Category Archives: British Columbia
Online child exploitation spiked during lockdowns. Police worry it's here to stay
VANCOUVER - Online predators are becoming increasingly resourceful in trolling media platforms where children gravitate, prompting an explosion in police case loads, said an officer who works for the ...
Dec 29, 2024
Police in Chilliwack, B.C., seek help after up to 25 guns stolen from home
Mounties in Chilliwack, B.C., say up to 25 guns were stolen from a home that was "ransacked" sometime in the last three days. Chilliwack RCMP say officers were called to a home on Lyardon Road that ha...
Dec 28, 2024
Machinery fire extinguished at Delta, B.C., coal port terminal: Port authority
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says a machinery fire this morning at a Delta, B.C., terminal facility has been put out and no injuries were reported. The authority says in a written statement tha...
Dec 28, 2024
Mounties warn seniors to be aware after Salmon Arm senior scammed out of $9,000
SALMON ARM - RCMP say a 69-year-old woman is out thousands of dollars after she fell victim to fraud earlier this month.Police say the woman told them she bought $9,000 in Apple iTunes gift cards and ...
Dec 28, 2024
B.C. to receive nearly $10B in Federal Transfers
CHILLIWACK - British Columbia will see its Federal Transfers increase in the 2025-26 fiscal year.The Federal Government announced that B.C. would receive nearly $10-billion total major transfers.The f...
Dec 28, 2024
Vancouver's Bench Accounting abruptly shuts down, with 600 potential jobs lost
VANCOUVER - Vancouver-based bookkeeping service Bench Accounting has announced its sudden closure, potentially putting hundreds of staff out of work. The company that has described itself as North Ame...
Dec 27, 2024
B.C. man who flipped 14 homes in four years is fined $2M for tax evasion
RICHMOND, B.C. - A serial property flipper in British Columbia has been convicted of tax evasion and fined more than $2 million for failing to report nearly $7.5 million in earnings. The Canada Revenu...
Dec 27, 2024
B.C. court orders fraudster who owes $36.7M to pay from retirement funds
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Securities Commission says a man behind one of the province's largest investment frauds has been ordered by the B.C. Supreme Court to use two retirement accounts to pa...
Dec 27, 2024
B.C. man faces nine firearms and drug trafficking charges: CBSA
VANCOUVER - The Canada Border Services Agency says a man from Sicamous, B.C., is facing firearms and drug trafficking charges after officers intercepted a package addressed to him earlier this year. T...
Dec 27, 2024
B.C. man faces six impaired driving charges over crash that killed Good Samaritan, 80
SURREY - Mounties in British Columbia have approved six impaired driving charges against a 29-year-old man over a crash that killed an elderly Good Samaritan near Qualicum Beach earlier this year. The...
Dec 27, 2024