Category Archives: The Province

A review conducted before two recent break-ins at the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre, apparently to smuggle contraband — possibly drugs — to prisoners, revealed the Interior British Columbia jail must beef up its security practices.

B.C. Hydro will redraw its energy self-sufficiency policy as part of an ambitious government plan to create a new energy sector anchored on the export of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Asia. As part of Premier Christy Clark’s jobs plan, … Continue reading →

The Internet and social media aren’t tools of mass hysteria, a Simon Fraser University professor is arguing in the wake of speculation that an illness spreading among American teens may be exacerbated by social media. According to numerous media reports, … Continue reading →

The Vancouver Police’s Missing Person’s unit is calling for tips on five unsolved cases from 2011 — all young men. Sergeant Kirk Star said foul play is not suspected in any cases at this time. There were 3,700 missing persons … Continue reading →

Notorious gangster Jarrod Bacon and his co-accused Wayne Scott have been found guilty of conspiracy to traffic in cocaine.

A house fire on the Snaw naw as reserve in which two young boys perished was caused by a burning candle, investigators say.

A region-wide police investigation led to the arrest of two men responsible for one of the most prolific bank robbery sprees in memory, Vancouver police say.

The Saskatchewan grandparents of a B.C. toddler who was found starving, confined in a dark, windowless room, have been found guilty of failing to provide the necessities of life.

RCMP are investigating the discovery of human remains in a vacant home on a First Nations reserve in Fort St. James. Police attended the scene on Wednesday and cordoned off the abandoned property on Lower Road on the Nak’azdli Reserve, … Continue reading →

Amidst a new era of federal government cost-cutting that has seniors fearing for their pensions and Ottawa braced for a massive downsizing, a group of MPs is lobbying to bring back tax write-offs for golf course green fees.

A 32-year-old Fraser Lake man was killed in an accident on Highway 16 Thursday evening.

Vancouver tycoon David Ho was spared a jail sentence on Thursday after pleading guilty to unlawful confinement of a prostitute he prevented from leaving his Shaughnessy mansion.

A young Edmonton family of four killed in a head-on crash with a tractor-trailer near Barriere, north of Kamloops, has been identified.

A North Vancouver man who previously won a lawsuit against the West Vancouver police for being wrongfully arrested has been found guilty of “obstructing a peace officer” for refusing to tell RCMP officers his residential address.

A rare mantle of snow blanketed the historic centre of Rome Friday, forcing the closure of schools and tourist sites such as the Colosseum as Pope Benedict XVI took a peek at the snowflakes. The snow covered palm trees, ancient … Continue reading →

A Surrey basketball team played some foul ball in Kelowna Thursday.

CALGARY — The National Energy Board has approved BC LNG Export Co-operative’s application for a liquefied natural gas export licence, signalling an acceleration of the nascent industry in Canada. The approval to ship 36 million tonnes of super-cooled natural gas … Continue reading →

Police have identified the man found dead in a Pitt Meadows agricultural area Tuesday as 26-year-old Brandon Howson of Maple Ridge. Howson was found dead around 10:30 a.m. Jan. 31 by a passerby who spotted his body near 224th Street … Continue reading →

In the days following the Stanley Cup riot, young artist Eli Schreyer Allen watched in shock and disgust the hours and hours of mayhem posted on the Internet. Out of that black cloud hanging over Vancouver, the 15 year-old up-and-coming … Continue reading →

If Internet startup companies are the new band, and entrepreneurs the new rock stars — as Vancouver digital impresario Michael Tippett believes — the Made in Vancouver startup directory he and others unveiled Thursday will be the tour bus, the … Continue reading →

A coalition of groups for Indian residential school survivors wants to reopen the $5-billion compensation settlement agreement, its spokesmen said Thursday in Winnipeg.

Reported entering Caravan with beer in hand during second incident

Smoke continued to billow and fill the air with an acrid odour Thursday morning after a Surrey strip mall was destroyed by fire.

Surrey mom Alyse McDonald will be forever grateful to RCMP Const. Aaron Jabs after the off-duty cop pulled her daughter from a flipped car.

Engaging in premarital sex was a vile enough transgression by a 19-year-old man to earn him expulsion from the polygamous B.C. community of Bountiful, where he had lived all his life. The sister of Winston Blackmore, bishop of Bountiful from … Continue reading →

Former premier Bill Vander Zalm took the witness stand Thursday, to criticize the conflict-of-interest investigation into him by Ted Hughes and to deny that he had defamed Hughes. In his notice of claim, Hughes says that passages from Vander Zalm’s … Continue reading →

The stories seem to come straight from a seedy TV cop drama. “Cowboy” drug cops out for glory. Investigators with tunnel vision hiding information from colleagues. Investigations hindered by cops who can’t stand one another.

North Vancouver RCMP and the BC Coronors service are investigating the discovery of a 60-year-old man found dead beneath a blanket and cardboard boxes in the area of Cotton Drive and Kennard Avenue. The man was found at about 9:51 … Continue reading →

Langley RCMP wants the public’s assistance to identify a man they believe stole a $13,000 wrist watch from Golden Tree Jewelers in Willowbrook Mall. The suspect ran off from the store after the store clerk attached it to his wrist.

The rusty cargo ship that carried Tamil asylum seekers to B.C. shores in 2009 has finally been sold. On Wednesday, Federal court approved the sale of the MV Ocean Lady to a buyer from Kitimat for far less than its … Continue reading →

Three-quarters of Canadians oppose raising the age of eligibility — from 65 to 67 — for the Old Age Security (OAS) benefit, a new poll has found.

The first mistake was breaking into a restaurant window in North Vancouver to steal liquor. The second was hopping a bus.

Kenneth Stephen Solowan, 26, of no fixed address, was arrested after police vehicles boxed in the car he was driving in an alley Wednesday afternoon.

The Grey Cup is going to be in Surrey Saturday courtesy of the B.C. Lions and the provincial government as part of the CFL championship trophy’s tour of the province.

B.C.’s liquor laws, which critics call antiquated because they prevent wine consultants from serving wine at wine-tasting seminars and restaurant goers from bringing their own bottle for a meal, are ripe for an overhaul. Those critics within the hospitality industry … Continue reading →

When a hunter shot his son’s puppy in the head, Nick Rose had to convince the cancer-struck boy not to take justice into his own hands.