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The Port Alberni Fire Department extinguished a grass fire near the train tracks at Stamp Avenue and Roger Street. (PHOTO COURTESY PAFD)

Woman arrested after series of suspicious fires started on Vancouver Island

Port Alberni RCMP hope arrest puts a damper on early fire season

 

Police lights. (Black Press file photo)

One dead, another in hospital following fatal collision near Revelstoke

The incident occurred at approximately 10 p.m. on March 28

 

The Vancouver Police Department arrested 217 people in a three-week anti-shoplifting project. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Vancouver police arrest 217 people in 3-week crackdown on shoplifting

Close to $80,000 in stolen merchandise returned to businesses

 

Jo-Anne Donovan, 57, who was found deceased near her Kamloops home at the Warren’s Trailer Court on March 22. An autopsy has declared her death a homicide. (Jo-Anne Donovan/Facebook)

Autopsy confirms missing Kamloops woman’s death was a homicide

The body of 57-year-old Jo-Anne Donovan was found near her home on March 22

  • Mar 29, 2023
Jo-Anne Donovan, 57, who was found deceased near her Kamloops home at the Warren’s Trailer Court on March 22. An autopsy has declared her death a homicide. (Jo-Anne Donovan/Facebook)
Kevin Wenstob and Sarah Flemming of 'Big Timber'. (History Channel photo)
Kevin Wenstob and Sarah Flemming of 'Big Timber'. (History Channel photo)
Fire sparked in a Wendy’s bathroom on March 28. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

Bathroom fire causes evacuation of Kelowna Wendy’s

The Wendy’s on Hollywood Road reported smoke from the bathroom at 4:30p.m.

Fire sparked in a Wendy’s bathroom on March 28. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)
Burnaby RCMP are investigating after someone vandalized a bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Simon Fraser University. (Black Press Media file photo)

Police investigating beheading of Gandhi statue at Simon Fraser University

Burnaby RCMP say power tool was likely used to remove head of bronze statue

Burnaby RCMP are investigating after someone vandalized a bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Simon Fraser University. (Black Press Media file photo)
Police lights (File photo)

Vehicle crashes into rock face, bursts into flames near Vernon

The incident happened Thursday night in Coldstream

Police lights (File photo)
Chris Hill of BCollective. (HAVAN photo)

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Chris Hill of BCollective. (HAVAN photo)
Proposed amendments to the Family Law Act promise to help answer questions about who gets to keep a pet during divorce proceedings. (Black Press Media file photo)

New B.C. legislation looks to clarify pet custody during divorce

Attorney General Niki Sharma tabled proposed changes to Family Law Act Monday (March 27)

Proposed amendments to the Family Law Act promise to help answer questions about who gets to keep a pet during divorce proceedings. (Black Press Media file photo)
The patio of a West Pender Street Starbucks in Vancouver is seen in the aftermath of a fatal stabbing on March 26. (Live-Customer-4784/Reddit)

Man stabbed to death outside downtown Vancouver Starbucks

Murder charge laid against Inderdeep Singh Gosal, 32

The patio of a West Pender Street Starbucks in Vancouver is seen in the aftermath of a fatal stabbing on March 26. (Live-Customer-4784/Reddit)
Police and the Emergency Response Team surrounded a home on 9th Avenue in Keremeos on March 24. After an hours-long stand-off, five were arrested. (Joe Lebeau Facebook)

Five arrested after break-in turns to standoff in Keremeos

No injuries were reported after the hours-long incident on March 24

Police and the Emergency Response Team surrounded a home on 9th Avenue in Keremeos on March 24. After an hours-long stand-off, five were arrested. (Joe Lebeau Facebook)
RCMP search for suspects involved in break-ins and vehicle thefts in the Carmi area of Penticton on Friday, morning. The suspect pair were arrested in West Kelowna later that morning. (Ellen Girouard)

Scary moments in rural Penticton end with arrests in West Kelowna

Heavy police presence after man and woman accused of theft in Carmi neighbourhood

RCMP search for suspects involved in break-ins and vehicle thefts in the Carmi area of Penticton on Friday, morning. The suspect pair were arrested in West Kelowna later that morning. (Ellen Girouard)
B.C. Lions head coach Rick Campbell watches from the sideline during the second half of a CFL football game against the Edmonton Elks in Vancouver, on Thursday August 19, 2021. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

PODCAST: Rick Campbell, coach of the B.C. Lions

MOJ on Sports: A member of 3 Grey Cup winning teams

B.C. Lions head coach Rick Campbell watches from the sideline during the second half of a CFL football game against the Edmonton Elks in Vancouver, on Thursday August 19, 2021. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
Area where the teen was allegedly attacked. (Google)

Teen allegedly assaulted at same Kelowna bus stop as international student

One person was reportedly arrested in the incident

Area where the teen was allegedly attacked. (Google)
A member of the RCMP Southeast District Emergency Response Team. Members of the team are currently at an unfolding situation in Keremeos. (Western News File photo)

Break-in leads to armed standoff in Keremeos

According to RCMP officers are focused on a home on 7th Avenue

A member of the RCMP Southeast District Emergency Response Team. Members of the team are currently at an unfolding situation in Keremeos. (Western News File photo)
Chase RCMP investigate break-in and thefts involving two North Shuswap residences during March. (File photo-Black Press Media)
RCMP shoulder patch. (PQB News file photo)

Nasty odours meet Chase RCMP investigating break-in of seasonal cabin

Intruder living in North Shuswap cabin despite no running water

Chase RCMP investigate break-in and thefts involving two North Shuswap residences during March. (File photo-Black Press Media)
RCMP shoulder patch. (PQB News file photo)
A dog was stabbed to death in Chase. (Black Press Media file photo)

Dog stabbed to death in Chase

A man was arrested after police discovered a dead dog in an apartment

A dog was stabbed to death in Chase. (Black Press Media file photo)
Highway 1, about 30 km east of Revelstoke, looking east. (DriveBC)

Avalanche control work to close Highway 1 between Revelstoke and Golden

Road is expected to close at 2 p.m. and reopen at 4 p.m.

Highway 1, about 30 km east of Revelstoke, looking east. (DriveBC)
Rhonda Caron posted this photo to Facebook of the flooding in Princeton on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. Over 290 homes were evacuated in Princeton and the entire town of 7,000 residents of Merritt have been evacuated from flooding. (Facebook)

Temporary homes in Princeton to house seniors displaced by flooding almost 1.5 years ago

Seniors were forced to leave the Silver Crest apartment buildings due to severe damage

Rhonda Caron posted this photo to Facebook of the flooding in Princeton on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. Over 290 homes were evacuated in Princeton and the entire town of 7,000 residents of Merritt have been evacuated from flooding. (Facebook)
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