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Rogers Hometown Hockey cancelled due to coronavirus

Rogers Hometown Hockey cancelled due to coronavirus

North Vancouver Mar 11, 2020 / 1:11 pm

Rogers Sports & Media has just announced that they are cancelling the three remaining stops on their annual Hometown Hockey tour. A tweet by Roger's...

Violent Surrey kidnapping suspect sought, $50K reward offered

Violent Surrey kidnapping suspect sought, $50K reward offered

Surrey Mar 11, 2020 / 7:00 am

Surrey RCMP are collaborating with the Bolo Program to locate a violent suspect wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for kidnapping. A $50,000 reward is offered for...

Former Burnaby teacher banned over sexualized messages

Former Burnaby teacher banned over sexualized messages

Burnaby Mar 11, 2020 / 6:51 am

A former Burnaby teacher will never teach in B.C. again after admitting to sending sexualized messages to Grade 7 and 8 students. Taylor Arthur Attrill resigned...

B.C. identifies 7 new COVID-19 cases

B.C. identifies 7 new COVID-19 cases

Vancouver Mar 10, 2020 / 4:37 pm

UPDATE 4:38 p.m. The nursing home outbreak is worrisome for health officials because older people are more susceptible to coronavirus but provincial health...

IHIT called to investigate a suspicious death in Coquitlam

IHIT called to investigate a suspicious death in Coquitlam

Coquitlam Mar 10, 2020 / 2:31 pm

Authorities in Coquitlam are investigating a suspicious death discovered at a small fire. Police were called to assist the local fire department Tuesday just...

B.C. plans for worst on COVID-19, Premier John Horgan

B.C. plans for worst on COVID-19, Premier John Horgan

Surrey Mar 10, 2020 / 2:21 pm

B.C. Premier John Horgan says the provincial government is preparing for the worst on COVID-19. Horgan says public health institutions are well placed to cope...

Liquefied petroleum gas was aboard recently derailed train

Liquefied petroleum gas was aboard recently derailed train

Vancouver Mar 10, 2020 / 1:13 pm

The Transportation Safety Board says seven rail cars that derailed in northern British Columbia last Thursday were filled with liquefied petroleum gas. Board...

West Vancouver school closes early for spring break over virus

West Vancouver school closes early for spring break over virus

West Vancouver Mar 10, 2020 / 11:42 am

A private school in West Vancouver has closed a week early for spring break over coronavirus concerns. Collingwood School, where about 1,260 students are...

Family of BC coronavirus victim praise care home staff

Family of BC coronavirus victim praise care home staff

North Vancouver Mar 10, 2020 / 11:26 am

The daughter of an elderly man who was the first Canadian to die of the novel coronavirus has offered praise for the “heroic” health-care workers...

Thief drives off with $60,000 in lumber in Surrey

Thief drives off with $60,000 in lumber in Surrey

Surrey Mar 10, 2020 / 11:16 am

Surrey RCMP are seeking the public's help in locating a whopping $60,000 worth of stolen property from the Whalley/City Centre area. On March 1, police say...

Surrey woman looking for help with funding for a treatment

Surrey woman looking for help with funding for a treatment

Surrey Mar 9, 2020 / 5:42 pm

“The hardest thing for me was they said it was going to be forever.” A Surrey woman seeking the community's help to get a surgery to help with...

Viral video from Langley Costco shows a TP buying frenzy

Viral video from Langley Costco shows a TP buying frenzy

Langley Mar 9, 2020 / 2:58 pm

The run on toilet paper in Canada has been widely reported, including here in Kelowna. But in Langley, they are literally running for their toilet paper. A...

Vancouver police seek witnesses of violent assault outside pub

Vancouver police seek witnesses of violent assault outside pub

Vancouver Mar 9, 2020 / 1:56 pm

Vancouver police are seeking witnesses to a violent assault in the early hours of Saturday, Feb. 29. The incident occurred outside the Fairview Pub on West...

Man dies from coronavirus in B.C. seniors care centre

Man dies from coronavirus in B.C. seniors care centre

North Vancouver Mar 9, 2020 / 11:33 am

Canada recorded what's believed to be its first COVID-19 death on Monday after a man died at a seniors care home in North Vancouver, health officials said....

Man allegedly exposed himself to woman in Burnaby

Man allegedly exposed himself to woman in Burnaby

Burnaby Mar 9, 2020 / 10:24 am

Police are looking for a man who allegedly exposed himself to a woman in Burnaby last month. On Feb. 20, Burnaby RCMP responded to a report of a man committing...

Two Surrey schools 'deep cleaned' after contact with COVID-19

Two Surrey schools 'deep cleaned' after contact with COVID-19

Surrey Mar 9, 2020 / 9:10 am

A school district in Metro Vancouver has suspended a community rental program and disinfected two buildings after potential contacts with the novel coronavirus....

Empty transit bus takes out power pole in Burnaby

Empty transit bus takes out power pole in Burnaby

Burnaby Mar 9, 2020 / 7:43 am

Nobody was hurt in an incident Saturday in which an unmanned transit bus took out a power pole in Burnaby. The incident happened at Gilmore Avenue and Kitchener...

Squamish SAR rescue snowmobiler Sunday afternoon

Squamish SAR rescue snowmobiler Sunday afternoon

Squamish Mar 8, 2020 / 5:30 pm

Squamish Search and Rescue volunteers rescued an injured snowmobiler from Blanca Peak, in the Elaho Valley on Sunday afternoon. SAR's BJ Chute says the call...

Surrey RCMP investigating early morning gunfire

Surrey RCMP investigating early morning gunfire

Surrey Mar 6, 2020 / 4:08 pm

Surrey RCMP are investigation a shooting at a residence in Whalley. On March 6, at 10 a.m., police responded to a residence in the 10800-block of 139A Street...

No public hearing will be held into VPD officer's dismissal

No public hearing will be held into VPD officer's dismissal

Vancouver Mar 6, 2020 / 2:37 pm

British Columbia's police complaint commissioner has decided not to hold a public hearing into the dismissal of a senior Vancouver police officer for...

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