Category Archives: British Columbia
Elenore Sturko leaves BC United party for Conservatives to 'defeat the NDP'
VICTORIA - Another BC United member has left the party to join the Conservative Party of BC just months before the provincial election. Surrey South MLA Elenore Sturko says in a statement that she's j...
Jun 03, 2024
Victoria bus fleet affected by Transport Canada recall: BC Transit
VICTORIA - BC Transit says several buses in its Victoria fleet are affected by a Transport Canada recall. The agency says a number of its CNG Vicinity Motor Corp. buses contain a manufacturer part tha...
Jun 02, 2024
IIO investigating man's death after officer shooting in Mackenzie, B.C.
MACKENZIE, B.C. - British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating police actions after a man was shot and killed by an officer in Mackenzie, B.C. The BC RCMP say they received a report of a man tr...
Jun 02, 2024
B.C. RCMP, Squamish Search and Rescue looking for missing climbers
SQUAMISH, B.C. - A spokeswoman for Squamish Search and Rescue in British Columbia says an "active search" is underway for three experienced mountaineers who have been missing since Friday. Christy All...
Jun 02, 2024
Vancouver driver arrested after crashing into vehicles, narrowly missing pedestrians
VANCOUVER - Vancouver police say they are recommending multiple dangerous driving and impaired driving charges for a man who crashed his car into several other vehicles and nearly hit pedestrians down...
Jun 02, 2024
Storm expected to bring dangerous conditions to some Lower Mainland rivers
VANCOUVER - A moisture-laden weather system is forecast to bring heavy rainfall and unusually high flows to the Capilano and Seymour rivers starting Sunday morning and lasting until early Monday. Metr...
Jun 02, 2024
Environment Canada issues rainfall warning for Metro Vancouver, Chilliwack and Abbotsford
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, with up to 60 millimetres expected by Monday morning. It says the warning comes as a moisture la...
Jun 02, 2024
Vancouver synagogue holding service after arson attack
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver synagogue is set to hold its first service after an arson attack charred the building's front door and left the Jewish community shaken. Rabbi Andrew Rosenblatt says he anticip...
Jun 01, 2024
Ex-husband of B.C. woman Tatjana Stefanski is charged with her murder
LUMBY, B.C. - Police in British Columbia say the ex-husband of Tatjana Stefanski has been charged with her murder, more than six weeks after she was reportedly abducted from her home in the village of...
May 31, 2024
Vancouver Police arrest 14 pro-Palestinian protesters for blocking rail lines
VANCOUVER - Police say they have arrested 14 people at a protest by pro-Palestinian demonstrators who were blocking rail lines in East Vancouver. Cst. Tania Visintin says protesters who were blocking ...
May 31, 2024