Category Archives: British Columbia
A look at what B.C.'s new NDP government is promising, with help from the Greens
VICTORIA - Some of the key elements of a deal between the NDP and Green party on a minority government in British Columbia: - The legislature would be recalled within one month of the swearing in of a...
Jun 30, 2017
Lieutenant Governor asks BC NDP Leader John Horgan to form government
VICTORIA - The NDP has been asked to form a government in British Columbia after the Liberals were defeated in a non-confidence vote in the legislature, sending them to the Opposition benches for the ...
Jun 29, 2017
British Columbia Liberals lose confidence vote
VICTORIA - British Columbia's minority Liberal government was defeated Thursday in a non-confidence vote in the legislature, setting the stage for the NDP to govern or for another election. No members...
Jun 29, 2017
Homicide team investigates sudden death of four-month-old baby girl
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. - Police in British Columbia are investigating the sudden and suspicious death of a four-month-old baby girl. Cpl. Amanda Harnett of Ridge Meadows RCMP says the detachment was notifi...
Jun 29, 2017
Sentencing arguments for former husband and wife in B.C. polygamy case
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A B.C. court will hear sentencing arguments today for a former husband and wife convicted of taking a girl into the United States to marry the now imprisoned leader of their polygamo...
Jun 29, 2017
Police investigate apparent shooting in Vernon Park
VERNON, B.C. - Police continue to search Polson Park after a shooting incident this afternoon. "Just after 1:30 this afternoon, Vernon RCMP were called to several reports that someone had been shot in...
Jun 29, 2017
Construction zone flagger seriously injured in hit-and-run caught on video
BURNABY, B.C. - RCMP say a woman has been arrested after a flagger at a construction zone was seriously injured in a hit-and-run in Burnaby, B.C., that was all caught on video. Video posted on the Int...
Jun 29, 2017
New Mainstreet poll shows stronger support for B.C. Liberals
VANCOUVER - If the Liberals are toppled this afternoon, as expected, and if Lieutenant-Governor Judith Guichon decides to go back to the polls instead of allowing the NDP-Green coalition to govern, th...
Jun 29, 2017
16 years of B.C. Liberal power could be toppled today
VICTORIA - British Columbia's minority Liberal government is staring at defeat today in the legislature, more than seven weeks after squeaking out a minority government in a provincial election. If th...
Jun 29, 2017
Research ties ocean currents to norovirus outbreak at B.C. oyster farms
VANCOUVER - Researchers with the BC Centre for Disease Control may have pinpointed how a mysterious norovirus outbreak spread, forcing the closure of 13 West Coast oyster farms and curtailing operatio...
Jun 29, 2017
