Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. filmmaker uses false name to promote policy charging more to white males
VICTORIA - A man behind a "justice-pricing" policy based on charging higher admission to white males attending the screening of his movie says he used a false name to promote it because he was concern...
Sep 20, 2017
Therapy dog mistaken for wolf, shot and killed near Whistler, B.C.
WHISTLER, B.C. - A woman says her four-year-old therapy dog has been shot and killed by a hunter who mistook the animal for a wolf near Whistler, B.C. Val Calderoni says she and another handler were h...
Sep 20, 2017
Court certifies class-action suit involving 450 foreign workers who did not receive jobs
VANCOUVER - The Supreme Court of British Columbia has certified a class-action lawsuit against Mac's Convenience Stores and three immigration consultants alleged to have collected thousands of dollars...
Sep 20, 2017
Preliminary report due from utilities commission on Site C megaproject
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Utilities Commission is expected to release a preliminary report today on its review of the $8.8-billion Site C dam in the province's northeast. BC Hydro says it has a...
Sep 20, 2017
Province set to rescind off-roading ban Wednesday
KAMLOOPS - Yet another sign this year’s wildfire season is drawing to a close. This as the provincial government is getting set to rescind its ban on off-road vehicles effective at noon on Wedne...
Sep 19, 2017
B.C. asked oil, gas industry to ‘refine’ climate plan recommendations: documents
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's former Liberal government asked oil and gas corporations to "refine" the language of recommendations made by an advisory panel before it finalized its Climate Leadership...
Sep 19, 2017
Allowances will fill fundraising gap for political parties in B.C.
VICTORIA - British Columbia's plan to get big money out of politics and shake off its reputation as the Wild West of election campaign financing comes with a potential cost to taxpayers of almost $30 ...
Sep 19, 2017
Removing neutrality from carbon tax a good idea? TRU prof weighs in
KAMLOOPS - It was a centrepiece of their budget update last week, but does it make for good policy? B.C. Finance Minister Carole James announced the NDP government would be removing the neutrality fro...
Sep 18, 2017
Kamloops MLA reacts to campaign finance bill
KAMLOOPS - “The devil will be in the details.” The words of Kamloops-North Thompson Liberal MLA Peter Milobar in regards to the BC NDP’s amended Election Act legislation introduced M...
Sep 18, 2017
RCMP says charges to be laid in Canada involving fentanyl shipments from China
VANCOUVER - The RCMP has launched at least 20 investigations involving dozens of vendors shipping fentanyl from China as Canada grapples with a record number of illicit opioid deaths, the force's dire...
Sep 18, 2017
