Mounties in Nanaimo say a text message scam is making its way through the community claiming drivers owe money for speeding in a school zone.
Investigators say the bogus text was received by dozens of individuals throughout the Okanagan.
Constable Gary O’Brien says the grift directs people to a website where the criminals will then try to steal their credit card numbers.
O’Brien says people should delete the text message and warn their friends and family to ignore it as well
There has been another crane accident in Metro Vancouver, in what B.C.'s workers' safety agency says is the fourth such incident this year. WorkSafeBC says the latest incident happened Monday at a work site in Vancouver.
The British Columbia Lottery Corporation has issued a warning about a series of scams it says are circulating online, imitating casinos in the province. The bulletin says the scams involve fraudulent posts and advertisements on social media platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram, which deceive people into entering their financial details on illegitimate websites.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will present the federal budget on April 16, as cost-of-living issues continue to dominate Canadian politics. The spending plan is coming at a time when high interest rates are putting a damper on the economy and ramping up fiscal pressure on the Liberal government.
Measles outbreaks internationally have health officials in British Columbia joining Canada's top doctor in encouraging people to get vaccinated before travelling abroad during spring break. One case of measles was reported in B.C. over the weekend, according to a joint bulletin issued Monday by the provincial government, the BC Centre for Disease Control and the provincial health officer.
Police in Burnaby say an early morning car crash on Imperial Street has left one person in hospital in critical condition. Burnaby R-C-M-P say the crash happened around 1:30 a-m, when a vehicle with a driver and two passengers hit a parked semi-truck.
Police say they believe a fire last October that destroyed an elementary school in Port Coquitlam, B.C., was human caused. Coquitlam RCMP say the investigators are now asking those responsible or people who may know who is responsible to come forward and contact police.