Category Archives: British Columbia
Greens-NDP agree to form B.C. minority government
VICTORIA - British Columbia's New Democrat and Green party leaders shook hands Monday in the legislature on a deal to pave the way for the formation of a new minority government, but Premier Christy C...
May 29, 2017
Seventy-year-old paraglider missing in Fraser Valley found safe: police
AGASSIZ, B.C. - A missing paraglider has been found safe after searchers scoured a mountainside near Bridal Falls, B.C. RCMP received a report early Monday that a 70-year-old man from Agassiz didn't r...
May 29, 2017
Counsellors assist in New Westminster, B.C., after deadly overdose kills student
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The New Westminster School District says counsellors are helping students and staff cope with the death of a teen who took an unknown drug. Police say the student, and a second...
May 29, 2017
Dispute over B.C. Nurses Union election to be considered by labour board
VANCOUVER - A battle over the leadership of the BC Nurses Union is heading to the province's labour relations board. Will Offley was hoping to unseat incumbent Gayle Duteil, but says his candidacy was...
May 29, 2017
Okanagan Lake edges upward as district protects highways, infrastructure
KELOWNA, B.C. - The water level for B.C.'s Okanagan Lake has crept up another 1.7 centimetres since Sunday, adding to flooding concerns across the Central Okanagan Regional District. Environment Canad...
May 29, 2017
Crews fighting to contain two wildfires near Lillooet and Tete Jaune Cache
KAMLOOPS - Wildfire crews are working to suppress an interface fire that broke out yesterday near the Fountain Valley Road, eight kilometers east of Lillooet. Air tankers worked the blaze yesterday, a...
May 29, 2017
B.C. NDP and Green leaders watch women's rugby sevens finals together Sunday
LANGFORD, B.C. - Two British Columbia political leaders at the centre of negotiations to set the direction for the province’s immediate political future sat together Sunday at an international r...
May 29, 2017
Hundreds rally in Burnaby, B.C., against Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
BURNABY, B.C. - Hundreds of people in British Columbia have completed a 75-kilometre march in protest of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The four-day trek called Walk For the Sali...
May 29, 2017
Vancouver park board tells free yoga group to get a permit if classes continue
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Vancouver residents hoping to hone their downward dogs and warrior poses among fellow yogis have run afoul of city regulations at a green space known locally as Dude Chilling Park. T...
May 28, 2017
B.C. Supreme Court jury finds man guilty of smuggling Tamil migrants to Canada
VANCOUVER - A prosecutor says a man accused of bringing hundreds of Tamil migrants into Canada illegally in a dilapidated cargo ship nearly seven years ago has been found guilty. Crown counsel Charles...
May 28, 2017
