The British Columbia Securities Commission has found a Vancouver Island man committed a $65-million fraud on almost 500 clients, many of them senior citizens.
The RCMP says two Toronto residents charged in an alleged $7-million investment scam are believed to have fled the country.
Canada's self-styled "Prince of Pot" returned to a raucous welcome from supporters Tuesday after serving his U.S. sentence for selling marijuana seeds, vowing to continue his activism even if it means more arrests.
A tenacious spell of hot, dry weather in British Columbia has painted a forest-protection map of the province a combination of bright red and dun brown, showing high or extreme fire danger ratings over much of B.C.
The British Columbia Securities Commission has ruled that 484 people were defrauded of $65 million over a 3 1/2-year period by a former mutual fund salesman who promoted investments through a weekly radio infomercial.
Police say they were called to a home in the city around 1 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon. Inside, they found a male who was pronounced dead at the scene.