Category Archives: British Columbia
Greens come up short in bid to run candidates in all 87 B.C. ridings
VANCOUVER - Time's up for candidates to register for the B.C. election, and the Green party has missed its mark of running a candidate in all 87 provincial ridings. Party spokesman Stefan Jonsson says...
Apr 19, 2017
B.C. election: Key developments from Day Eight on the campaign trail
VANCOUVER - A look at some key developments from Day Eight of the B.C. election campaign for each of the parties: LIBERALS: - Leader Christy Clark visited a concrete company in Fort St. John that is w...
Apr 18, 2017
Crown argues accused Tamil migrant smugglers driven by profit, not aid
VANCOUVER - Four men who orchestrated a dangerous voyage across the Pacific were out to make a profit, rather than mutually help dozens of Tamil asylum seekers, the Crown prosecutor told their B.C. Su...
Apr 18, 2017
Women found after tense search near Adams Lake
CHASE, B.C. - RCMP are warning public groups to stay together if they are heading into wooded areas. The message comes after a tense search near Adams Lake Provincial Park Sunday night. A group of peo...
Apr 18, 2017
Early signs that Vancouver housing market correction may be over: Royal LePage
TORONTO - Royal LePage says early evidence suggests that the recent correction in Vancouver’s housing market may be short-lived. The realtor released a report Tuesday saying Canada’s two l...
Apr 18, 2017
Not guilty pleas entered for two accused men in B.C. polygamy trial
CRANBROOK, B.C. - The leader of a fundamentalist sect that condones plural marriage stood silently in a British Columbia courtroom Tuesday, hands clasped in front of a pressed black suit, as a B.C. Su...
Apr 18, 2017
B.C. candidates highlight health care, economy as election continues
VANCOUVER - The leaders of British Columbia's main political parties are taking shots at one another over health care and the economy as the election campaign continues ahead of the provincial vote on...
Apr 18, 2017
Former ‘missing’ Olympian facing fraud charges to appear in Victoria court today
VICTORIA - An investment dealer and former Olympic rower who went missing for nearly 18 months made a brief appearance in a Victoria court Tuesday and had his case adjourned to May 2. Harold Backer, w...
Apr 18, 2017
Mud slides in Kaslo, B.C., and Shuswap force evacuations, detours
KASLO, B.C. - The threat of further mudslides has forced the evacuation of residents from 47 homes in the southeastern B.C., community of Kaslo. A spokeswoman for the Regional District of Central Koot...
Apr 17, 2017
Interior Health urges caution after ferry spills gear oil into Kootenay Lake
BALFOUR, B.C. - Health officials are urging people in British Columbia's Interior to stay clear of a shoreline along Kootenay Lake after a ferry spilled about 400 litres of oil into the water. The B.C...
Apr 17, 2017
