Category Archives: British Columbia
Man convicted of killing teenage girl missing from B.C.’s Mission Institution
MISSION, B.C. - An arrest warrant has been issued for a convicted killer who went missing from the minimum security unit of the Mission Institution in British Columbia. The Correctional Service of Can...
Apr 15, 2017
B.C. party leaders slamming opponents’ spending promises on campaign trail
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's party leaders levelled criticism at each other's spending promises as they spent Good Friday campaigning. Liberal leader Christy Clark started the day campaigning in her...
Apr 15, 2017
Missing Olympian under investigation turns himself in to Victoria police
Victoria police say an investment dealer and former Canadian Olympic rower who had been missing for nearly a year and a half has turned himself in. Harold Backer disappeared on Nov. 3, 2015 when he fa...
Apr 15, 2017
Mayors want national standard on overdose death data, more action to addiction
VANCOUVER - Mayors from 13 cities across Canada are calling for a national standard on the collection and sharing of data on overdose deaths along with medical treatment for addiction. A task force th...
Apr 13, 2017
B.C. election: Key developments from Day Three on the campaign trail
VANCOUVER - A look at some key developments from Day Three of the B.C. election campaign for each of the parties: NDP: - New Democrat Leader John Horgan says his party platform will create 96,000 jobs...
Apr 13, 2017
British Columbia New Democrats promise balanced budget, higher corporate tax
COQUITLAM, B.C. - British Columbia's New Democrats are promising three years of balanced budgets while also reining in auto insurance rates and BC Ferries fares if they win the provincial election. Th...
Apr 13, 2017
UBC passes new sex assault policy, will create centralized offices to respond
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia has approved a new sexual misconduct policy that will create centralized offices at its Vancouver and Okanagan campuses to prevent and respond to sexual ...
Apr 13, 2017
Family doctors being trained to screen addiction in B.C. during opioid crisis
VANCOUVER - A tag hanging from a dead man's left toe says the cause of death was an overdose of fentanyl, "unknowingly taken with other drugs." The cadaver draped in a white sheet is displayed in tran...
Apr 13, 2017
Heavy snow prompts Environment Canada warning in northeastern B.C.
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - Almost a month into spring and winter seems unwilling to relax its grip on parts of British Columbia. Environment Canada says a snowfall warning is in effect for the entire Peace...
Apr 13, 2017
B.C. NDP says Liberals’ LNG ‘fantasy fund’ would eliminate tolls on two bridges
COQUITLAM, B.C. - British Columbia's New Democrats have unveiled their election platform, forecasting three years of balanced budgets coupled with big spending promises for affordable childcare and re...
Apr 13, 2017
