Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. ups homeowner grant by a third as property assessment values skyrocket
VANCOUVER - Relief is on the way for homeowners in British Columbia facing a jump in property taxes thanks to soaring home values. B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong said the threshold to take part in...
Jan 10, 2017
Crazy winter weather hasn't impacted snowpack
KAMLOOPS - The topsy-turvey winter hasn’t done much to impact the snow pack in most of the province. So far, in the upper levels, it’s been just business as usual in the higher elevations....
Jan 10, 2017
B.C. First Nation expected to launch court challenge of LNG approval
VANCOUVER - Members of a British Columbia First Nation have launched what has become the fourth Federal Court challenge against a liquefied natural gas project proposed for the province's north coast....
Jan 10, 2017
Crown, defence want 10-year sentence for B.C. man who plotted double murder
VANCOUVER - A courtroom in New Westminster, B.C., has heard from a mother who says she was "emotionally and morally crippled" by her son's murder. Dorothy McKay read a victim impact statement Monday a...
Jan 09, 2017
City officials say Vancouver is ready for another round of icy temperatures
Vancouver bylaw officers have issued 9,000 warnings and a few hundred tickets to city residents and businesses who failed scrape snow and ice from their walkways. The announcement comes as another big...
Jan 09, 2017
Increase coming for homeowner grants in B.C.: finance minister
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - British Columbia's finance minister says the threshold to claim homeowner grants will be raised to help the tax burden on those whose property values have soared. Mike de Jong wouldn'...
Jan 09, 2017
Fishing club facing 'good fight' over lake access against Douglas Lake Ranch
KAMLOOPS - Monday marked the beginning of a contentious civil case at B.C. Supreme Court in Kamloops. The Douglas Lake Cattle Company is suing the Nicola Valley Fish and Game club in a fight over publ...
Jan 09, 2017
Body of North Vancouver woman found burned on trail: police
VANCOUVER - Police have identified a body that was found burned in a remote shelter in North Vancouver, B.C. The Integrated Homicide Investigations Team says 41-year-old Lisa MacPherson was the victim...
Jan 09, 2017
Canada invests $46 million in University of Victoria ocean science facility
VICTORIA - While humans have mapped the surfaces of the moon and Mars, our own deep sea remains largely a mystery - but Ocean Networks Canada is working to change that. The University of Victoria faci...
Jan 09, 2017
Apology accepted: John Furlong to speak again at University of B.C. fundraiser
VANCOUVER - Former Vancouver Olympic CEO John Furlong will be back at the podium for a University of British Columbia fundraising event after the abrupt cancellation of his speech and subsequent apolo...
Jan 09, 2017
