Category Archives: British Columbia
Burnaby mayor asks Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to suspend NEB pipeline review
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver-area mayor is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to immediately suspend National Energy Board hearings into the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Burnaby Mayor Dere...
Jan 12, 2016
Workers, families take WorkSafeBC to court over 2012 mill explosions
VANCOUVER - Ten people connected to a pair of deadly sawmill explosions in British Columbia are asking a judge to certify a class-action lawsuit seeking damages for physical and mental injuries. The s...
Jan 12, 2016
Snowfall expected to hit Interior highways
KAMLOOPS - It’s back to winter on Interior highways today. Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for today and tonight for both the Coquihalla and the Fraser Canyon. 20-25 centimeters...
Jan 12, 2016
U.S. passenger charged with uttering threat, diverting flight to Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Charges have been laid against an American man who caused a United Airlines flight to be diverted to Vancouver over the weekend. Fifty-four-year-old Nicholas Aliksyuk of Duluth, Minn., fac...
Jan 11, 2016
Homeless campers at Victoria courthouse reject offer of temporary shelter
VICTORIA - Dozens of homeless people camping at Victoria's Law Courts are vowing to stay despite the B.C. government's offer of alternate shelter. More than 80 people sleeping in what they're calling ...
Jan 11, 2016
Trans Mountain pipeline project doesn't meet B.C.'s 5 conditions, says minister
VANCOUVER - Kinder Morgan is failing British Columbia's test for proceeding with a proposed pipeline expansion, so far unable to prove it will meet key safety requirements or serve the province's best...
Jan 11, 2016
Coroner takes over after fetus found in washroom of Chilliwack, B.C., restaurant
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - RCMP in Chilliwack, B.C., say the discovery of a human fetus in the washroom of a fast food restaurant will not result in a criminal investigation. Mounties say the matter has been ...
Jan 11, 2016
Whale poop study shows connections between salmon and killer whales
VICTORIA - Scientists who spent five years collecting and analyzing fecal samples from endangered killer whales near Seattle and Victoria found their diet consists almost solely of Chinook salmon in t...
Jan 10, 2016
Vancouver police release more details on fatal party bus incident
VANCOUVER - Police are investigating a fatal collision in downtown Vancouver. Sgt. Randy Fincham says about two dozen people were celebrating a birthday inside a party bus in the city's downtown core ...
Jan 10, 2016
Defence minister reaches out to Syrian refugees in wake of pepper-spray attac
VANCOUVER - A prominent member of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet is reaching out to Syrian refugees after a group of newly arrived migrants were pepper sprayed at a welcome event in Vancouver...
Jan 10, 2016
