Category Archives: British Columbia
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
B.C. commits to public reports on teens placed in hotels after joint review
VICTORIA - British Columbia is aiming to eliminate its practice of placing vulnerable children and youth in hotels, but the children's minister isn't making any commitments about when that may happen....
Jan 13, 2016
B.C. Supreme Court hands another setback to Northern Gateway pipeline
VANCOUVER - An alliance of First Nations is celebrating a British Columbia Supreme Court ruling that it says could set back the Northern Gateway pipeline by years and throw a wrench into another high-...
Jan 13, 2016
Man accused in 100 Mile House murder makes court appearance
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The man charged in last week’s homicide in 100 Mile House made a brief court appearance yesterday. 46-year-old Michael Martel is charged with First Degree Murder in the ki...
Jan 13, 2016
Fatal accident near Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM - A fatal crash in Salmon Arm Monday afternoon claimed the life of an 80-year-old woman. The woman was driving on Highway 97B just south of the Trans Canada Highway when she left the road a...
Jan 13, 2016
The next yoga? Circus-inspired fitness a modern twist in evolving movement
VANCOUVER - Just ahead of circus artist Andralyn Zayn's debut on the bungee trapeze, she miscommunicated with a technician in dress rehearsal and did a double-front flip straight into the bar. Emergen...
Jan 13, 2016
Syrian refugees grateful for public, government response to pepper-spray attack
VANCOUVER - Ahmad Hwichan gestures to his throat and grimaces as he talks about coughing up blood and hearing children screaming in the chaotic aftermath of last week's pepper-spray attack in Vancouve...
Jan 13, 2016
