Category Archives: British Columbia
Barge drifts aimlessly through Vancouver waters before beaching itself
VANCOUVER - A loose barge drifted around Vancouver's False Creek on Monday before grounding itself on a Stanley Park beach. The Canadian Coast Guard said in a statement the barge's owner has been cont...
Nov 15, 2021
B.C. proposes zones around hospitals and schools in response to COVID-19 protests
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has introduced legislation that it says would prevent "disruptive behaviour" from affecting schools and health-care facilities. The Ministry of the Attorney ...
Nov 15, 2021
Petition for referendum on Surrey's police transition garners 42,942 signatures
SURREY, B.C. - A group opposing the planned transition from the RCMP to a municipal police force in Surrey, B.C., says it has collected close to 43,000 signatures from residents calling for a referend...
Nov 15, 2021
B.C. forest company says rule of law must apply to ongoing protests at Fairy Creek
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for a British Columbia forest company says it wants the court to defend the rule of law at a protest site on southern Vancouver Island where more than 1,100 people have been arres...
Nov 15, 2021
VIDEO: Cedar residents evacuated as rains, rising tide contribute to area flooding
UPDATE: 2:11 p.m. State of local emergency and evacuation orders issued for areas near the Nanaimo River, with the Little Qualicum River and Englishman River in Oceanside also affected. A map of the i...
Nov 15, 2021
Coldwater River breaches banks, City of Merritt issues flooding evacuation orders
MERRITT - The City of Merritt has issued evacuation orders for multiple properties, due to flooding from the Coldwater River. In a noticed posted to the municipality's website earlier this morning (No...
Nov 15, 2021
Rocks and mudslides close B.C. highways during heavy rain
VANCOUVER - Heavy rain across British Columbia has led to several closures on major highways connecting the Lower Mainland and the Interior region of the province. DriveBC says Highway 5 is closed bot...
Nov 14, 2021
Rosanne Casimir re-elected as chief of Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Members of the Tkemlps te Secwpemc First Nation near Kamloops, B.C., have re-elected Rosanne Casimir to another three-year term as chief. Casimir ran for the first time three years ag...
Nov 14, 2021
Vancouver police investigating after 9th pedestrian struck and killed this year
VANCOUVER - Police are investigating after a 59-year-old man was struck and killed in East Vancouver Saturday night. It is the city's ninth pedestrian death and the 18th collision-related fatality of ...
Nov 14, 2021
Review of street check policies arises out of B.C. police commissioner's report
VANCOUVER - A man's complaint about being stopped and asked if he was "Abdul" by two officers in New Westminster, B.C., has prompted a call for provincewide consistency on street checks from the city'...
Nov 13, 2021