Category Archives: British Columbia
Researchers discover active fault line under Greater Victoria
VICTORIA - A University of Victoria geologist has led the discovery of an active fault line under Greater Victoria. A study published by Kristen Morell and her team says the Leech River fault, which w...
Mar 31, 2017
Stone announces $92.6M to widen TCH from Chase to Jade Mountain
CHASE, B.C. - While much government attention and money has been paid to widening the Trans Canada Highway between Kamloops and Chase in the past decade, the province is now looking further east. Tran...
Mar 31, 2017
Drunk driver apologizes to friends, families of three victims: ‘I am to blame’
VANCOUVER - A drunk driver wept in a British Columbia courtroom as he turned to face the families of the three men he killed, telling them he takes full responsibility for the loss of their loved ones...
Mar 30, 2017
Special prosecutor appointed over political donations
VICTORIA - A special prosecutor has been appointed to provide legal advice to the RCMP over possible violations of British Columbia's Elections Act, less than two weeks before the official start of a ...
Mar 30, 2017
Ten charges laid in oil spill that fouled English Bay beaches in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Charges have been laid against the owners of the MV Marathassa nearly two years after a leak of bunker fuel fouled the beaches of English Bay in Vancouver, but the company is trying to scu...
Mar 30, 2017
Researchers discover flavour genes in marijuana, aim to create standards
VANCOUVER - Consumers can trust what varieties of wine taste like regardless of the store they buy it from, and they could soon have similar expectations for strains of marijuana, say researchers at t...
Mar 30, 2017
Drunk driver’s mom apologizes to victims’ families at son’s sentencing hearing
VANCOUVER - The mother of a man who drove drunk and killed three people on a British Columbia highway says her son's time in jail has made him a changed man. Samuel Alec's mother, Georgina Alec, told ...
Mar 30, 2017
Underfunding for B.C. aboriginal agencies means kids removed from homes: report
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's indigenous kids are being removed from their homes and placed in care because of underfunding from both provincial and federal governments, says the province's represent...
Mar 30, 2017
Residents of burned-out Merritt apartment looking into class-action lawsuit
MERRITT, B.C. - Residents of a burned-out apartment complex in Merritt are weighing their options, including a class-action lawsuit to recoup some of their belongings, for what they call “neglig...
Mar 29, 2017
B.C. envoy says the window is open slightly for softwood lumber deal with U.S.
VICTORIA - British Columbia's softwood trade envoy says there's a slight opportunity to quickly negotiate a new lumber agreement between Canada and the United States, but if a deal can't be reached by...
Mar 29, 2017
