The BC Coroners Service has confirmed that a body recovered at Vargas Island near Tofino, British Columbia, is that of missing Australian tourist Raveshan Morgan Pillay. Pillay was with a group of tourists on the whale-watching vessel Leviathan II when it went down at Plover Ridge off Vargas Island on Oct. 25, 2015. Five of...

A fatal collision on Tuesday near Revelstoke involving a tractor-trailer has revealed 160 pounds of marihuana hidden in a commercial truck, according to Staff Sgt. Kurt Grabinsky. “At approximately 6 a.m. on Nov. 17, the Revelstoke RCMP General Duty officers were dispatched to a motor vehicle collision on the Trans-Canada...

There's something about local government that brings out the worst in some people. Staff get spat on. Mayors and councillors are often the victims of what can only be described as cyberbullying. In some towns, process servers would be well-advised to offer volume discounts to local governments. It takes place every which way...

Gurpreet Kaur was living in her home district of Tarn Taran in India when she realized that she wanted to do something different from her current work as a nurse-midwife. A quick search on Google brought her information on Selkirk College in Castlegar and the college’s two-year Post Graduate Diploma in Gerontological Nursing....

Paris was rocked Friday night as a series of terrorist attacks targeted young concert-goers, soccer fans and people out at popular nightspots, killing at least 120 people. More than 200 were injured in at least six separate attacks around the capital Friday. The worst of the attacks came at the Bataclan concert hall hosting...

On Nov. 9 at 6:25 p.m. on duty Surrey RCMP plainclothes officers had stopped in the area of 71 Avenue and 135 Street in an unmarked police car when they were approached by a male who had unsavory plans for the car and its occupants. Needing a quick ride, the suspect grabbed one of the undercover police officers from the...

The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit’s (CFSEU) End Gang Life program can now give more B.C. students, parents, and teachers a live, first-hand account of the perils of gang life. With the ongoing gun violence occurring in communities throughout the province, and specifically in the Lower Mainland, the B.C. government...

Another Lotto Max Draw. Another winner from outside the Province of BC. Friday's $60 Million Lotto Max draw saw two winning tickets pulled in Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador. One ticket was sold in Edmonton while the other lucky ticket was purchased in Conception Bay South. Each lucky ticket holder will pocket a cool ...

RCMP Sgt. Mike Pears said three people are dead after a west bound U-Haul van collided with the rear of a commercial vehicle transporting crushed cars six kilometers east of Merritt Friday night. RCMP from Merritt, BC Ambulance and Merritt Fire Rescue were called the the accident scene (November 6) at approximately 8:45 pm ...

Don't kid yourself, winter is definitely coming. According to ICBC (Insurance Corporation of BC) stats, in the Southern Interior, speed-related crashes that result in injury or fatality increase by over 90 per cent between November and January – totalling over 80 crashes each of these months. "With worsening weather across ...