Category Archives: British Columbia
Cleanup continues at site of Ashcroft train derailment
KAMLOOPS - Canadian Pacific Railway crews continue their work in response to a derailment near Ashcroft last Thursday. 29 cars left the tracks about seven kilometres southwest of the community, spilli...
Jan 17, 2017
Charges laid after charity and Vancouver businesses hit by thief
VANCOUVER - A 35-year-old Vancouver man has been arrested and charged with several offences following break-ins that targeted a well-known charity and three businesses in the city. The Vancouver Polic...
Jan 17, 2017
B.C.-Kinder Morgan revenue-sharing deal tears Canada's national fabric: expert
VICTORIA - A revenue-sharing agreement that helped convince British Columbia to support the $6.8 billion Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion threatens to tear the fabric of country, says a resource ...
Jan 17, 2017
New study finds HIV treatment could contribute to syphilis outbreak
VANCOUVER - Researchers at the University of British Columbia say a drug treatment that is key to the successful fight against HIV infection could leave patients prone to other diseases, such as syphi...
Jan 17, 2017
Lost snow biker found unhurt north of Vernon, B.C., after night in backcountry
VERNON, B.C. - A missing snow biker from Vernon, B.C., has been found safe and well after spending the night stuck in the Shuswap backcountry. Vernon Search and Rescue spokesman Leigh Pearson says the...
Jan 17, 2017
RCMP ‘adapted’ to unusual situation with arrival of Tamil migrant ship: Crown
VANCOUVER - A Crown attorney says the RCMP adapted to a "rather unusual situation" when they investigated the arrival of a dilapidated vessel carrying 492 Tamil migrants off British Columbia's coast i...
Jan 17, 2017
Former Tolko employees looking for other work at Merritt job fair
KAMLOOPS - It’s been exactly a month since 203 employees were laid off from the Tolko mill in Merritt, which officially shut down December 16. The sudden closure served as a shock to many of the...
Jan 16, 2017
B.C. housing minister says first-time home buyer program attracting applicants
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's housing minister says a program to help first-time homebuyers received applications within hours of launching. Rich Coleman said that within six hours of the provincial ...
Jan 16, 2017
Supremacist group distributes racist pamphlets for U.S. King Jr. holiday
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Police in Abbotsford, B.C., aren't sure if they're dealing with a growing white supremacist problem or if a few "small-minded" people are behind the distribution of a pamphlet dispa...
Jan 16, 2017
Federal Crown vying to stop private prosecution in B.C. dam collapse case
VANCOUVER - The federal government is moving to stay an advocacy group's private prosecution against the B.C. government and a mining company over the collapse of the Mount Polley tailings dam. Crown ...
Jan 16, 2017
