2022
B.C. Appeal Court extends injunction against protests at Fairy Creek until September
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Court of Appeal has overturned a lower-court ruling and extended an injunction against old-growth logging protests until September on Vancouver Island. A panel of three ...
Jan 26, 2022
Loaded shotguns & homemade bomb among haul from Nanaimo traffic stop
NANAIMO - What originally looked like a routine traffic stop turned into a substantial bust by local Mounties.RCMP media liaison officer Cst. Gary O'Brien said an officer spotted a suspicious older mo...
Jan 26, 2022
Water taxi with six on board hits rocks near Tofino, B.C.; four suffer injuries
TOFINO, B.C. - Four people suffered undetermined injuries when a water taxi with six people on board ran aground near Tofino, B.C. Navy Lt. Pamela Hogan, a public affairs officer, says the coast guard...
Jan 25, 2022
B.C. extends proof of vaccine card program to the end of June
VICTORIA - British Columbia's vaccine card program is being extended until June 30. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the government is trying to mitigate the risks of spreading COVID-19...
Jan 25, 2022
Early studies find at least 93 potential burials at St. Joseph's Mission Residential School in Williams Lake
Support services are in place for residential school survivors and their families here.WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Data from Williams Lake First Nation's (WLFN) investigation shows 93 reflections, which dis...
Jan 25, 2022
British Columbia developing plan to protect drinking water, ecosystems
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it is developing a strategy to protect watersheds from threats posed by climate change combined with urban and industrial development. A new discussion ...
Jan 25, 2022
Former B.C. legislature clerk's cufflinks, whisky subject of indictment: Crown
VANCOUVER - A special prosecutor says the former clerk of the British Columbia legislature claimed expenses ranging from malt whisky to cufflinks on the public purse. Brock Martland alleged in B.C. Su...
Jan 25, 2022