Category Archives: British Columbia
Men between 19 and 59 new focus of B.C.’s deadly overdose epidemic
VANCOUVER - Too many men working in trades are overdosing on opioids, says a chief medical health officer in British Columbia who wants the industry to be involved in identifying interventions that co...
Aug 29, 2017
Site C review should focus on future price tag, not sunk costs: expert
VANCOUVER - The former head of Newfoundland and Labrador's public utility board is warning British Columbia's utilities commission not to be distracted by sunk costs or potential jobs as it reviews wh...
Aug 29, 2017
B.C. Liberals start leadership race to replace Christy Clark next February
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Liberal party has officially launched a race to select its next leader in early 2018. Emile Scheffel, the party's executive director, says the new leader will be announc...
Aug 29, 2017
11-year-old Ashcroft girl raising money for local fire departments
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The wildfires burning across the province have devastated B.C. residents and communities, but they have also brought out the best in people, who donate their time and money to help...
Aug 29, 2017
Wildfire costs hit more than 400 million dollars
VICTORIA - The B-C Wildfire Service says the bill to fight forest fires so far this year has now topped 400-million dollars — and spokesman Kevin Skrepnek says the season will likely extend into...
Aug 29, 2017
Premier Horgan promises long-term support to fire-ravaged communities
ASHCROFT - Premier John Horgan paid a visit to Kamloops, Cache Creek, Ashcroft, and Kelowna today (Aug 28). While in Ashcroft, the premier toured the fire scorched lands of the Aschroft Indian Band, w...
Aug 28, 2017
B.C. finance minister to give budget update on Sept. 11
VICTORIA - British Columbia's New Democrat government will present its first financial plan on Sept. 11. The update to the provincial budget that Finance Minister Carole James presents to the legislat...
Aug 28, 2017
Solitary confinement violates charter right to life, liberty, security: lawyer
VANCOUVER - Solitary confinement is a cruel and inhumane punishment with "truly horrific" consequences including severe psychological harm and suicide, a lawyer said Monday in arguing the law allowing...
Aug 28, 2017
Gas prices could jump in the wake of Harvey
VANCOUVER - British Columbia could use some of the rain that lashed Texas over the weekend causing devastating flooding in Houston following Tropical Storm Harvey, but B-C will feel the effects of tha...
Aug 28, 2017
Two die in motorcycle crash near Merritt
MERRITT - Two people dead after a collision yesterday afternoon on Highway 8 near Merritt. Central Interior Traffic Services Sergeant Mike Pears says police were called to the highway just east of the...
Aug 28, 2017
