Category Archives: British Columbia
Drug users take to Vancouver's back alleys to help peers stay alive
VANCOUVER — Drug users in Vancouver are joining forces to combat the fentanyl crisis by providing the overdose-reversing drug naloxone to peers who shoot up in the city’s back alleys. Vanc...
Nov 25, 2016
Review following serious crashes finds bus travel in B.C. is safe
VICTORIA - A review of bus companies in British Columbia has found the number of crashes involving motor coaches has declined by a rate that is ahead of the national average. Transportation Minister T...
Nov 25, 2016
SPCA says flock of abandoned ducklings need new homes in Metro Vancouver
ALDERGROVE, B.C. - A mystery involving nearly 200 ducklings is unfolding in the community of Aldergrove, B.C. The young ducks were found in several crates along the side of a road about 60 kilometres ...
Nov 25, 2016
Enderby deaths believed murder-suicide
ENDERBY, B.C. - Police say the deaths of two Enderby residents was a domestic related murder suicide A 46 year old woman and 69 year old man were found dead last Friday at a home on Spruce Crescent on...
Nov 25, 2016
NDP promises to end trophy hunt for grizzly bears in B.C. if elected in May
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s New Democrats are promising to ban trophy hunting for grizzly bears in the province. But NDP Leader John Horgan stopped short of an outright prohibition on t...
Nov 24, 2016
Amber Alert cancelled, four-year-old found safe
VANCOUVER - An Amber Alert has been cancelled in British Columbia after a four-year-old Vancouver girl believed to have been with her mother was found safe. Police were concerned for the safety of Del...
Nov 24, 2016
B.C. revises skills exams, delays new curriculum roll out for senior grades
VICTORIA - The Education Ministry is delaying the full implementation of British Columbia’s new curriculum for public school students in Grades 10 to 12. Education Minister Mike Bernier says a o...
Nov 24, 2016
RCMP and China reach deal to fight Fentanyl flow
KAMLOOPS - The RCMP have reached a deal with the Chinese Ministry of Public Safety in an effort to stem the tide of fentanyl flowing from the Asian giant into Canada. BC Health Minister Terry Lake ann...
Nov 24, 2016
Passengers spend night aboard as high winds prevent B.C. ferry from docking
TSAWWASSEN, B.C. - A ferry trip from Vancouver Island to Tsawwassen turned into an overnight marathon when high winds swept across Georgia Strait. Deborah Marshall of BC Ferries says 21 passengers and...
Nov 24, 2016
B.C.'s powerhouse economy must help the 1 in 5 kids living in poverty: report
VANCOUVER - A advocacy group for children and youth in British Columbia says one in every five children in the province lives in poverty. The 2016 report from First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy C...
Nov 24, 2016
