Category Archives: British Columbia
Conservative critic calls for coal mine development in southeast B.C.
CRANBROOK, B.C. - The Conservative party's natural resources critic is calling on the federal Liberals to move forward with the development of a coal field near Cranbrook, B.C. Candice Bergen says the...
Aug 22, 2016
Evacuation order, alert issued as wildfire flares north of West Kelowna, B.C.
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - Officials say cooler temperatures have helped British Columbia crews battling a wildfire that forced the evacuation of dozens of properties above the northwestern shore of Okanaga...
Aug 22, 2016
Tourism numbers up as people dig British Columbia
VICTORIA - New data from the province signals good news for tourism and business as the number of international visitors to B-C surpassed the two-million mark in June. The government says over 2.3 mil...
Aug 22, 2016
Doctors want funding for seniors care in new health accord
VANCOUVER - Canadian doctors want the federal government to make sure health care professionals have the resources they need to care for the country's aging population, says the president of the Canad...
Aug 22, 2016
B.C. civil rights group punches above its weight in national legal disputes
VANCOUVER - Arriving to the lockup for the Supreme Court of Canada's decision on medically assisted suicide, members of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association found themselves relegated to a...
Aug 22, 2016
Large fire burns near Boston Bar, B.C.
BOSTON BAR, B.C. - Fire crews from Boston Bar, and North Bend spent the evening, Sunday August 21, battling a blaze near the CP rail yard. A witness in the area, Fred Robson, told CFJC Today that the ...
Aug 21, 2016
Vancouver’s Chinatown grapples with growing pains of affordability, development
VANCOUVER - The transformation of Vancouver's Chinatown, fuelled by a changing population, crisis of affordability and ripe potential for new development, has left some locals calling it either a dyin...
Aug 21, 2016
B.C. opts not to hike carbon tax in new climate plan, won’t adjust target dates
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government will maintain a freeze on its carbon tax, rejecting a recommendation from a group of advisers to increase the levy to fight climate change. The province rel...
Aug 19, 2016
VIA Rail in talks to offer $5 fares to ‘at risk’ groups along B.C. ‘highway of tears’
VANCOUVER - Via Rail has joined discussions with the British Columbia government, First Nations and social service agencies to offer rock-bottom fares to "vulnerable" people who can't afford to travel...
Aug 19, 2016
Mural festival brings bright, massive paintings to Vancouver streets
VANCOUVER - An east Vancouver neighbourhood has gotten increasingly colourful lately, but the people behind dozens of new murals in the area say the art is about more than beautifying empty walls. Mor...
Aug 19, 2016
