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Wanted woman arrested by police

Wanted woman arrested by police

Surrey Feb 8, 2015 / 5:49 pm

A woman who was wanted for breaching parole conditions has been arrested by Transit Police, after she showed an expired fare at a SkyTrain Station in Surrey....

Tim Hortons apology

Tim Hortons apology

Vancouver Feb 8, 2015 / 4:23 pm

Tim Hortons is apologizing after the owner of a Vancouver location was seen dumping a bucket of water on a homeless man sleeping outside the store. The company...

Rescue crews make discovery

Rescue crews make discovery

Vancouver Feb 8, 2015 / 7:30 am

The search for missing student Liang Jin last month was tragically unsuccessful, but crews did make a remarkable discovery that’s revived a rescue dating...

Bus crash knocks out power

Bus crash knocks out power

Richmond Feb 7, 2015 / 2:09 pm

Thousands of homes in Richmond, B.C., were without power this morning after a transit bus crashed into a power pole at No. 3 Road and Steveston Highway. BC...

Crime cash helps fight violence

Crime cash helps fight violence

Surrey Feb 6, 2015 / 1:54 pm

Premier Christy Clark says her government is diverting money from "the bad guys" to their victims as the province upgrades its strategy towards ending...

Letter writer holds key to arson

Letter writer holds key to arson

Surrey Feb 5, 2015 / 1:21 pm

A family member of three women and a baby killed in a Prince Rupert apartment arson 25 years ago is pleading for an anonymous letter writer to help solve the...

Coach accused of seeking sex

Coach accused of seeking sex

Vancouver Feb 5, 2015 / 10:00 am

A Surrey soccer coach has been arrested for allegedly travelling to Washington State to have sex with a “12-year-old girl” who turned out to be a...

Man saved, pinned under truck

Man saved, pinned under truck

Surrey Feb 5, 2015 / 6:42 am

Surrey RCMP rescued a man pinned under a pickup Wednesday after it went off 106A Avenue and rolled down an embankment. The crash occurred at 4:15 p.m. on the...

Mtn bike trail war goes to court

Mtn bike trail war goes to court

North Vancouver Feb 5, 2015 / 6:29 am

The dispute over North Vancouver mountain bike trails went to provincial court Wednesday. Tina Kraal, 64, faces charges of setting or placing a trap, mischief...

Starving husky rescued from street

Starving husky rescued from street

Maple Ridge Feb 4, 2015 / 9:31 pm

The SPCA is looking for the owner of a starving husky found wandering Maple Ridge. A concerned citizen found the Siberian husky semi-conscious lying at the side...

Coach jailed for child luring

Coach jailed for child luring

Surrey Feb 4, 2015 / 4:30 pm

A soccer club in Surrey has suspended a coach arrested in the United States for allegedly seeking sex with a 12-year-old girl who turned out to be an undercover...

Transit police nab teen with airgun

Transit police nab teen with airgun

Vancouver Feb 4, 2015 / 4:24 pm

Transit Police in Metro Vancouver say they have arrested a 17-year-old boy who was carrying an air pistol resembling a handgun. Police spokeswoman Anne Drennan...

Probation for taping students

Probation for taping students

Richmond Feb 4, 2015 / 11:14 am

A former University of B.C. professor has been handed probation for secretly recording study participants in a change room. James Rupert pleaded guilty to...

BC heading for balanced budget

BC heading for balanced budget

Vancouver Feb 4, 2015 / 6:16 am

British Columbia is preparing to enter an exclusive economic club by bucking a trend of deficit budgets nationwide, says the province's finance minister....

Search warrants at Mount Polley

Search warrants at Mount Polley

Vancouver Feb 4, 2015 / 5:59 am

The owner of British Columbia's Mount Polley mine confirms it has been served with search warrants as an investigation continues into the failure of a dam...

Transit officer charged with assault

Transit officer charged with assault

Vancouver Feb 3, 2015 / 6:00 pm

A transit police officer and his former partner have been charged with assault after a confrontation at a SkyTrain station in Vancouver. Transit Police...

Young at risk of gambling addiction

Young at risk of gambling addiction

Vancouver Feb 3, 2015 / 1:14 pm

A new study suggests problem gambling has decreased in British Columbia but that younger people are at higher risk of becoming addicted to gaming. The study...

Car crushed under semi

Car crushed under semi

Langley Feb 3, 2015 / 11:12 am

A car was crushed by a semi-truck in Langley early Tuesday. The red four-door sedan was travelling southbound on 200th Street and was turning on to 92nd Avenue...

Witnesses sought in fatal crash

Witnesses sought in fatal crash

Surrey Feb 3, 2015 / 10:54 am

RCMP in Surrey are seeking witnesses to a fatal motor vehicle collision Monday evening in Newton. The pedestrian motor vehicle incident was reported about 7...

Slow rebound from avian flu

Slow rebound from avian flu

Vancouver Feb 3, 2015 / 6:09 am

It could be as late as June before British Columbia farms are declared free of the avian flu, but recovering from the international trade implications may take...