Category Archives: British Columbia
Accused drug dealers leave B.C. courts free men due to shortage of sheriffs
VICTORIA - A shortage of courthouse sheriffs has resulted in two accused drug dealers being freed without facing justice, sparking an uproar in British Columbia's legislature with the Opposition New D...
Feb 23, 2017
Compromise proposed in dispute over police presence in Vancouver Pride Parade
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Pride Society has responded to demands that police be banned from marching in the city's annual Pride Parade with the suggestion that officers show up in fewer numbers and le...
Feb 23, 2017
B.C. Environment Minister cancels waste discharge permit at Shawnigan Lake
VICTORIA - British Columbia's environment minister cancelled a waste discharge permit for the company operating a dump site for contaminated soil that has been the subject of years of protests and cou...
Feb 23, 2017
Young construction workers less likely to protect hearing says WorkSafeBC
RICHMOND, B.C. - The organization that regulates health and safety in British Columbia workplaces reports almost one in four young construction workers is not doing enough to protect against hearing l...
Feb 23, 2017
Wearing boots but in the buff, Prince George toddler OK after wandering outside
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - The RCMP are thanking a Canada Post employee in British Columbia for helping solve a case involving a nude toddler who had gone missing. The three-year-old boy was wearing nothin...
Feb 23, 2017
Motorcyclist, pedestrian killed in separate crashes on Lower Mainland roads
VANCOUVER - Two people died Wednesday in separate crashes in the Lower Mainland. Vancouver Police say a 39-year-old motorcyclist was killed after colliding with an Audi that had been turning left on t...
Feb 23, 2017
B.C. Liberal budget puts squeeze on NDP’s big-ticket promises, say experts
VICTORIA - The Liberal government's new budget tries to put the squeeze on British Columbia's Opposition New Democrats, just weeks before the start of a spring election campaign, say political experts...
Feb 23, 2017
Minor quakes hit off B.C. and in Washington State
PORT HARDY, B.C. - A magnitude 4.4 earthquake rumbled off the coast of British Columbia late Wednesday night. Natural Resources Canada says it struck southwest of Port Alice on northern Vancouver isla...
Feb 22, 2017
Vancouver seeking judicial review of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver is launching another court case in a bid to derail Kinder Morgan's proposed pipeline expansion. Council members have voted to go ahead with a judicial review of the p...
Feb 22, 2017
Paramedics called to assist B.C. MLA after health issue at legislature
VICTORIA - Paramedics were called to British Columbia's legislature to treat a member of the house who fell ill during question period. Ralph Sultan, the Liberal member for West Vancouver-Capilano, wa...
Feb 22, 2017
