Fire crews investigating after blaze at Vancouver house
Vancouver Fire Rescue Services (VFRS) was called to a house fire around 8 a.m. Wednesday. When crews arrived on scene, there was heavy fire coming out of one of the windows, says Acting Assistant Chief Jeff Bryant with VFRS. The...
Man charged following English Bay bathroom attack: VPD
A 50-year-old man has been charged with groping another man in an English Bay beach bathroom, according to Vancouver Police. The attack allegedly happened on July 20th, around 3 p.m. The accused was arrested and remains in custody pending a...
Maple Ridge RCMP respond to report of shots fired
The Maple Ridge RCMP said Tuesday evening it was responding to reports of shots fired. Mounties posted on social media shortly after 9:30 p.m., saying they were in the area of Lougheed Highway near Carshill Street. No further information has...
Metro Vancouver bus drivers reach second tentative deal
A second tentative contract deal has been reached between the Coast Mountain Bus Company and transit operators across Metro Vancouver. The union and the company both confirmed reaching the agreement, which comes about a month after the last proposed deal...
Man wanted for Quebec murder is arrested in Burnaby, B.C.
British Columbia’s organized crime agency says collaboration between police forces across Canada has led to the arrest of a man who is wanted in Quebec for murder. The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit says in a news release that three...
B.C. group says new gender-based violence funding must reach survivors
Hundreds of millions more in federal funding is coming to help fight gender-based violence, but there is growing pressure to make sure the money actually reaches survivors. Angela Marie MacDougall, executive director of Battered Women’s Support Services (BWSS), tells CityNews...
Heat warnings expand to much of southern B.C. as daily temperature records fall
Heat warnings in British Columbia have expanded to much of the southern and coastal inland of the province, after several daily records fell. Environment Canada says heat warnings that now cover much of the east coast of Vancouver Island, Whistler,...
B.C. crews use drone in controlled burn during wildfire fight, in Canadian first
Firefighters in British Columbia say they have successfully used a drone to ignite a controlled burn while fighting an active wildfire in what they call a Canadian first. The BC Wildfire Service says in a video posted to Facebook that...
Burnaby police arrest suspect 10 minutes after alleged robbery
The RCMP says it took them less than 10 minutes to arrest a suspect after an alleged robbery at a business in Burnaby last week. Mounties say they were called to a business near Lougheed Highway and Sperling Avenue around...
Fire crews work on containment lines between out-of-control blaze and Kimberley, B.C.
Firefighters in British Columbia are working to build containment lines between an out of-control wildfire and the city of Kimberley in the province’s southeast corner, where the entire community of more than 8,000 residents has been told to prepare for...
