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BC News‹ Feb 25 to Mar 3, 2018 ›
One dead in one-car crash
One person was killed in a crash that involved a lone vehicle in Maple Ridge on Saturday. The incident happened at around noon on Golden Ears Way near 210th...
Police search park for mom
The search for a missing mother who failed to pick up her kids from school continued at a Vancouver park on Saturday. Vancouver Police and the RCMP dive team...
Hwy 1 accident stops traffic
An accident on the Trans Canada Highway in the Lower Mainland has stopped traffic. DriveBC is reporting the eastbound lanes of Highway 1 are blocked east of the...
Freezin' for a reason
Members of the Vancouver Police Department will be taking the plunge this afternoon to benefit some special athletes. VPD Chief Const. Adam Palmer and Vancouver...
Highways 3, 5 re-open
UPDATE: 6:40 a.m. Highway 5 Southbound has reopened from Merritt to Exit 202, Portia Interchange. Highway 3 has reopened in both directions 30 km west of...
Memorial for Barrett today
A state memorial service will be held today in Victoria for former British Columbia premier Dave Barrett, who died last month in the capital city. The New...
More turmoil at city hall
Weeks after Nanaimo's city manager Tracy Samra was arrested for death threats to the city's mayor and one councillor, the acting city manager is on...
Disease kills 100s of rabbits
Hundreds of stray rabbits have been killed in Nanaimo by a rare, contagious disease. More than 30 rabbits were found dead at the city's Vancouver Island...
Cop sentenced for breach
A police officer in Abbotsford, B.C., has been sentenced after pleading guilty to a breach of trust charge. The Abbotsford Police Department says in a statement...
Ex-mayor faces sex charges
The former mayor of Burns Lake and membership chair of the BC Liberal party is facing charges related to several sex crimes. Luke Strimbold, 28, has been...
Librarian kicker found
Police have found the man believed to be responsible for kicking an elderly female librarian in Richmond Wednesday afternoon. A video of the incident went...
Cooked shrimp recall
If you plan on throwing some shrimp on the BBQ this weekend, best make sure they're not unbranded cooked shrimp from Loblaws. A recall has been issued on...
Ivanka Trump under scope
CTV Vancouver is reporting that an FBI investigation has been launched into the negotiations and financing for Trump International Hotel and Tower Vancouver....
Whale of a fight
The Vancouver Park Board is appealing a court decision that determined it didn't have the authority to ban whales, dolphins and porpoises at the city's...
Warmer weather on the way
The end is near - well, as far as winter is concerned anyway. After a winter of lots of snow and frigid temperatures, it would seem spring-like weather is...
Snow on the Malahat
UPDATE 12:03 p.m. Poor weather is causing some headaches on Vancouver Island's only major highway, the Malahat has been backed up all morning. Heavy...
Save our killer whales
Several conservation groups say the federal government's failure to issue an emergency order reducing threats to endangered orcas off the B.C. coast ahead...
Ancient tree topples
Vancouver Island is recovering from some nasty weather after strong wind gusts brought down a more than 200-year-old oak tree at Central Middle School. The...
Barrett memorial live-stream
Former B.C. premier Dave Barrett will be honoured with a state memorial service this Saturday at the University of Victoria's Farquhar Auditorium starting...
Hwy 1 open at Revelstoke
UPDATE 7:33 a.m. The Trans-Canada highway from Revelstoke to Golden has been opened up in both directions. It had been shut down for much of the night after a...
Highway scheduled to close
Early morning travellers may need to make alternate plans, as Highway 3, west of Creston, will be closed Friday for avalanche control. The Kootenay Pass highway...
School suspect not found
UPDATE: 6:25 p.m. Police didn't find a suspect Thursday after Bayside Middle School was locked down for several hours for reports of a suspicious person in...
Elderly librarian assaulted
A shocking and sudden assault on an elderly librarian at a housing for homeless community event at the Richmond Public Library has Richmond RCMP investigating....
Hostage taker out on parole
A man who took nine people hostage at gunpoint in Edmonton is again eligible for statutory release but he will be required to stay at a half-way house and...
BC Hydro rate freeze killed
The BC Utilities Commission has rejected the NDP government’s planned BC Hydro rate freeze and approved a three per cent increase for 2018. The...
