Category Archives: British Columbia
Vancouver police crack down on stolen goods that turn up on downtown sidewalks
VANCOUVER - Vancouver police say a crackdown on the sale of stolen goods that turn up on the sidewalks of the city's Downtown Eastside has led to five arrests and turned up more than $650,000 in cash,...
Jun 06, 2024
Vancouver mayor grieves stabbing death of 32-year-old chef near Chinatown
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has issued a statement saying police are working tirelessly to find the person responsible for a fatal stabbing near the city's Chinatown early Wednesday. Sim says ...
Jun 06, 2024
182 deaths linked to B.C. unregulated drugs in April, 14,500 deaths in eight years
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Coroners Service says 182 people died in April from drug overdoses. A statement from the service says the toll represents a 24 per cent decrease in deaths from April 20...
Jun 06, 2024
Drones, dogs, helicopters and ground crews search for missing mountaineers in B.C.
**Update at 4:24 p.m. Thursday: After extensive efforts, Sea to Sky RCMP - Squamish in collaboration with Squamish Search and Rescue, Integrated Police Dog Services, North Shore Search and Rescue and ...
Jun 06, 2024
Disaster survivors bring pleas for climate change action to Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - Meghan Fandrich's voice shakes as she recalls grabbing her five-year-old daughter and fleeing their home as flames descended on the village of Lytton, B.C., in 2021. Darryl Tedjuk is quiet as...
Jun 06, 2024
Police in B.C. arrest two for theft of $2.5M worth of stolen vehicles
VANCOUVER - Two men face more than a dozen charges each after British Columbia's provincial auto crime team recovered 29 high-end vehicles valued at $2.5 million. RCMP say in a news release that they ...
Jun 06, 2024
D-Day veteran from Abbotsford, B.C., to receive France's highest honour
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Second World War veteran who landed at Normandy on D-Day 80 years ago will be presented with France's highest decoration in a ceremony in Vancouver today. Joseph Vogelge...
Jun 06, 2024
B.C. teachers' union denies Holocaust education group funds, recognition: advocates
VANCOUVER - Jewish organizations say the British Columbia Teachers' Federation has denied specialist recognition of a Holocaust education group, making it ineligible to receive union funding as a teac...
Jun 05, 2024
Wildfire plan wants 50% of Canadians to act in response to climate change by 2025
CRANBROOK, B.C. - Canadian federal, provincial and territorial forest ministers have signed on to a national strategy that they say aims to raise awareness of wildfire risks across the country. B.C. F...
Jun 05, 2024
B.C. appoints chief scientific adviser for complex mental health, addiction needs
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has announced the appointment of a chief scientific adviser to address a "growing population" of people who survived an overdose but were left with life-altering brain inj...
Jun 05, 2024