Category Archives: British Columbia
No foreign buyers tax for people with work permit: B.C. premier
VANCOUVER, B.C. - British Columbia's premier has announced her government is amending its tax on foreigners buying property in Metro Vancouver. Christy Clark says the levy will be lifted for those who...
Jan 29, 2017
PM visiting Vancouver for Lunar New Year amid public debate over pipeline
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be visiting Vancouver today for the second time since approving the Kinder Morgan Canada Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Trudeau will be participating...
Jan 29, 2017
B.C. father-son team developing technology to 3D print in space using moon dust
VANCOUVER - For Alex and Sergei Dobrianski, the building blocks of an upcoming revolution in the space industry are found in moon dust. Over the past five years, the father-and-son team has been devel...
Jan 29, 2017
Don’t call us junkies or addicts: people who use illicit drugs say lingo matters
VANCOUVER - Calling someone a junkie was once the norm, but many people who use illicit drugs and those who treat them say the word addict is just as stigmatizing. At the Crosstown Clinic, which provi...
Jan 28, 2017
Highway of Tears bus starts rolling on 30-minute trips in B.C.’s northwest
SMITHERS, B.C. - A new bus service between Smithers and the First Nations village of Moricetown in northwestern B.C. will only take about 30 minutes, but the ride along the so-called Highway of Tears ...
Jan 27, 2017
Tire slasher severs artery in his leg after vehicle parks too close to his: cops
SAANICH, B.C. - Police say a man who appears to have been frustrated at someone's parking ended up in hospital Thursday evening after stabbing himself in the leg. Saanich police say a 37-year-old man ...
Jan 27, 2017
Canadian universities pull ads from alt-right news outlet in United States
VANCOUVER - Two Canadian universities are among the organizations that have removed advertisements from an ultra-conservative news website formerly headed by a top adviser to U.S. President Donald Tru...
Jan 27, 2017
Prince George RCMP seek fourth murder suspect
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - RCMP are on a manhunt for a fourth suspect in relation to a targeted shooting earlier this week. The RCMP are looking for 21 year old Seaver Tye Miller. Police have already arres...
Jan 27, 2017
Councillor resigns after suing daughter for going public about alleged sex abuse
LIONS BAY, B.C. - A municipal politician in British Columbia has stepped down after it became public that she was suing her daughter for talking publicly about allegations her stepfather sexually abus...
Jan 27, 2017
Man who helped in killing of B.C. woman in university lot sentenced to 18 months
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A man convicted as an accessory to the murder of a student in a university parking lot in Surrey, B.C., has been sentenced to 18 months in jail. Crown lawyers had asked for a s...
Jan 27, 2017
