Category Archives: British Columbia
Hunters rescued from grizzly attack thank search team
KAMLOOPS - Two hunters say they’re lucky to be alive after a near-death encounter with a grizzly bear in northern B.C. last September. Robbie Austin and Chris Eyre are still marvelling at the fa...
Feb 25, 2016
Motorcyclist and Vancouver officer both hurt when biker tries to escape
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver police officer and the motorcyclist he was trying to stop both have serious injuries after the biker lost control of his vehicle. Police say the officer was standing beside his...
Feb 25, 2016
B.C. brings in new oversight rules for mining after tailings-pond collapse
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is imposing more oversight on the mining industry by boosting potential penalties for prosecutions to $1 million in fines and three years in prison. The new ...
Feb 25, 2016
U.S. Visitors to Vernon Ski resort up 30 per cent
VERNON, B.C. - Tourism is showing big gains in B.C., and that’s especially been the case at Silver Star Mountain Resort. Marketing director Eric Erik Kalacis says they’re having one of the...
Feb 25, 2016
Vehicle owner denies liability in B.C. crash that killed two cyclists, passenger
PEMBERTON, B.C. - The owner of a vehicle that allegedly struck and killed two cyclists out for a weekend ride north of Whistler, B.C., denies having given the driver permission to use her car. Carmen ...
Feb 25, 2016
B.C. man against Mandarin-only council meetings wants official languages law
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man who filed a human rights complaint against his townhouse council for conducting Mandarin-only meetings says he wants the law changed to prohibit the use of unofficia...
Feb 25, 2016
Williams Lake wants to inject high-risk offenders with GPS tracking devices
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia community wants to take the extraordinary step of implanting high-risk and prolific offenders with GPS tracking devices in a bid to curb its crime problem. City council ...
Feb 25, 2016
Victoria homeless camp stages block party on planned eviction day
VICTORIA - Homeless campers on the grounds of Victoria's courthouse staged a block party Thursday as they faced eviction from a tent city where more than 100 people have lived for months. The party go...
Feb 24, 2016
Another tropical animal washes up on a cold B.C. beach
HAIDA GWAII, B.C. - Researchers say a third tropical animal has found its way to a cold British Columbia beach this winter. This time, the rarely seen Risso's dolphin was found dead on a Haida Gwaii b...
Feb 24, 2016
Tiny western toads put economic, environmental squeeze on village of Nakusp
VICTORIA - A migration of toads described as a croaking, moving carpet and one of the world's environmental wonders is dividing a southeastern British Columbia village over forestry jobs and the prote...
Feb 24, 2016
