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Rock hits tent killing girl, 10 and her dad

  Photo: YouTube Blackcombe Windlip A rock fell off of a cliff and crushed to death a 10-year-old girl and her 49-year-old father. The pair had gone up Blackcombe to camp and ski tour. Whistler RCMP are investigating the death of the two North Vancouver...

Hwy. 97C at Ashcroft is open

  Photo: DriveBC 4:20 p.m. update: Highway 97C Road reopened at Ashcroft.  9:28 a.m. update: Highway 97C Closed in both directions from Ashcroft to Highland Valley Mine Overpass (31.2 km) because of Forest Fire. Estimated time of opening unknown;...

Fisherman catches a body in his net

  Photo: Google Maps Chilliwack and the Fraser River A man fishing on the Fraser River snagged a body in his net over the weekend, but before the net could be hauled in, the body slipped away. The RCMP say a First Nation fisherman had placed his net in...

Forest fire Evacuation Alert now an Order

  Photo: CTV Residents living in a rural area of B.C's southern interior, between Ashcroft and Kamloops, have been ordered to get out of the path of a raging wildfire. An evacuation order was issued Sunday night for properties in the area known as Blue Sky...

Artifacts stolen from God's house

  Photo: Contributed - Christ Church Cathedral Victoria police are asking for help from the public to locate some historical artifacts that were stolen from a local cathedral on Saturday night. Constable Mike Russell says investigators are trying to track down...

Evacuation alert in Thompson-Nicola

  Photo: CTV Hot and dry summer-like weather conditions in the B.C. Interior over the past week have contributed to increased activity on the Spatsum Creek wildfire, say officials struggling to battle the growing blaze. (CTV) The Thompson-Nicola Regional...

Kamloops man shot in leg

  Photo: Google Street View The shooting took place on Fairview Avenue in Kamloops. Kamloops RCMP responded to a report of a man shot in the face on Saturday night around 10:30 p.m. When officers arrived they found a 48-year-old man had been shot once...

Mounties shoot man on SkyTrain

  Photo: CTV Emergency crews attend Scott Road Station in Surrey after a man allegedly wielding a knife was shot by an RCMP officer Saturday night. (CTV) Multiple reports surfaced Saturday evening that an RCMP officer shot a suspect who was allegedly...

Targeted shooting at a Coquitlam home

  Photo: Contributed The RCMP's Major Crime Unit spent Saturday at the scene of a backyard shooting in Coquitlam in which a man was shot in the neck. Police say the incident happened Friday evening and investigators believe it was not a random...

Search for BC teen continues

  Photo: CBC The pair were swept over the Gold Creek Falls east of Vancouver on Friday. (CBC) The search for a B.C. teenager who was swept away while swimming at popular swimming hole in Maple Ridge with a friend has been complicated by dangerous...

Juror excused at BC ferry sinking trial

  Photo: CBC The hull of the Queen of the North passenger ferry came into contact with an isolated island off British Columbia's north coast and sank on March 22, 2006. (CP/HO-B.C. Ferries) A juror at the trial for the crew member charged in connection...

Body found following swimming tragedy

  Photo: Google Street View A body has been recovered from a creek in a park east of Vancouver where two young men from the Lower Mainland disappeared while swimming, says an RCMP sergeant. Ridge Meadows RCMP Sgt. Dale Somerville said the 19-year-old residents...

72-hour strike notice given to FortisBC

  Photo: Wayne Moore The IBEW has given a 72-hour strike notice to FortisBC. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local 213 has given a 72-hour strike notice to Fortis BC. There has been no job action taken at this time, but if the...

Police rescue children locked inside cars

  Photo: Google Maps Both incidents happened earlier this week in Abbotsford. Abbotsford police are issuing a public warning after they were forced to smash the windows of two cars to rescue toddlers stuck inside in the sweltering heat. On Tuesday, a...

BC First Nation threatens to block road

Southwestern British Columbia's St'at'imc Chiefs Council is threatening to block a highway and rail line and "embarrass" private companies and the next provincial government over trespasses on its traditional territory. Chief Garry John said he wants the next government...

Flood risk heightens, safety urged

Photo: Deborah Pfeiffer   With the onset of warmer temperatures, increased snow melt in parts of BC's southern interior have amplified waterway risks, according to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. Water levels and flow rates...

Four families file suit against Pickton

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Robert Pickton listens to his verdict in a artist's drawing in New Westminster, Sunday, December 9, 2007. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Felicity Don The children of four women whose remains were found on Robert Pickton's...

Human remains found near Revelstoke

  Photo: Google Maps The remains were found near Shelter Bay, on the west side of Arrow Lake. Two campers located human remains this past weekend on the west side of Arrow Lake, approximately 10 kilometres south of Shelter Bay, near Revelstoke. The BC...

Hit and run a planned murder

  Photo: CTV A fourth man has now been charged with first-degree murder in a case in which an Abbotsford, man is accused of staging a hit and run accident to murder his wife. Last month, 49-year-old Iqbal Singh Gill was charged with murder in the death of his...

Business group fears union changes

Photo: Contributed - cbc.ca Philip Hochstein, President, Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of BC A business group in British Columbia says the labour movement is preparing its members for an NDP government that will change the law to make it far...