IIO investigating crash in Langley
Investigators with BC's Independent police watchdog are looking into an early-morning crash in Langley.The Independent Investigations Office says RCMP report the crash happened around 2:00.Mounties say...
View ArticleBurnaby mounties investigating early-morning crash
RCMP in Burnaby are investigating after a crash that led to some flooding.Staff Sergeant Ghalib Bhayani says it happened at about 3:00 Sunday morning at Lougheed Highway and Boundary Road.A taxi...
View Article65,000 Calgarians allowed home to do self-assessments
65,000 Calgarians are allowed to head home to do self-assessments Sunday afternoon.Reporter Joe McFarland with CKNW's sister station in Calgary says people are being told to check the city's website to...
View ArticleFlood concerns ease in B.C. communities
Here’s some good news for B.C. communities dealing with heavy rains and threatening flood waters since late last week.Evacuation alerts are in place for areas in a few southeastern areas, such as the...
View ArticlePoll numbers suggest Clark second most popular premier in Canada
The latest popularity numbers for premiers across the country show a much different picture for B.C. than last quarter. Â Shachi Kurl with pollster Angus Reid says when they talked to voters in April...
View ArticleSentencing for rioting beauty queen delayed
A former beauty queen will have to wait to learn her fate for her role in the Stanley Cup riot.A judge has delayed sentencing for Sophie Laboissonniere in light of sentences that recently came down for...
View ArticleUPDATES: Lilgert handed four years in prison
The man blamed in the sinking of the BC Ferry "Queen of the North" has been handed four years in prison by a BC Supreme Court judge.Karl Lilgert has just been sentenced.He was found guilty on two...
View ArticleInjured diver improving in hospital
There is some positive news to report after a teenage girl was badly injured during diving lessons in West Vancouver on the weekend.Around five o' clock Saturday, police and fire fighters were called...
View ArticleCanucks will name new coach tomorrow
We officially find out tomorrow if the new head coach of the Vancouver Canucks is the former head coach of the New York Rangers.John Tortorella is well-known for making colourful comments and having a...
View ArticleUPDATES: Latest victim of gang violence had long criminal record
The young Abbotsford man gunned down and killed late Sunday afternoon was an associate of one of the accused killers of gangster Jonathan Bacon.The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has confirmed...
View ArticleBC Ferries blames service refusal on "misunderstanding"
B-C Ferries says it was "all a misunderstanding."This after a 20-year-old Gabriola Island woman was denied boarding a ferry because her pre-paid "BC Ferries Experience Card" didn't have enough money...
View ArticlePlane, minus propeller, comes in for emergency landing
Plenty of praise for the pilot of a Seair Beaver float plane following an emergency landing this afternoon.RCMP and Search and Rescue were called out to a report of a plane floating powerless in...
View ArticleSay farewell to another hockey season, albeit shortened
 Bryan Bickell and Dave Bolland scored goals 17 seconds apart Monday and the Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup with an unexpected 3-2 last-minute comeback victory over the Boston Bruins in Game 6....
View ArticleCouncillors concerned about traffic flow at possible viaduct removal
Vancouver city staff have laid out a proposal to remove the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts.One of the main concerns councillors have is about traffic: Would it be pushed into other neighbourhoods? Will...
View ArticleThieves ransack Langley home
Langley RCMP are looking for the people who ransacked a home in the 25 hundred block of 206th street.It happened in late May or early June.The 80 year old homeower was lodged in a care home at the...
View ArticleTortorella: "I couldn't be more excited"
Saying he plans to push the players to win, the new coach of the Vancouver Canucks has now addressed local media... for the first time.John Tortorella says he's always dreamed of working in this...
View ArticleTortorella says he'll "push" players
The new coach of the Vancouver Canucks has quickly explained how he hopes to get this city it's first Stanley Cup championship."I'm going to push the players. That's a big part of coaching and I am...
View ArticleFormer union president calls sentencing of ferry navigator "disappointing,"...
"Disappointing" and "political" is how the former president of the BC Ferry and Marine Workers Union describes yesterday's sentencing of "Queen of the North" ferry navigator Karl Lilgert.Jackie Miller...
View ArticleSummit called on Metro's gang problem
Leaders of the Sikh community and law enforcement officials are coming together for what's being billed as an "unprecedented summit" on youth gang violence.It's a two-day summit that's aimed at...
View ArticleSpecial prosecutor appointed to review report on death of Paul Boyd
The Criminal Justice Branch says a special prosecutor has been appointed to review a report on the shooting of Paul Boyd.Vancouver lawyer, Mark Jette has been appointed to review a report submitted by...
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