Category Archives: British Columbia
Concerns raised over LNG proposal over predicted greenhouse gas emissions
VANCOUVER - Canada's environmental review body says greenhouse gas emissions from a proposed liquefied natural gas facility on British Columbia's north coast pose a significant ecological threat. The ...
Feb 11, 2016
Victoria police find crash confession on cellphone’s text message
VICTORIA - Victoria police say a cellphone text message held the confession of a driver who rear ended a police car. Const. Matt Rutherford says the collision occurred Saturday night at a busy interse...
Feb 10, 2016
Victoria makes plans to regulate its medical pot shops with $5,000 licensing fee
VICTORIA - The City of Victoria has laid out some ground rules as it moves to regulate medical-marijuana businesses and included is a licensing fee that is a fraction of the Vancouver charge. The city...
Feb 10, 2016
B.C. ministers say throne speech comments weren’t meant to insult Alberta
VICTORIA - British Columbia cabinet ministers say comments in a throne speech about Alberta's economic state were not insults but cold, hard facts about governments who don't control spending or diver...
Feb 10, 2016
B.C. superintendent of real estate denies ignoring ‘shadow flipping’ problem
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's superintendent of real estate denies that she has failed to take action on "shadow flipping," saying she only learned of specific allegations from the media last week. C...
Feb 10, 2016
Police reassure Shuswap residents following shooting
CELISTA, B.C. - RCMP want to assure the residents of Celista that a shooting incident in that North Shuswap community on Sunday was not random. Three people were injured as a result of the shooting. N...
Feb 10, 2016
Chase dirt bike accident victim identified
CHASE, B.C. - The BC Coroners Service has identified the man killed in a crash near Chase last Saturday. He was 19-year-old Austin Logan Schmidt of Chase. Schmidt was driving a dirt bike on the Trans ...
Feb 10, 2016
New CEO for Metro Vancouver transit authority TransLink after management shakeup
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Metro Vancouver's transit authority has hired a new CEO who currently heads the public transportation system in Seattle. Kevin Desmond starts his job with TransLink on March 21...
Feb 10, 2016
Whistler Blackcomb records 1.1 million skier visits so far, a record high
WHISTLER, B.C. - The Whistler Blackcomb resort is having a strong ski season so far and is on track to have a record number of visits, according to its parent company's latest financial report. Whistl...
Feb 10, 2016
Pride flag found burned at University of B.C. during annual LGBTQ celebration
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia is speaking out after a rainbow Pride flag raised for the school's annual OUTWeek was found burned on the flagpole. In a statement released Tuesday, the ...
Feb 10, 2016
