Category Archives: British Columbia
BC Wildfire Service plans control burns to bring Okanagan wildfire under check
KEREMEOS, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service says planned ignitions are scheduled to enclose a fire burning in the southern Okanagan. Information officer Mikhail Elsay says the controlled burn will increa...
Aug 07, 2022
Downtown Vancouver Machete attack sends four to hospital with life-altering injuries
Vancouver police say they're investigating an alleged machete attack in the city's downtown core that sent four people to hospital with life-altering injuries. They say officers were called to a roomi...
Aug 07, 2022
Hotter, drier weather causing increase in B.C. wildfire near Okanagan
KEREMEOS, B.C. - A wildfire on the fringes of British Columbia's southern Okanagan has grown. The BC Wildfire Service says the blaze, which is about 21 kilometres southwest of Penticton, is now nearly...
Aug 06, 2022
CP NewsAlert: man accused in Amanda Todd harassment case found guilty on all charges
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The jury in the British Columbia Supreme Court trial of Aydin Coban has found him guilty on all charges he faced. Coban was accused of extortion, harassment, communication with...
Aug 06, 2022
Sextortion boom coincides with pandemic's online shift, as experts raise alarm
VANCOUVER - The mass shift online brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic coincided with a boom of so-called "sextortion scams," new data from Statistics Canada suggests. As authorities aim to educate you...
Aug 06, 2022
B.C. homicide squad says fatal Surrey park shooting was a targeted hit
SURREY, B.C. - Police say a shooting at a Surrey, B.C., sports field that killed two men and left another man in hospital with life-threatening injuries was a targeted crime likely connected to gangs ...
Aug 05, 2022
Vancouver Non-Partisan Association mayoral candidate John Coupar quits as vote looms
Vancouver's Non-Partisan Association has parted ways with its mayoral candidate, John Coupar, barely two months before municipal elections are held across British Columbia. A statement issued by the p...
Aug 05, 2022
Judge instructs jury before its deliberation in online extortion case of B.C. teen
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The British Columbia Supreme Court justice in the trial of a Dutch man charged with harassing and extorting teenager Amanda Todd told the jury to "take special care" with the t...
Aug 05, 2022
Evacuation orders, alerts expanded near wildfire burning in B.C.'s south Okanagan
Unpredictable wildfire behaviour in British Columbia's southern Okanagan has forced the evacuation of the entire community of Olalla and an evacuation alert for the village of Keremeos, just a few kil...
Aug 05, 2022
Telus' net income soars 45% in Q2 as it reports rise in mobile, internet customers
VANCOUVER - Telus Corp. saw its net income soar by 45 per cent in its most recent quarter as the company nabbed more mobile phone and internet customers. The Vancouver telecommunications firm revealed...
Aug 05, 2022