Category Archives: British Columbia
BC Hydro report finds 'range anxiety' deterring electric vehicle purchases
BRITISH COLUMBIA - A new report from BC Hydro has identified a major reason why people aren't purchasing more electric vehicles. Primarily, the fear of not making it far enough for out of town trips, ...
Jun 15, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Data show alcohol the main cause of substance-related deaths in hospital
VANCOUVER - Heavy drinking landed Dawn Nickel in the emergency department four times - twice for alcohol poisoning and two more times when she took pills with alcohol to try and kill herself. "I had n...
Jun 15, 2019
Butterfly garden keeper manages to film large tarantula shedding exoskeleton
VICTORIA - A 20-centimetre tarantula capable of killing a bird has been filmed at its most vulnerable state shedding its armour-like exoskelton at a Victoria-area tropical jungle insectarium...
Jun 15, 2019
No business case for Trans Mountain expansion, says former environment minister
VANCOUVER - A former Liberal environment minister is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet to reject the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, arguing there is no economic basis for the pro...
Jun 15, 2019
Feds announce $10M for RCMP to fight money laundering after ministers' meeting
VANCOUVER - The federal government has announced $10 million to help the RCMP prosecute money laundering after a special meeting of Canada's finance and justice ministers to discuss the pervasive...
Jun 15, 2019
First Nations, developer call for return and protection of sacred burial site
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Indigenous leaders from across British Columbia and parts of the United States gathered at a sacred burial site in Abbotsford, B.C., to call for its protection by the provincia...
Jun 14, 2019
Vancouver mayor blames Ottawa for continued growth of homelessness in city
Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart says it's "devastating" to see the homeless count rise and the city needs more investment from Ottawa if it's going to solve the problem. Preliminary figures released W...
Jun 14, 2019
Lululemon Q1 earnings outpace analyst expectations, company ups 2019 guidance
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc.'s first-quarter earnings outpaced analyst expectations as the athleisure retailer remains confident in its ambitious growth plan for the next several years. "We ar...
Jun 14, 2019
Father says murder of daughter, 8, has shattered her brothers' innocence
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The father of an eight-year-old girl who was killed by her mother says he's felt the worst pain of his life watching her young brothers suffer profound grief, confusion and sha...
Jun 14, 2019
Shutdown, cuts at B.C. pulp and sawmills add to forestry job losses
VANCOUVER - Canfor Pulp Products is temporarily shutting down one of its northern British Columbia pulp mills - just days after parent company Canfor Inc. announced breaks at all but one of its B.C. s...
Jun 14, 2019