Inquest into woman's death
A public inquest will be held into the death of a Saskatchewan Indigenous woman whose body was found in a British Columbia park. Deanna Renee Desjarlais, 27,...
Assault of recent immigrant
An unprovoked attack against a recent Syrian immigrant in Surrey in November has resulted in assault charges against one man. Marc Nijjer, 52, is alleged to...
MEC leads on gun control
UPDATE 1:13 p.m. By stopping the sale of brands tied to gun manufacturing, the chief executive of Mountain Equipment Co-op says the company can play a role in...
Senseless death
A judge in British Columbia has sentenced an Indigenous woman to four years in prison for manslaughter, but says it doesn't seem right that incarceration...
Remember fallen SAR techs
Today is about pausing to think about the volunteers who risk their lives to save others. March 1, 2018, is Search and Rescue Volunteer Memorial Day. "To...
Coq. reopens after crash
UPDATE: 12:10 p.m. The Coquihalla Highway has reopened southbound between Merritt and Kamloops after an earlier vehicle incident, DriveBC reports. Motorists can...
'They didn't protect them'
A 40-year-old Vancouver Island University student is believed to have imposed his sexual fetishes on over 20 women, half of them students at the university....
Bride ruins photographer
A British Columbia bride has been ordered to pay more than $100,000 to a wedding photographer for unleashing an online torrent of defamatory comments that...
Watch out for tree wells
With the weekend right around the corner, AdventureSmart BC wants you to be aware of tree wells if you're hitting the slopes this weekend. Tree wells form...
Get drunk on VPD
If you've always wanted to get drunk in front of police officers and have them pay for it, Vancouver is the place to be. VPD officers are recruiting...
Highway through hell
More truckers are coming forward to complain about the Coquihalla in the wake of Sunday's major crash. Kulwant Singh, a transport truck driver who was...
Threat at court house
The Chilliwack Court House was evacuated Tuesday afternoon following a safety threat. At 2:30 p.m., Chilliwack RCMP received a report of an unspecified threat...
30 cm expected on Hwy 3
Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Boundary, with 20 to 30 cm expected to fall on Highway 3 by early Friday. Flurries this evening are...
Creepy calls connected
Police believe a series of threatening phone calls to women in the Lower Mainland may be linked. Sgt. Janelle Shoihet said the troubling calls started in 2017....
Rams police car, civilian car
A man accused of causing two crashes in Port Coquitlam on Wednesday morning, one involving a police car, has been taken into custody. Police attempted to stop a...
Bus bursts into flames
A Wilson's Transportation passenger bus caught fire at Blanshard and Fort St. in downtown Victoria Wednesday morning. The driver was the only one in the...
Refining electoral reform
Voters in B.C. should cast two ballots, not one, when a referendum on electoral reform is held later this fall. That according the Fraser Institute, which...
BCHL billet home in flames
A family in Merritt who billet three players from the local BCHL team are picking up the pieces after their home burned down on the weekend. Rich and Jessica...
Wind warning for coast
Environment Canada has issued wind warnings for parts of the south coast including Vancouver Island. Residents are advised to prepare for wind gusts up to 90...
iPhone farm fire
A Langley farming family believe an iPhone is responsible for a fire that destroyed their home and now they want Apple to help them make it right. Cathy Finley...
A bad winter on the Coq
The Coquihalla Highway has always been a treacherous road, especially in the winter, but with a month of winter still ahead, this year has been particularly...
Out of jail early
CTV News has learned a notorious B.C. gangster was released from jail earlier than he was supposed to. Parole board documents show Jarrod Bacon was mistakenly...
Under fire over guns
Mountain Equipment Co-op says it is evaluating different courses of action amid continued social media outcry that it stop selling brands connected to a major...
'Safe zone' for online sales
Meeting a stranger to complete an online deal can feel risky, even for a veteran police officer. Sgt. Judy Bird knows first-hand about the "sketchy"...
BC pleased with budget
British Columbia's finance minister says she's pleased with the direction of the federal government's budget, but concerned with the slow pace of...
Kayakers find dead body
Kayakers discovered a dead body in the Gorge Waterway near Victoria Tuesday afternoon. Victoria Police are investigating near the Selkirk Trestle after the body...
