President Obama praises Kamloops hoops star
The man considered the most powerful in the world has praised a rising basketball star from Kamloops.While President Barack Obama was naming his picks to win this year's NCAA championships, he made...
View ArticleClark tells feds to "sharpen its pencils" on pipeline proposals
Premier Christy Clark says Ottawa must re-open the Kitsilano Coast Guard station if it wants to see pipelines built across BC.Clark denies she's issued an "ultimatum" but at the same time says the...
View ArticleOne person inside submerged vehicle at ferry terminal
RCMP say there was one person in a car that went flying off the dock and plunged into the water early this morning at the Gabriola Island ferry terminal.It happened around four in the morning.The...
View ArticleAttorney-General reacts to girls accused of Skytrain assault spree
Attorney-General Shirley Bond says she's concerned after hearing that two teenage girls accused of stabbing several people along the Skytrain line Tuesday night had 142 encounters with police in the...
View ArticleInmate missing from Ferndale Institution
Corrections Services Canada say they are looking for a inmate discovered missing from the Ferndale prison Wednesday last night. There is a warrant for the arrest of 31 year old James John Jackson. He...
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View ArticleWind sends construction debris flying in Vancouver
Police say no one was hurt after debris blew off of a downtown highrise project and onto the street below at about 6:00 Wednesday night. Vancouver Police had to close Davie Street between Bidwell and...
View ArticleWoman who killed child will hear results of another appeal Thursday
A day after canada's highest court rejected her latest bid to have her conviction overturned, Carol Berner will get the results of another appeal. The Delta woman who killed four year old Alexa...
View ArticleFriend of the fish may run for elected office
A fierce fish farm critic and noted biologist is taking a serious look at a run in Provincial politics this May. Alexandra Morton says she is fed up with the silence from the NDP on the fish farm...
View ArticleBuilding hospitals is like kissing babies, says critic
The NDP's Health critic says the Premier's announcement to begin the rebuilding process for Penticton's aging hospital lacks a few important details. Mike Farnworth says Premier Clark neglected to...
View ArticleAngus Reid, the bearer of bad news...for the Liberals
The latest Angus Reid Poll on the BC political scene contains more bad news for the Liberals. The NDP are well out in front at 48-percent support, a jump of one point.The Liberals polled below...
View ArticleSave On Meats owner accuses anti-gentrification activists of stealing sign
It appears opponents of gentrification in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside have targeted another business.Mark Brand, the owner of Save On Meats on Hastings Street has posted a photo online showing a man...
View ArticleCharges laid in old murder case
Burnaby RCMP say there's been a break in a murder case dating back nearly 20 years.They say Jaswant Singh Gill, a 40-year old man from Vancouver, has been charged with first degree murder in the...
View ArticleBC Court of Appeal dismisses Berner bid
BC's highest court has quickly dismissed a bid by Carol Berner to avoid jail time.Within minutes of closing today's hearing in the BC Court of Appeal the three judges came back and said it was...
View ArticleDivers find body in vehicle off Gabriola Island
The search for a body in the water off the Gabriola Island is now over.RCMP Sgt. Sheryl Armstrong says they found a woman in the vehicle that smashed through a steel barrier at the ferry terminal and...
View ArticleDoyle critical of air ambulance monitoring
BC's Auditor General has released another report critical of the provincial government.This time, John Doyle says the BC Ambulance Service needs to do a better job monitoring its air...
View ArticleUPDATE: Memorial for murdered Mission teen mom
People are gathering in Mission's Heritage Park to remember an 18 year old murder victim and mom of a one year old boy. Over 300 people are gathered in a park overlooking the Fraser Valley to remember...
View ArticleBC Court of Appeal ruling pleases Mom of daughter killed by drunk driver
The mother of a young woman killed by a drunk driver two years ago is pleased BC's highest court has upheld the sentence handed to an impaired driver... who took the life of someone else's child."She...
View ArticleBC man recovering from potentially deadly snake bite
The BC man who was bitten by a poisonous snake in western Costa Rica says he first thought he had been bitten by ants.61-year-old Michael Lovatt was speaking to reporters on the phone from his...
View ArticleProvince to adopt Cohen commission recommendations
The provincial government has announced it will adopt all of the recommendations aimed at BC in the Cohen commission report on the decline of sockeye salmon in the Fraser River.Last October the...
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