Category Archives: British Columbia
Report says government policies weigh on declining B.C. housing market
VICTORIA - A real estate market outlook by Vancouver's Central 1 Credit Union says tougher federal and provincial government housing policies are behind a drop in demand for resale housing i...
May 28, 2019
Eight years missing: Police reach out to public on Madison Scott disappearance
VANDERHOOF, B.C. - Police are reaching out to the public, hoping for any information into the disappearance of Madison Scott.Scott went missing on Friday May 27, 2011 after attending a party at Hogsba...
May 28, 2019 Image Credit: CKPG Today / RCMP Handout
B.C. government to require use of biosimilar drugs
VICTORIA - British Columbia is the first province in Canada to require some patients to switch to biosimilar drugs, or medications that are nearly identical to those they're taking but are cheaper. He...
May 28, 2019 Image Credit: Rob Tek
B.C. Greens introduce bill to ban conversion therapy; seek all-party support
VICTORIA - A proposed law is going before the British Columbia legislature to ban the controversial practice of attempting to change a person's sexual orientation. Green Leader Andrew Weaver...
May 27, 2019
Cariboo Memorial Hospital maternity services to be temporarily suspended this week
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Expectant mothers in the Cariboo region are being asked to arrange different plans for their deliveries should they happen this week. In a news release, Interior Health says wome...
May 27, 2019 Cariboo Memorial Hospital (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Penticton beach assault victim awakes from coma
PENTICTON, B.C. - Chelsea Townend credits her faith and her husband's strength as he makes a remarkable recovery in hospital, more than three weeks after a vicious assault on Okanagan Lake Beach in Pe...
May 27, 2019 Image Credit: Chelsea Townend / Global Okanagan
B.C. court hears officer ambushed, shot from behind by accused
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - An Alberta man "ambushed" a police officer moments after he got out of his vehicle, shooting him from behind and then standing over his unmoving body and shooting him again, a ...
May 27, 2019
Longshore union stalls full-scale strike, begins overtime ban at Vancouver port
VANCOUVER - Two major container terminals at the Port of Vancouver will not be behind picket lines although longshore workers are in a legal strike position. A 72-hour strike notice iss...
May 27, 2019
Livestock to join BC wildfire fighting effort
VICTORIA - From grazing in a field, to reducing wildfire risk- livestock will soon be a part of firefighting efforts throughout the province. In a release, the B.C Government announced it has taken st...
May 26, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Longshore workers issues strike notice for Monday at two Vancouver terminals
VANCOUVER - Longshore workers have issued 72-hour strike notice that could see two Port of Vancouver container terminals behind picket lines by Monday. Jeff Scott, chair of the B.C. Maritime Empl...
May 26, 2019
