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Vancouver police looking for dashcam video of abduction attempt

Vancouver police looking for dashcam video of abduction attempt

Vancouver Jan 10, 2020 / 12:51 pm

Vancouver Police are asking people to come forward with any dashcam video they may have to assist in the investigation of an attempted child abduction on...

Alex Fraser Bridge closed in both directions by falling ice

Alex Fraser Bridge closed in both directions by falling ice

Richmond Jan 10, 2020 / 11:47 am

The Lower Mainland's Alex Fraser Bridge has been closed in both directions due to falling ice. Delta Police tweeted about 11 a.m. that all lanes of the...

Police respond to domestic - seniors had hearing aids out

Police respond to domestic - seniors had hearing aids out

Delta Jan 10, 2020 / 11:31 am

A police call for a reported domestic dispute turned out to be quite different. Delta Police responded to the 7800 block 115th Street late on Jan. 5. Officers...

Strong winds, snow, on B.C.'s south coast, deep freeze in north

Strong winds, snow, on B.C.'s south coast, deep freeze in north

Vancouver Jan 10, 2020 / 8:22 am

Metro Vancouver is enduring its first major snow storm of the winter as snowfall warnings cover the entire inner south coast and eastern Vancouver Island, while...

New study reveals many BC residents have too many electronics

New study reveals many BC residents have too many electronics

Jan 9, 2020 / 8:30 pm

A new study from BC Hydro suggests almost three-quarters of BC residents feel overwhelmed by the amount of electronics they accumulate over the holidays. The...

BC man faces charges after drunk driving collision with kids

BC man faces charges after drunk driving collision with kids

Burnaby Jan 9, 2020 / 5:31 pm

A 44-year-old Ladysmith man allegedly driving drunk with his two toddlers in the back of his pickup was arrested in Burnaby, thanks to a civilian who followed...

A couple from Merritt won Maxmillions on Jan. 3

A couple from Merritt won Maxmillions on Jan. 3

Merritt Jan 9, 2020 / 5:30 pm

A couple from Merritt is $500,000 richer after winning the Maxmillions draw last week. Mitch and Florence Wilkinson were hoping for the big $70 million prize,...

Surrey RCMP find .40 calibre handgun on suspect

Surrey RCMP find .40 calibre handgun on suspect

Surrey Jan 9, 2020 / 4:27 pm

Police in the Lower Mainland have taken another firearm off the streets. Surrey RCMP’s Gang Enforcement Team (SGET) seized a firearm as a result of...

Vancouver cop fired over relationship with officer who killed self

Vancouver cop fired over relationship with officer who killed self

Vancouver Jan 9, 2020 / 12:39 pm

A senior Vancouver police officer has been dismissed from the force for discreditable conduct after an inappropriate relationship with a junior constable who...

Inquest to examine 2016 death of man shot by police in Nanaimo

Inquest to examine 2016 death of man shot by police in Nanaimo

Nanaimo Jan 9, 2020 / 12:31 pm

The B.C. Coroners Service says an inquest will be held into the police shooting death of Craig Ford. The 49-year-old Nanaimo man was walking through a...

Fugitive John Norman MacKenzie on the lam since 2018

Fugitive John Norman MacKenzie on the lam since 2018

Jan 9, 2020 / 12:15 pm

The pot just got sweeter in the case of B.C. fugitive John Norman MacKenzie. A $50,000 reward is being offered for the arrest of the 59-year-old, who in 1982...

Never-before-seen photos of Hope Slide released on 55th anniversary

Never-before-seen photos of Hope Slide released on 55th anniversary

Hope Slide Jan 9, 2020 / 11:46 am

Fifty-five years after the largest landslide in Canadian history, the B.C. government is releasing never-before-seen photos of the catastrophic Hope Slide....

First Nation roadblock at centre of BC pipeline dispute

First Nation roadblock at centre of BC pipeline dispute

Houston, BC Jan 9, 2020 / 6:36 am

Thirty-nine kilometres down a snow covered logging road, four men chop wood and work to erect a canvas wall tent in a pullout area. Cody Merriman, who is...

Court denies mom's challenge of Indigenous smudging ceremony

Court denies mom's challenge of Indigenous smudging ceremony

Port Alberni Jan 8, 2020 / 5:07 pm

British Columbia's Supreme Court says a mother has failed to establish that Indigenous ceremonies performed in her children's classrooms interfered with...

4.8 magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of Vancouver Island

4.8 magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island Jan 8, 2020 / 3:52 pm

Earthquakes Canada is reporting a 4.8 magnitude quake off the coast of Vancouver Island Wednesday afternoon. The quake appears to have been centred several...

Coquihalla Highway expected to reopen at 3 p.m.

Coquihalla Highway expected to reopen at 3 p.m.

Interior Highways Jan 8, 2020 / 2:50 pm

UPDATE: 2:50 p.m. The Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt has been reopened after crews spent the afternoon working to manage the high avalanche hazard...

At least 12 BC residents among dead in Tehran plane crash

At least 12 BC residents among dead in Tehran plane crash

Iran Jan 8, 2020 / 2:20 pm

UPDATE 2:20 p.m. Premier John Horgan is offering his condolences to the families of British Columbians who were killed in a plane crash in Iran Tuesday....

Man in Vancouver asked 12-year-old girl to come with him

Man in Vancouver asked 12-year-old girl to come with him

Vancouver Jan 8, 2020 / 1:35 pm

Vancouver police are investigating investigating after a man attempted to lure a child into his vehicle The attempted child abduction in South Vancouver...

Credit card information stolen using WhatsApp

Credit card information stolen using WhatsApp

Surrey Jan 8, 2020 / 11:59 am

RCMP is alerting the public to a new scam. Police said there is an emerging trend in fraudulent activity being perpetrated using the WhatsApp communications app...

B.C. man fired for BBQ sauce tweet, considers legal action

B.C. man fired for BBQ sauce tweet, considers legal action

Burnaby Jan 8, 2020 / 11:31 am

A B.C. man is considering legal action after he was fired for a tweet he posted about his company's Christmas bonus. Hussien Mehaidli, 27-years-old, from...

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