Category Archives: British Columbia
West Fraser Timber Co. to buy U.S. lumber business for US$430 million
VANCOUVER - Canadian forestry company West Fraser Timber Co. says it has agreed to buy a U.S. lumber business for about US$430 million. B.C.-based West Fraser says it will acquire the operations of th...
Jul 26, 2017
Hot, dry weather limits possible return for B.C. residents chased out by fire
KAMLOOPS - Thousands of residents from Williams Lake, B.C., who hoped to be heading home soon after being displaced by wildfires nearly two weeks ago will have to be patient a while longer. Hot, dry w...
Jul 26, 2017
B.C.’s LNG outlook dims after $36B Pacific NorthWest LNG project killed
VANCOUVER - Experts say dreams of a booming liquefied natural gas industry in British Columbia appear to be evaporating, at least for the foreseeable future, after Petronas and its partners scrapped a...
Jul 26, 2017
Lake Country fire deemed arson
LAKE COUNTRY, B.C. - RCMP have confirmed that the Lake Country wildfire that resulted in the destruction of several homes was arson. The fire broke out on July 15 and destroyed eight homes. It also fo...
Jul 26, 2017
No suspects in ‘random’ homicide of 13-year-old girl: Burnaby RCMP
BURNABY, B.C. - RCMP say the death of a 13-year-old girl found in a park in a Vancouver suburb was a random attack. Marrisa Shen's body was found in some brush in Burnaby's Central Park on July 19. Po...
Jul 26, 2017
B.C. vigilante group ordered to remove photos, details from website
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's information and privacy commissioner has ordered a Surrey-based vigilante group to stop posting personal information about two men the group alleges are linked to child ...
Jul 26, 2017
Body discovered in Okanagan Lake near West Kelowna, B.C.
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - RCMP officers are investigating after finding the body of a man floating in the water of Okanagan Lake Wednesday morning. Police were called to scene in the Casa Loma area of Lake...
Jul 26, 2017
Police involved shooting case forwarded to Crown Counsel
CANOE, B.C. - Crown Counsel now has the file on the shooting of an armed robbery suspect in Canoe near Salmon Arm two years ago. The Independent Investigations Office says in a release, it has submitt...
Jul 26, 2017
B.C.’s new attorney general says province won’t delay Trans Mountain permits
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's attorney general says the NDP government will not artificially delay permits for the Trans Mountain pipeline, despite the premier's vow to use every available tool to st...
Jul 25, 2017
First Nations top priority with B.C. NDP government, includes treaty revenue
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan has placed British Columbia First Nations issues near the top of his government's priority list, committing his cabinet to transform the stalled treaty talks and negotia...
Jul 25, 2017
