Category Archives: British Columbia
Newly-opened Comfort Inn helps Merritt residents in need after fire
MERRITT, B.C. - The newly-opened Comfort Inn in Merritt stepped up on Thursday night to help residents displaced by an apartment fire on Merritt avenue, opening its arms to all of the residents living...
Mar 17, 2017
Some foreign buyers get break from tax they face on Vancouver real estate
VICTORIA - A tax on foreign home buyers in Metro Vancouver is being changed to exempt people who have come to British Columbia as part of the provincial nominee program. Premier Christy Clark says the...
Mar 17, 2017
NDP members set to select candidate in Fraser-Nicola
MERRITT, B.C. - Fraser-Nicola voters will find out who their NDP option will be tomorrow in a rare contested nomination that has led nearly right to the drop of the writ. Former longtime MLA Harry Lal...
Mar 17, 2017
Illicit drug deaths in B.C. dip slightly in February for second straight month
VICTORIA - The number of illicit drug overdose deaths dropped slightly for the second straight month in February in British Columbia, but the coroner's service said the numbers are still much higher c...
Mar 17, 2017
Massive fire destroys Merritt apartment building
MERRITT, B.C. - An apartment complex that was destroyed after a blaze broke out on Thursday in Merritt has left 60 people temporarily homeless. Rescue crews have been on scene all day, trying to piece...
Mar 17, 2017
B.C. woman acquitted of counselling distraught husband to commit suicide
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A woman accused of counselling her husband to commit suicide has been acquitted by a provincial court judge in Cranbrook, B.C. Terri Reimer wept Thursday as Judge Ron Webb ruled ther...
Mar 17, 2017
Winter not done with Coquihalla
KAMLOOPS - While the valley bottoms enjoy the belated arrival of spring, winter hasn’t loosened its icy grip on the high mountain passes. Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the...
Mar 17, 2017
B.C. sidesteps high heel ban, temporarily, as private member’s bill dies
VICTORIA - A private member's bill that would make it illegal for employers to require female workers to wear high heels on the job died when the British Columbia legislature adjourned on Thursday. Bu...
Mar 16, 2017
14 members of B.C. legislature spend last day in the house
VICTORIA - Gordie Hogg says he'll never forget the night he almost burned down British Columbia's legislature. It happened during one of the building's infamous all-night debates when he says he didn'...
Mar 16, 2017
Rescue team launches civil lawsuit, alleges misleading fundraising by B.C. group
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver-area search and rescue team has launched legal action against a society it alleges is raising funds by claiming to act on behalf of volunteer search teams across British Columb...
Mar 15, 2017
