Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. man nets fine for trying to smuggle baby lizards across border
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Border officials say a man from Abbotsford, B.C., has been fined after he tried to smuggle six baby lizards into Canada in his shirt. Canada Border Services Agency says in a release...
Dec 15, 2016
B.C. town considers deer contraceptive to control animals eating up gardens
OAK BAY, B.C. - Residents of a picturesque community on Vancouver Island have had enough of deer munching on their prized gardens, so a group is looking at whether birth control might help rein in the...
Dec 14, 2016
Vancouver Island First Nation awarded $13.9 million over historic logging rights
BAMFIELD, B.C. - A Vancouver Island First Nation has been awarded $13.9 million after a tribunal ruled Canada "failed completely" in its duty to consult over a logging licence. The Huu-ay-aht First Na...
Dec 14, 2016
Safety board urges life-jacket laws, stability assessments after fatal capsizing
RICHMOND, B.C. - The federal government should look at the success of seatbelt laws when it considers a recommendation that would require commercial fishermen to wear a life-jacket at all times while ...
Dec 14, 2016
Former University of British Columbia president David Strangway dies
VANCOUVER - David Strangway, a geophysicist who served as president of the University of British Columbia from 1985 to 1997 and worked for NASA during the Apollo space missions, has died. University p...
Dec 14, 2016
UBC posts job for creative writing chair following Steven Galloway’s firing
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia is seeking a new creative writing chair following its high-profile firing of author Steven Galloway in June. The university says in a job posting on its ...
Dec 14, 2016
Vancouver approves tax to help first responders battling opioid overdose crisis
Vancouver has approved a small tax hike intended to help address the opioid overdose crisis. Councillors passed a budget Tuesday that includes a 0.5-per-cent increase in property taxes to support fron...
Dec 13, 2016
Stories from people who have lost loved ones to opioids
VANCOUVER - A gradual surge in lethal opioid overdoses shows no sign of slowing, and some experts say the worst is yet to come unless governments do more to counteract the deadly crisis. The incursion...
Dec 13, 2016
Wait lists growing for residential care, subsidized housing in B.C.: advocate
VICTORIA - High rents and reduced home-support services for British Columbia's seniors are forcing many people out of their homes before they need to leave, says the province's seniors advocate. Inade...
Dec 13, 2016
Abbotsford police chief sends letter to parents about gang conflict
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Abbotsford's police chief has sent a letter asking for help from the parents of young men whom officers believe are involved in a violent gang conflict. The Abbotsford Police Depart...
Dec 13, 2016
