Category Archives: British Columbia
Police investigating suspicious death in Quesnel
QUESNEL, B.C. - Police are investigating a suspicious death in Quesnel, 4 hours North of Kamloops. RCMP and EMS (Emergency Medical Services) responded to a 911 call that came from a home in the 100 bl...
Jan 16, 2016
Men whose photos were published by Vancouver media feared public attacks
VANCOUVER - Two men and a teenager labelled "suspicious" because they were taking photos of a Vancouver mall feared being attacked on the street after local media published their images, says their do...
Jan 16, 2016
University of Victoria announces world’s first chair of transgender studies
VICTORIA - The University of Victoria says it has appointed the world's first chair in transgender studies. Dr. Aaron Devor will work with researchers, community activists and students to advance stud...
Jan 15, 2016
B.C. police watchdog investigates shooting; male taken to hospital
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's police watchdog says it is investigating the shooting of a male by officers of the New Westminster Police Department. The Independent Investigations Office says the m...
Jan 15, 2016
Safe injection service within Vancouver HIV centre gets federal approval
VANCOUVER - After years of intense political opposition to safe-injection sites, Health Canada has granted approval for the operation of a second clinic in Vancouver. The Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation has...
Jan 15, 2016
Culling of fawns in Cranbrook, B.C., infuriates deer protection society
CRANBROOK, B.C. - The B.C. Deer Protection Society is furious about what it says is a cull of deer, conducted without any notification, in southeastern B.C., near Cranbrook. The society and the Animal...
Jan 15, 2016
Beloved Victorian-era lounge to close at Victoria’s Empress Hotel
VICTORIA - For more than a century, the Bengal Lounge at the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria has paid homage to the days when the sun never set on the British Empire. But the hushed, palm tree-spri...
Jan 14, 2016
Cartoon of dead Syrian toddler in controversial French newspaper draws outrage
VANCOUVER - An inflammatory cartoon picturing a drowned Syrian toddler and predicting his future as a sex offender in Germany is "disgusting," says the boy's aunt. Tima Kurdi said she was brought to t...
Jan 14, 2016
B.C. teachers hail Supreme Court’s decision to hear long-running dispute
VANCOUVER - A bitter dispute between British Columbia teachers and the provincial government over the right to negotiate class size and composition will be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada. The to...
Jan 14, 2016
B.C. Mounties search for bank robbery suspect wearing long, curly wig
SURREY, B.C. - Mounties in Surrey, B.C., say they are searching for a man who wore a "peculiar disguise" to rob a bank. RCMP say the robbery happened on the evening of Dec. 29, when a man dressed as a...
Jan 14, 2016
