Category Archives: British Columbia
One RCMP officer shot dead, suspect and two officers hurt: B.C. police watchdog
COQUITLAM - British Columbia's police watchdog says an RCMP officer has died and a suspect and two other officers have been injured while police were serving an arrest warrant in the Metro Vancouver s...
Sep 22, 2023
Ibrahim Ali murder trial: Expert defends opinion dead girl was sexually assaulted
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Ibrahim Ali at his B.C. murder trial has highlighted part of an expert witness's report saying there's "considerable overlap" between the type of injuries that can occur in co...
Sep 22, 2023
B.C. premier suspects Ottawa holding on to information about foreign interference
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says he "strongly" suspects that the federal government is holding back information that could help the province protect its residents with connections t...
Sep 22, 2023
Millions added to B.C. funding for rural, volunteer and First Nations firefighters
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is providing more money to rural, First Nations and volunteer fire departments across the province. A statement from the Office of the Premier says the mone...
Sep 22, 2023
Critical incident involving RCMP, B.C. Premier David Eby says
COQUITLAM, B.C. - British Columbia Premier David Eby says there's been a critical incident involving RCMP in the Metro Vancouver suburb of Coquitlam. A witness on the scene says she saw an officer wit...
Sep 22, 2023
First days of autumn expected to be cool and damp over most of British Columbia
VANCOUVER - Much of British Columbia will welcome the first week of fall with wet, cool conditions after enduring a summer of drought. Autumn officially begins at 11:50 p.m. Pacific time on Friday and...
Sep 22, 2023
West Fraser selling two pulp mills to Atlas Holdings for US$120 million
VANCOUVER - West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. has signed a deal to sell two pulp mills in Western Canada to Atlas Holdings for US$120 million. The sale includes West Fraser's Quesnel River Pulp mill in Ques...
Sep 22, 2023
All clear for properties impacted by Kookipi Creek Wildfire: TNRD
KAMLOOPS - An Evacuation Alert issued by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) on August 30, 2023 at 3:00 pm was downgraded to all clear this week. The downgraded ale...
Sep 22, 2023
Four B.C. firefighters who died in crash worked for Kamloops company
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The four British Columbia firefighters who died in a highway crash this week all worked for a Kamloops-based contractor, whose owner says they were like family. Aaron Duczak, owner of...
Sep 21, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Destructive West Kelowna, B.C., wildfire now considered 'held'
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - The large wildfire that destroyed dozens of homes in West Kelowna, B.C., is now considered "held," after raging out of control since mid-August. The 139-square-kilometre McDougall...
Sep 21, 2023