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B.C. homes evacuated after massive flooding
Duncan :: Canada | 1 day ago
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B.C.–Dozens of homes have water "up to the doorknobs" and others are under evacuation alert after heavy rain combined with high tides to flood low-lying parts of Duncan, an hour's drive north of Victoria. Water streamed around a network of dikes built...
Tags: B.C, Canada, Duncan, Flood, Cowichan Bay British Columbia, Cowichan Valley Regional District, Cowichan Valley, Duncan British Columbia, North Cowichan British Columbia, Disaster Accident, Weather, Environment, Geotechnical engineering, Levee
Vancouver Island residents survey flood damage
Vancouver :: Canada | 1 day ago
Credibility Hundreds of people on south Vancouver Island forced from their homes by flooding have been allowed to return, but most won't be able to stay because of damage to their houses. Alberta and B.C. are looking to add more international sparkle to Canada's...
Tags: Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada, Vancouver, Montreal Alouettes, Prima ballerinas, Ulyana Lopatkina, BC Lions, Disaster Accident, Hornby, Sumas Washington, Lower Mainland, Law Crime, Weather
B.C. RCMP officer charged with assault after handcuffed prisoner slapped
Quesnel :: Canada | 2 days ago
Credibility Quesnel, B.C., is facing an assault charge after a prisoner was slapped in the face. The Mounties say the Crown has approved one charge against Const...Continued Below There is also a separate internal code of conduct investigation into the incident.
Tags: rcmp officer, B.C, handcuffed prisoner, Canada, Quesnel, Gendarmerie, Public Safety Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Law Crime
Girl, 15, sexually assaulted in Port Coquitlam
Duncan :: Canada | 2 days ago
Credibility Police in a Metro Vancouver suburb are investigating after a 15-year-old girl was sexually assaulted early Saturday morning. November is living up to its reputation as B.C.'s wettest month in the calendar year. Dozens of homes have water "up to the...
Tags: vancouver, cowichan, flood, Vancouver Island, vancouver islanders, heavy rains, environment, tides, B.C., Duncan, Canada, Geotechnical engineering, Levee, Cowichan Valley, Disaster Accident, Weather, North Cowichan British Columbia, Canuck, Northwest Division, Vancouver Canucks, Cowichan Lake, Duncan British Columbia, Cowichan Tribes, Cowichan River, Koksilah River Provincial Park, Cowichan Bay British Columbia, Law Crime, Island Savings, Cowichan Valley Regional District, Island Savings Centre, Hospitality Recreation
B.C. parents stranded in Nepal with adopted daughter coming home
Vancouver :: Canada | 2 days ago
Credibility A British Columbia cardiologist will finally be able to bring her adopted daughter home after nine weeks of being tied up in bureaucratic red tape in Nepal. Dr. Salima Shariff said a Canadian immigration official in New Delhi, India, has told her immigration...
Tags: Dr. Salima Shariff, Nepal, adopted daughter, B.C, Canada, Vancouver, Adoption, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Immigration, Immigration to Canada, Alykhan Velshi, Canadian nationality law, Social Issues, Nepali language, Jason Kenney, Family law
Regina police arrest man wanted on Canada-wide warrants for sexual assault
Regina :: Canada | 3 days ago
Credibility An investigation by Regina police led officers to a home on King Street where they found a man wanted on Canada-wide warrants for two recent cases of sexual asssault in B.C. as well as other offences. Shaun Richard Funk, 35, was arrested at the home without...
Tags: Regina Police Service, sexually assault, B.C, Canada, Regina, Gender studies, Rape, Funk, Sexual assault, Sex crimes, Sexism, Criminology, Social Issues, Law Crime
B.C. hikes threshold on HST new housing rebate to $525,000 from $400,000
Vancouver :: Canada | 3 days ago
Credibility The B.C. government is increasing the threshold for new home buyers to get a rebate on the provincial portion of the HST. Victoria says the new housing rebate on the harmonized sales tax will increase to $525,000 from $400,000. Finance Minister Colin...
Tags: HST, B.C, housing rebate, Canada, Vancouver, Sales taxes, Harmonized Sales Tax, Tax, Taxation in Canada, Rebate, Sales promotion
Top court backs Crown in protecting Basi-Virk informant
Ottawa :: Canada | 3 days ago
Credibility Last updated on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 2:59AM EST A legal battle that delayed a political corruption trial for nearly two years in British Columbia has been ended by a Supreme Court of Canada ruling on the Crown's right to protect the identity of a secret...
Tags: Supreme Court of Canada, secret informant, British Columbia, B.C, Canada, Ottawa, Elizabeth Bennett, Year of birth missing, Court system of Canada, Law Crime, Names, Punjab, Virk, Privilege, BC Legislature Raids, Evidence law, Rights of the accused, Jat
Mudslide hits railroad tracks in north Seattle
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Mudslides early Tuesday blocked Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks at north Seattle and near White Rock, British Columbia. Spokesman Gus Melonas says both slides were cleared by midmorning and freight trains are rolling. Amtrak says it bused passengers...
Tags: Seattle-Vancouver, B.C, Amtrak Cascades, Seattle, Pacific Central Station, King Street Station, BNSF Railway, Amtrak, Vancouver, Electrification, Open Travel Alliance, Minnesota railroads, Disaster Accident
B.C. paramedics back to work after weekend of disarray
Toronto :: Canada | 6 days ago
Credibility Last updated on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 11:48PM EST A ll but eight paramedics were back on the job in British Columbia Monday after a weekend of rampant absenteeism that idled more than two dozen ambulances. Despite the return to more normal staffing levels,...
Tags: B.C, Mr. Falcon, Canada, Toronto, British Columbia Ambulance Service, Politics, Emergency medical responders, Paramedic, Emergency medical services, Labor
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