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Nanaimo RCMP: Pedestrian dies after being struck by vehicle downtown
6+ hour, 21+ min ago (95+ words) Published 12:11 pm Sunday, August 16, 2026 Nanaimo RCMP say one man is dead after he was struck by a vehicle early Sunday morning. In a press release, police stated that at approximately 2:30 a.m. on Aug. 16, they responded to a report of a male…...
City of Revelstoke issues evacuation order for Fish River Road area due to wildfire
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (190+ words) Published 4:38 pm Saturday, August 15, 2026 By Brendan Shykora/Vernon Morning Star An evacuation order has been issued by the City of Revelstoke for the Fish River Road and Incomappleux River Forest Service Road area due to wildfire activity in the vicinity…...
Parksville firefighters put out vehicle blaze in parking lot of city shopping centre
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (126+ words) Published 8:40 pm Friday, August 14, 2026 Parksville Fire Rescue responded to a car fire at approximately noon on Friday, in a parking lot at Park Plaza shopping centre. Fire crews found the car in flames and immediately hosed it down, preventing it…...
Murder charge downgraded to manslaughter in 2021 killing of a Naramata woman
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (466+ words) Published 5:33 pm Friday, August 14, 2026 By Jordy Cunningham/Kelowna Capital News In an 105-page decision read in Kelowna Supreme Court on Friday, Aug. 14, Ekene Anigbo had his first-degree murder charge downgraded to being found guilty two counts of manslaughter. Anigbo was…...
Maple Ridge RCMP shot the right bear
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (291+ words) Published 3:42 pm Friday, August 14, 2026 The bear that mauled a three-year-old girl in Maple Ridge has been killed. The B.C. Conservation Officers Service has corrected its earlier assessment, and determined Maple Ridge RCMP did indeed shoot the right bear in the immediate…...
Central Saanich incident prompts fine from WorkSafe BC
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (326+ words) Published 2:00 pm Friday, August 14, 2026 Over July, WorkSafeBC handed out just over $33,150 in fines to three Vancouver Island contractors for a number of incidents, including one that left a worker seriously injured after being struck by an excavator. On July 28, Arise…...
Headline history: Canadian police information system links computers across country
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (145+ words) Published 10:28 am Friday, August 14, 2026 Since being established in 1973, the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) has only grown, linking police, and Canadians, across the country. In an article about the system, published in the News Bulletin on Aug. 12, 1999, it was praised…...
B.C.'s RCMP's top cop relieved of duties after 'allegations' dating back to 2016
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (239+ words) Published 8:33 am Friday, August 14, 2026 By Lauren Collins/Black Press B.C.’s top Mountie has been relieved of his duties, the federal RCMP announced Thursday (Aug. 13). RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme said that Dwayne McDonald, who had been the B.C. RCMP’s commanding officer,…...
Sentencing begins for ex-Nanaimo Mountie who had consensual sex with woman he met with on duty
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (374+ words) Published 4:05 pm Thursday, August 13, 2026 A judge will ponder submissions before determining the fate of a Nanaimo RCMP constable who had sex with a woman after the end of a shift in 2024. Mark Tyler Hilland, 47, pleaded guilty to breach of trust…...
Mexican national charged, extradited to B.C. in connection with 1996 murder
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (404+ words) Published 2:38 pm Thursday, August 13, 2026 By Lauren Collins/Black Press A Mexican man is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Muriel Lindsay in Vancouver in the mid-1990s. Vancouver Police Department Inspt. Ryan Smith announced Thursday (Aug. 13) the charge against Juan…...