Category Archives: British Columbia
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
B.C. privacy commissioner rejects call by Liberals to probe NDP list sharing
VICTORIA - British Columbia's privacy watchdog has rejected a provincial Liberal party request to investigate allegations the NDP breached personal information protection laws for sharing voter suppor...
Apr 10, 2017
BC Safety Authority reveals source of fatal carbon monoxide poisoning
ASHCROFT, B.C. - The BC Safety Authority says an improperly-vented water heater was the cause of carbon monoxide buildup that killed a family of four near Ashcroft last month. Harvey Volaine, his wife...
Apr 10, 2017
More than 3,500 homeless people living in Metro Vancouver: report
BURNABY, B.C. - Nearly 70 homeless camps have sprouted up across Metro Vancouver in what local politicians say is a system-wide failure affecting the area's most vulnerable people. Initial results fro...
Apr 10, 2017
QuickFacts on British Columbia election promises made by the major parties
VANCOUVER - Here is a look at some of the promises being made by the three main political parties in British Columbia as the campaign is set to officially begin Tuesday for the May 9 election. Liberal...
Apr 10, 2017
B.C. parties focus on pocketbook issues, voters south of the Fraser River
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's two leading political parties targeted voters' wallets with duelling promises on bridge tolls, tax cuts and rate freezes on the eve of a provincial election campaign. Li...
Apr 10, 2017
B.C. man says no tracks beyond mountain edge meant 5 hikers had fallen to deaths
LIONS BAY, B.C. - Friends and family members of five hikers who died in the mountains near Vancouver gathered on Monday afternoon to support each other, says the Korean consul general. Sunggu Kim said...
Apr 10, 2017
Officials pinpoint cause of Shuswap landslide
TAPPEN, B.C. - A landslide that destroyed two houses near Tappen Friday was likely caused by groundwater seepage. Emergency Operations Director Ryan Nitchie of the Shuswap Emergency Program says preli...
Apr 10, 2017
Hydro rate freeze key plank in B.C. NDP platform for May 9 election
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's NDP leader has unveiled portions of an election platform he hopes will move his party from the Opposition benches to power after 16 years of waiting. John Horgan has iss...
Apr 10, 2017
Trans Mountain agreement includes investment deadline, hiring priorities
MERRITT, B.C. - A deal reached between British Columbia and Kinder Morgan reveals new details about the company's timeline to approve investments for a proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain pipelin...
Apr 10, 2017
