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A 59-year-old man from Edgewater, B.C. will appear at the Alberta Court of Justice in Canmore, Alberta on June 28, to answer to charges including Pointing a Firearm and Using a Firearm in the Commission of an Offence.
Source: https://www.e-know.ca/regions/columbia-valley/edgewater-man-arrested-after-road-rage-incident/
A B.C. woman who fled Afghanistan last year was finally reunited with her beloved dog at the Peace Arch border crossing in Surrey on Saturday morning.
About 2,000 students in B.C. got an early start to spring break after concerns over asbestos shut down one of the largest schools in the province.
Source: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/asbestos-worries-shut-down-b-c-high-school-days-before-march-break-1.6308806
A bus driver shortage is affecting service in many parts of B.C. and Canada.
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sooke-school-driver-shortage-1.6857254?cmp=rss
According to the president of the B.C. Ferry and Marine Workers' Union, the main issue at B.C. Ferries is competitive pay with workers able to earn between 18 and 40 per cent more elsewhere.
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bowen-island-ferry-disruption-1.6852385?cmp=rss
According to the president of the B.C. Ferry and Marine Workers' Union, the main issue at B.C. Ferries is competitive pay with workers able to earn between 18 and 40 per cent more elsewhere.
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bowen-island-ferry-disruption-1.6852385?cmp=rss
A criminal investigation into the conduct of 19 B.C. municipal police officers at an undercover police training event in Vancouver in 2022 has been completed.
Source: https://www.caledoniacourier.com/news/criminal-investigation-of-b-c-police-training-event-complete/
Across B.C. and the Yukon, July saw 21 days with thunderstorm warnings and just 10 without, while a warning has been issued every day in August so far, with hundreds and sometimes thousands of lightning strikes in a single day.
A fire tornado, or fire whirl, is seen in a video shot by the BC Wildfire Service at Gun Lake in the B.C. Interior overnight on August 17, 2023.
Source: https://www.cp24.com/news/video-captures-incredibly-rare-b-c-wildfire-tornado-over-lake-1.6531530
After all, it’s no small feat to get there — it’s about four hours of driving through northern B.C. in the middle of winter.
After reading that the senior rank of RCMP officers responsible for B.C. had ignored and not investigated renewed allegations of abuse of First Nations girls and women by members of the force in Prince George, words fail me.
Source: https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/ian-mulgrew-rcmp-management-more-than-dysfunctional
A grizzly bear with two yearlings has returned to Nelson, B.C. after an attempted relocation.
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/grizzly-bear-family-nelson-returns-1.6989997?cmp=rss
A heartbreaking reality is setting in for people who have lost their homes to wildfires in the Shuswap region of B.C. Countless fled to cities and towns across the country to find refuge with family.
Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9913339/wildfire-victims-shushwap-residents-calgary/
A Kelowna B.C., father said his 15-year-old daughter will no longer take public transit after dark, after she and her friend were allegedly assaulted at a bus stop along Highway 97 near McCurdy Road last Thursday.
A Kelowna, B.C., music teacher told a Provincial Court judge he only adjusted a young student's posture while sitting together on a piano bench at his home, and denied ever touching the child in an inappropriate way.
Almost exactly a decade later, Dutch man Aydin Coban was sentenced in October 2022 to 13 years in prison for threatening, exploiting and harassing the B.C. teen with intimate photos she had sent him.
A man was awarded $6.1 million after a B.C. Supreme Court judge found he was not the driver of a Ford F250 truck involved in…
Source: https://energeticcity.ca/2023/08/24/update-mathews-park-playground-reopening-pushed-back-again/
A member of the Gitxsan Nation in northwestern B.C., Lomax is among those who believes the Indigenous economy in Canada will reach $100 billion soon.
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/first-nations-indigenous-economics-canada-1.7039906?cmp=rss
Among the groups to sign the letter were the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group, OpenMedia and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre.
And it's not just B.C. This has been the worst wildfire season the entire country has seen in modern history.