Category Archives: British Columbia
PM balances welcoming message to newcomers with emphasis on immigration rules
KELOWNA, B.C. - Justin Trudeau says there's nothing inconsistent about touting Canada as a welcoming country that embraces immigrants and refugees while simultaneously trying to head off another wave ...
Sep 09, 2017
B.C.’s minority NDP to table governing blueprint after 16 years in opposition
VICTORIA - British Columbia's minority NDP government is set to table a throne speech outlining its political blueprint after months of tension, upheaval and backroom machinations following a spring e...
Sep 09, 2017
PM says no to decriminalizing drugs while B.C. addictions minister open to idea
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has closed the door on decriminalizing illicit drugs to combat a national overdose crisis but British Columbia's addictions minister says unprecedented deaths...
Sep 09, 2017
Douglas Lake case re-opened for short time with new evidence
KAMLOOPS - A battle over two public lakes in the Nicola Valley resumed on Friday at B.C. Supreme Court, more than three months after the Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club toured the Douglas Lake area w...
Sep 08, 2017
Deadly two-vehicle crash closes Highway 97
KAMLOOPS - Tragedy on Highway 97 today. Global News Okanagan is reporting a serious crash has claimed the lives of two people near Falkland. BC RCMP Traffic Services Cst. Melissa Wutke says it’s...
Sep 08, 2017
BC Liberal takes Speaker's chair
Kamloops - A political twist as the legislature returns to session in Victoria today. Abbotsford South Liberal MLA Daryl Plecas has accepted the role of Speaker – a role he said he wasn’t ...
Sep 08, 2017
B.C. unemployment rate among the best in Canada
OTTAWA - B.C.’s unemployment rate continues to be among the best in Canada. August figures out today show the B.C. rate sitting at 5.1 percent, down two-tenths of a point from the 5.3 percent in...
Sep 08, 2017
OD deaths on the decline in BC, still well above 2016 pace
VICTORIA - The BC Coroners Service says 91 people died due to illicit drug overdoses across the province in July, representing the third consecutive month of declining totals. It’s the first suc...
Sep 07, 2017
Police investigate possible homicide in Surrey
SURREY - It started as a house fire, and now, homicide investigators are at the scene in Surrey, not far from the Pattullo Bridge. A home started to burn after midnight, and once crews were able to ge...
Sep 07, 2017
PM willing to improve small biz tax plan but won’t abandon in face of backlash
KELOWNA, B.C. - Justin Trudeau insisted Wednesday that his government won't back down on a controversial plan to end tax provisions that it says give some wealthy small business owners an unfair advan...
Sep 07, 2017
