BC Highway Patrol

• 21-year-old Alberta driver fined for excessive speeding on B.C. highway

  On Aug. 13, just after 12:45 p.m., a black Chevrolet Trax was stopped on Highway 97 south of Taylor, after a B.C. Highway Patrol officer clocked a speed of 142 km/h in a 70 zone.

  Crime

  Aug 20
  
• BC Highway Patrol dashcam illustrates dangers of passing on the right

  Luckily, the rider, a 37-year-old Chilliwack man, wasn't seriously hurt. But after appearing to confront the pickup driver, he was arrested by the officer.

  Crime

  Jul 2
  
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• Alberta man sentenced in B.C. after dangerous driving crash caught on video

  On Dec. 8, 2023, a BC Highway Patrol officer was working with a tow truck operator to impound a Mercedes for excessive speeding on Highway 1, just west of Field.

  Crime

  Apr 20
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• B.C. driver’s car removed from road, looked like ‘it had been chewed up by Robosaurus’

  An officer pulled an Acura over on Jan. 9 at 4 p.m. on Highway 3 near Christina Lake after he clocked the vehicle going 130 km/h in an 80 km/h zone.

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  Jan 20
• Lamborghini owner faces steep fines in B.C. for driving without winter tires

  A man in British Columbia is facing steep fines after driving his Lamborghini Huracán at high speeds on a highway without winter tires.

  Traffic

  Oct 22, 2025
• B.C. Highway Patrol dashcam captures consequences of unsafe driving

  A patrol officer was driving on Mackenzie Avenue South on July 20 when they noticed two drivers passing them who were not wearing seatbelts.

  Crime

  Jul 25, 2025
• B.C. ‘YouTube influencer’ has car impounded for excessive speeding

  BC Highway Patrol said an unmarked patrol officer was in Lantzville when he heard an "excessively loud vehicle accelerate away from a stoplight on Highway 19, near Ware Road."

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  Feb 5, 2025
• $700 fine for Highway 1 crash caused by loose tire ‘an insult’, victim says

  A B.C. woman says she suffers pain and nightmares and is without a car after a dump truck lost two wheels on Highway 1 Thursday, yet the driver got only a 'slap on the wrist.'

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  Dec 1, 2024
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• Okanagan drivers’ need for speed results in hundreds of impounds, tickets

  "The number of vehicle compounds is quite staggering in the Kelowna area."

  Crime

  Nov 27, 2024
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• 19 impaired charges handed out during B.C. music festival

  The Shambhala Music Festival in the Kootenays July 26-29 featured scores of electronic musicians and attracted thousands of fans to the Salmo area. It kept police plenty busy too.

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  Aug 9, 2024