UPDATES: Fire crews battle "aggressive" wildfire
An evacuation alert is in effect as fire crews battle an aggressive wildfire 5 kilometers southwest of Okanagan Falls.12 homes, located near the 50 hectare blaze, are under the alert.Fire officials say...
View ArticleSlocan Valley clean-up underway
A water ban is in place indefinitely as officials study the impacts of Friday's jet fuel spill in the Slocan Valley.While most of the 35-thousand litres of spilled fuel has vaporized the interior...
View ArticleThree teens come forward after hit-and-run in Abbotsford
Three teenaged boys have turned themselves in to Abbotsford Police after yesterday's hit and run at George Ferguson Way and Gladwin Road.All three were in the company of their parents when they arrived...
View ArticleBear welfare group says homeowner habits need to change
They may be covered in fur, but Metro Vancouver's warm weather isn't making the bears hide out in the shade. "There are a couple of bears that are about to be taken out, unless we can get some...
View ArticleWoman suspected in downtown Vancouver stabbing arrested
A woman accused of stabbing another woman in downtown Vancouver yesterday afternoon, has been arrested.Police say the 36-year-old suspect stabbed the woman near Homer and Dunsmuir Street.They say the...
View ArticleCab shot at in Surrey
It was a scary night for a cab driver in Surrey last night.RCMP say a car pulled up next to the cab, on the passenger side, and fired a gunshot. Mounties say the bullet went in and out through the...
View ArticleFireworks draw over 250,000 people to Vancouver
Over 250,000 people came out to watch the Celebration of Light in downtown Vancouver last night.The United Kingdom put on a James Bond themed fireworks show.David Lightfoot, visiting from Washington,...
View ArticlePolice searching for suspect in Nanaimo stabbing
Another stabbing today, this time in Nanaimo.RCMP are searching for a suspect after two men in their twenties were stabbed early this morning.Police found the two men around 3:30 during a patrol near...
View ArticleVancouver Police search for stabbing suspect
Police are on the lookout for a 36-year old woman after a stabbing in Downtown Vancouver this afternoon.It happened near the corner of Homer and Dunsmuir Street shortly before 1:00.The suspect...
View ArticleSurrey teen facing charges for selling brass knuckles
A 17 year old surrey boy is facing charges after he was arrested for selling brass knuckles along a skytrain route.The teen was arrested earlier this week by transit police.They were following a crime...
View ArticleEvacuation order lifted for Slocan Valley
Those evacuated from their homes as a result of the jet fuel spill in the Central Kootenay region can return home.This according to the Central Kootenay Regional District, which also says Highway 6 is...
View ArticleArea under evacuation order in Slocan Valley been reduced
Crews, including Vancouver's hazmat team, continue to work to contain the tanker spill in Lemon Creek in BC's Central Kootenay region which has leaked tens of thousands of litres of jet fuel into the...
View ArticleBurnaby mounties investigate early morning stabbing
Mounties in Burnaby are investigating after a stabbing on Imperial Street near Kingsway early this morning.Corporal Rick Skolrood says there was a fight at around 3:00."As a result, two males have...
View ArticleUPDATES: Abbotsford Police looking for suspects in hit and run
Disturbing new details have emerged about an early morning hit and run in Abbotsford.Constable Ian MacDonald says police are looking for two caucasian men who they believe threw eggs at three teenaged...
View ArticleCoast Guard: absence of Kits Base won't affect safety at fireworks shows
The mayor of Vancouver says he is on pins and needles hoping tragedy on the water is avoided at this year's fireworks shows.Gregor Robertson says this will be the first Celebration of Light since the...
View ArticleHundreds forced from their homes after tanker spills oil in Slocan Valley
Residents in the Slocan Valley and Lemon Creek area have been evacuated from their homes after a tanker spilled fuel into Lemon Creek.It happened around 4:00 this afternoon.Barry Derco is the owner...
View ArticleBody found in Newton
The discovery of a body in Surrey today has police cautioning it might not be murder.RCMP Cpl. Bert Paquet says someone called 911 from a wooded-area near the 13900 block of 70 Avenue and investigators...
View ArticleBody identified as Prince George man missing since 1989
The BC Coroners Service has finally put a name to a body found in the Fraser River near Coquitlam back in 1989.It has been identified as 29-year-old Brian Carmen Law of Prince George.Law was reported...
View ArticlePolice look for man who locked boy in Qualicum Beach washroom
A suspicious incident on Vancouver Island earlier this week has prompted a police search.They're looking for a man who locked a six-year-old boy in a washroom at a Qualicum Beach campground Wednesday...
View ArticleTwist in story of twins being born at Eastside park
Police have revealed a sad twist to the birth of twins at Vancouver’s Oppenheimer Park earlier this week.Chief Jim Chu says the woman suffers from mental problems and has dealt with police before.When...
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