Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. real estate agent fined $20,000 after being caught swigging milk at home showing
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia real estate agent has been fined $20,000 after being caught on camera drinking milk straight out of the jug at a home he was showing. A consent order released by the BC ...
Jul 28, 2023
Hundreds allowed to return home near Kamloops as evacuation order eases
VANCOUVER - An evacuation order covering hundreds of properties south of Kamloops, B.C., has been scaled back to an alert as crews make good progress containing a wildfire about 10 kilometres south of...
Jul 28, 2023
Canfor Corp. reports $43.9M loss in second quarter amid tough pulp, lumber conditions
VANCOUVER - Canfor Corp. says wildfires in Western Canada continue to disrupt its operations as it reported a loss of $43.9 million in the second quarter. With new records set in both Alberta and B.C....
Jul 28, 2023
B.C. RCMP arrest Surrey massage therapist on multiple sex assaults
SURREY, B.C. - A massage therapist is facing multiple sexual assault charges for what police in Surrey, B.C., say are allegations that span a 16-year period. RCMP say they first received a report in N...
Jul 27, 2023
B.C. police share photos of vehicles possibly being used in alleged abduction of kids
SURREY, B.C. - The mother of two British Columbia children who sparked an Amber Alert last week may be driving a distinctive van that police say has its steering wheel on the right-hand side. Mounties...
Jul 27, 2023
British Columbia's record-breaking wildfire season, by the numbers
British Columbia's wildfire season is the most destructive on record, with more than 15,000 square kilometres of the province burned, surpassing the previous high of 13,543 square kilometres set in 20...
Jul 27, 2023
Williams Lake, B.C., Mountie charged three years after car crash with suspect
VICTORIA - The BC Prosecution Service says it has approved several charges against an RCMP officer, three years after a suspect was seriously injured in a crash with a police cruiser. The prosecution ...
Jul 27, 2023
Pat Carney, former MP, senator, remembered as kind, 'wise leader'
VANCOUVER - Pat Carney is being remembered as a life force and a woman who got things done. The former member of Parliament, senator and trailblazer died Tuesday at the age of 88. Former Conservative ...
Jul 27, 2023
Weather delivers modest respite for wildfire starts in B.C., as latest update due
VANCOUVER - Fire and emergency management officials are set to provide an update on the state of wildfires around British Columbia, as recent rains have offered some reprieve but several blazes still ...
Jul 27, 2023
Teck announces employee death, lowers production guidance at copper mine project
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. announced the death of an employee at its Quebrada Blanca copper mine expansion in Chile as it reported a profit attributable to shareholders of $510 million in its sec...
Jul 27, 2023