Ram runs rampant, rams tots
Two children were attacked and injured by a ram that escaped in Nanaimo. The ram was on the loose on a street in South Wellington on Tuesday afternoon. A...
NHL Draft coming back
The NHL is coming to Vancouver. The NHL Draft that is. League sources have announced that the draft will come to the city in the summer of 2019. The official...
Pig eater threatened
UPDATE 1:26 p.m. The controversy surrounding the death and subsequent consumption of a potbellied pig named Molly continues to live on even if the pig itself...
Student brings gun to school
It’s the second time a student has brought an air gun to a Delta school in the last two weeks. Someone contacted police around noon after seeing a...
Safety of Coq questioned
The Ministry of Transportation says revisions to highway maintenance on the Coquihalla Highway won't be considered until after the outcome of an RCMP...
Instant Pot recall
A popular kitchen appliance is being recalled by the manufacturer. Instant Pot, an Ottawa-based company, has put out a warning to customers that some of its...
Coquihalla concerns
In the aftermath of Sunday's massive pile-up on the Coquihalla, drivers, professional and otherwise, are looking for answers. Should the highway have been...
Lonely in Vancouver?
Amie Peacock describes her mother as "a social butterfly," but when she came to visit her in Vancouver from the Philippines a lack of friends and a...
MEC weighing options
VANCOUVER - The head of Mountain Equipment Co-op says the company isn't rushing to make a decision about its supply chain after consumers on social media...
Arrests in pyramid scheme
Mission RCMP have busted what they are calling a fraudulent gifting scheme. Four people have been arrested in connection with the scheme that could involve...
46 neglected dogs seized
Forty-six dogs have been seized from a rural property north of Williams Lake. The neglected dogs and puppies seized by the BC SPCA range in age and are American...
'We were doomed'
A woman who was trapped inside a Greyhound bus that was involved in a terrifying multi-vehicle crash on the Coquihalla Highway Sunday, said the entire bus...
Stewart set to swear in
Kelowna West MLA elect Ben Stewart will be sworn in as the newest member of the Legislative Assembly tomorrow at a special swearing-in ceremony tomorrow in...
Nasty crash on Hwy 1
The driver of an SUV is lucky to be alive following a crash with a commercial tractor-trailer east of Revelstoke. It happened Sunday around 5 p.m. on Highway...
Carnage on Coquihalla
UPDATE 8:46 a.m. DriveBC has now opened both lanes of the Coquihalla highway. Castanet spoke with the father of a woman who had to be rescued from the crash, he...
Spring slow in coming
One of Canada's most high-profile weather forecasters says spring will be a little late this year. In its spring forecast released on Monday, the Weather...
Pot farm lights up sky
Bright lights from a newly-registered marijuana grow-op in Langley are keeping neighbours up at night. Canopy Growth and BC Tweed joined forces to convert what...
Hwy 3 open again
UPDATE: 11:00 p.m. DriveBC reports Highway 3 has reopened following avalanche debris clearing. UPDATE: 10:20 p.m. DriveBC indicates the stretch of Highway 3...
Fuel spill off coast
Tens of thousands of litres of fuel have spilled into the Strait of Georgia, prompting a Royal Canadian Navy investigation. According to officials, the HMCS...
Missing teen sought
Coquitlam RCMP are seeking a teenager who has been missing since Saturday. Pierce Cunningham is a 14-year-old First Nations male, 5'10" and 145 pounds....
B.C. boosts rent, child care
The B.C. government says it's giving a financial break to young adults who have spent time in government care. Those young adults will now get more support...
Crews heading to Hwy. 1
UPDATE: 11:45 a.m. The section of Highway 1 is now open after a vehicle incident closed it on Sunday morning. UPDATE: 9:40 a.m. Traffic has been reduced to...
'Worst I've seen it' on Coq
UPDATED: 11:06 a.m. A travel advisory remains in effect on Highway 5 between Hope and Merritt. Travelers can expect poor visibility due to blowing snow and fog...
Death under investigation
British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating the death of a man who was hit with a stun gun in Chilliwack. The Independent Investigation Office says...
DNA could find parents
For 10-year-old Isabelle Smit, finding new blood relatives through a long-shot DNA drive has been like a game of Connect the Dots. Smit, who was adopted as an...
