Category Archives: British Columbia
RCMP IHIT identify Abbotsford man as victim in Burnaby fatal shooting
BURNABY - The RCMP Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has identified the victim of a fatal shooting in Burnaby, in the hopes of advancing its investigation. Burnaby RCMP say they were called to th...
Sep 17, 2023
MLA Adam Walker ousted from BC New Democratic Party, Premier David Eby says
VICTORIA - Premier David Eby has announced MLA Adam Walker has been ousted from the BC New Democratic party. In a statement issued today, Eby says the BC New Democrat caucus conducted a thorough inter...
Sep 17, 2023
Evacuation orders issued in Okanagan as wildfires continue to grow
KELOWNA - An evacuation order has been issued for eight recreational properties due to the Glen Lake Wildfire, about 15 kilometres west of Peachland in the B.C. Okanagan region.The Central Okanagan Em...
Sep 17, 2023
Evacuation order issued in central B.C., more than 400 wildfires burn across province
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - An evacuation order has been issued by Cariboo Regional District for 28 properties in the Horn Lake Area in central British Columbia. This comes as the BC Wildfire Service says f...
Sep 17, 2023
Three minor earthquakes recorded off B.C. coast, near Port Hardy
PORT HARDY, B.C. - A third minor earthquake has struck the British Columbia coast today. Earthquakes Canada says a 4.0 magnitude quake was registered around 8:20 a.m. local time. It followed a 5.5 mag...
Sep 17, 2023
Two visible wildfires burning near Pemberton, BC Wildfire Service says
PEMBERTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA - The BC Wildfire Service says crews are responding to two "highly visible" out of control wildfires in the Pemberton, B.C., area. It says both will likely remain visible t...
Sep 16, 2023
'Bunch of idiots': Victim relatives query psychiatric releases, lawyers urge caution
VANCOUVER - Rebecca Mayrhofer said she felt "100 per cent frustrated" when she heard about a triple stabbing in Vancouver's Chinatown on the weekend, that police allege was committed by a man on day r...
Sep 15, 2023
Defence in Ibrahim Ali murder trial suggests sex partner, killer not same person
VANCOUVER - A defence lawyer at the Ibrahim Ali murder trial in British Columbia Supreme Court has put forward the theory that the person who had sex with the alleged murder victim may not be the one ...
Sep 15, 2023
B.C. government, First Nations reach deal to reopen Joffre Lakes park
VICTORIA - The popular Joffre Lakes Provincial Park east of Pemberton, B.C., will reopen Monday after an agreement between the provincial government and the two local First Nations that had stopped vi...
Sep 15, 2023
Police identify both victims, elderly suspect in Chilliwack shootings
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - Homicide detectives have identified two people found dead in a home in rural Chilliwack, B.C., on Wednesday and say an elderly suspect has been charged. The Integrated Homicide Inve...
Sep 15, 2023