Category Archives: British Columbia
CRD hires recovery managers to deal with aftermath of wildfires
KAMLOOPS - Recovery managers have been hired to support areas impacted by this summer’s wildfire disaster in the Cariboo. The hires were made by the Cariboo Regional District and the municipalit...
Oct 31, 2017
Convicted councillor in Pitt Meadows to step down in new year
PITT MEADOWS, B.C. - A city councillor from Pitt Meadows, B.C., who has been convicted of sexual assault will resign his position at the start of the new year and stop any further participation in civ...
Oct 31, 2017
Man captured on video in racist rant in Abbotsford is sentenced
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Court records say a British Columbia man has been handed a two-month conditional sentence plus one year probation for assault in connection with a video of a racist rant that went v...
Oct 31, 2017
B.C. premier says Site C could end up in Supreme Court over Indigenous rights
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan says British Columbia's $8.8 billion Site C dam project could face lengthy legal battles over Indigenous rights and may eventually end up in the Supreme Court of Canada....
Oct 31, 2017
Supreme Court rejects appeals in Dziekanski police-perjury convictions
VANCOUVER - Every year, on the anniversary of Robert Dziekanski's death, Zofia Cisowski lays red and white roses and prays at the spot where her son died in Vancouver's airport in 2007. She was just t...
Oct 30, 2017
Vernon mayor says no to marijuana in liquor stores
VERNON, B.C. - Vernon's mayor is not a fan of the liquor store model Ontario plans to use once recreational marijuana use is allowed next year. Akbal Mund says it will lead to more people trying out t...
Oct 30, 2017
Province to ban corporate, union donations in municipal campaigns
KAMLOOPS - In a bid to level the playing field in time for local elections in 2018, B.C.’s NDP government announced a host of local election reforms today (Oct. 30). Minister of Municipal Affair...
Oct 30, 2017
ICBC: Over half of B.C. drivers don't have their winter tires on yet
KAMLOOPS - With snow in the forecast for later this week, a new ICBC survey regarding winter tires has yielded some surprising results. Despite last year’s snowy and icy weather, it shows that j...
Oct 30, 2017
Dziekanski case continues with appeals by officers convicted of perjury
VANCOUVER - Two men convicted of perjury in the death of Robert Dziekanski will have their appeals heard in the Supreme Court of Canada this morning. RCMP Const. Kwesi Millington and former corporal B...
Oct 30, 2017
B.C. city councillor resigns following sexual assault conviction
PITT MEADOWS, B.C. - A politician has resigned from city council in Pitt Meadows, B.C., after he was found guilty of sexual assault. Pitt Meadows Mayor John Becker says in a Facebook post that he met ...
Oct 30, 2017
