Category Archives: British Columbia
Suspended police chief granted second look into misconduct investigation
VICTORIA - British Columbia's police watchdog has approved a request from Victoria's suspended police chief for more investigation into allegations he sent inappropriate social media messages to the w...
Apr 11, 2017
Prof apologizes for complaint against B.C. judge hearing sexual assault case
VANCOUVER - A law professor who filed a complaint against a British Columbia Supreme Court judge hearing a sexual assault case has issued an apology, saying there were no grounds for the claim. Benjam...
Apr 11, 2017
Protest disrupts traffic on Chase bridge
CHASE, B.C. - Chase RCMP were called out to deal with a protest blocking traffic in their community today. Cpl. Scott Linklater says this morning, a group of Adams Lake Indian Band members set up a pr...
Apr 11, 2017
B.C. election: Key developments from Day One on the campaign trail
VANCOUVER - A look at some key developments from Day One of the B.C. election campaign for each of the parties: LIBERALS: - Liberal Leader Christy Clark touted her government's economic record and urg...
Apr 11, 2017
Upbringing, student politics shaped Christy Clark's views on B.C. politics, life
VANCOUVER - It was the lure of ice cream that first drew Christy Clark into politics. As a child, the future premier of British Columbia would accompany her father as he knocked on doors around Burnab...
Apr 11, 2017
Coach put troublemaking teen John Horgan on track to B.C.'s New Democrat leader
VANCOUVER - As a teenager, John Horgan was as far away from becoming a political leader in British Columbia as you could get. He was shooting pool at Suzy-Q’s, smoking cigarettes and playing the...
Apr 11, 2017
For Andrew Weaver, BC Green Leader and climatologist, politics is a science
VANCOUVER - Andrew Weaver was teaching a class of University of Victoria undergraduates about climate science and public policy when he realized he needed to do more than just lecture. The internation...
Apr 11, 2017
B.C. parties begin election race to May 9 finish
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Liberal party began its bid for a fifth straight majority government today as Premier Christy Clark visited the lieutenant-governor to formally dissolve the legislature....
Apr 11, 2017
Sister of wrongly fired health worker harshly critical of B.C.’s Christy Clark
VICTORIA - The sister of a British Columbia government health worker who took his own life after being falsely accused of wrongdoing says she hopes Premier Christy Clark's "callous and cynical" respon...
Apr 11, 2017
Parties promise jobs, public investments at dawn of B.C. election campaign
VANCOUVER - British Columbians have faced an onslaught of government announcements, party ads and political finger pointing over the last few months. It was all a prelude to the provincial election ca...
Apr 11, 2017
