Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. attorney general says ‘serious’ lack of sheriffs involves low pay
VANCOUVER - Taxpayers are footing the bill to fly sheriffs around British Columbia as the province grapples with a chronic shortage of the courtroom staff and frustrated judges speak out about delayed...
Oct 08, 2017
One man dead after chain-reaction collision on Highway 97C
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - One man is dead after after a chain-reaction collission on the Highway 97C Okanagan Connector Friday nighth. Corporal Jesse O'Donaghey spokesperson for the Kelowna Regional Detach...
Oct 07, 2017
Coquihalla Highway reopens after serious accident
UPDATE: The Coquihalla Highway has fully reopened as of 2 p.m. MERRITT, B.C. - The Coquihalla Highway is closed in both directions between Merritt and Hope due to a serious crash. According to Drive B...
Oct 07, 2017
Three commissioners named to plan minimum wage increase to $15 in B.C.
VICTORIA - British Columbia's labour minister has appointed an economist to lead a commission to advise the government on boosting the province's minimum wage to $15 an hour. Prof. Marjorie Griffin Co...
Oct 07, 2017
Tim Hortons franchisee group files new lawsuit against parent company
VANCOUVER - The legal battle between a group of Tim Hortons franchisees and their parent company escalated Friday as the corporate-unsanctioned association filed a lawsuit alleging that Restaurant Bra...
Oct 07, 2017
Don't forget to extinguish your campfires this weekend
KAMLOOPS - Summer may be over but Cariboo residents are still being reminded to properly extinguish their campfires and to adhere to all open burning regulations this Thanksgiving Day long weekend. &#...
Oct 06, 2017
Salmon Arm Mounties respond to two Trans Canada crashes
SORRENTO, B.C. - Salmon Arm RCMP responded to a pair of collisions yesterday. The first was a single vehicle crash in the 2000 block of the Trans Canada Highway in the Blind Bay/Sorrento area at aroun...
Oct 06, 2017
B.C. experiments with ‘Lego block’ housing in fight against homelessness
VANCOUVER - Stack them up. Take them down. Move them around. Repeat. What could easily pass as a description of the children's toy Lego could also be a portrait of British Columbia's latest tool in th...
Oct 05, 2017
Children’s representative calls for youth mental health system in B.C.
VICTORIA - A 17-year-old boy who took his own life on the grounds of a children's hospital in Vancouver didn't get the mental health treatment he needed from the time he was two years old, says Britis...
Oct 05, 2017
Expert calls on Liberals, Tories, NDP to join forces during overdose crisis
VANCOUVER - Canada's political leaders must take bold action by joining forces to decriminalize illicit drugs and save lives in the midst of an unprecedented overdose crisis, a leading drug-policy exp...
Oct 05, 2017
