Category Archives: British Columbia
Winter shelter spots added across B.C.
VANCOUVER - Close to one-thousand extreme weather shelter spaces will be opened up with new funding from the provincial government. The B-C government says 1.6-million dollars is being spent across th...
Nov 18, 2016
Illicit drug overdose deaths climbing in B.C. despite official efforts
VANCOUVER - The death toll from illicit drugs will likely continue rising because of stronger opioids, an onerous federal law, and accidental overdoses among people who unwittingly take a killer pain ...
Nov 17, 2016
Police bust B.C. crime ring accused of reselling stolen baby formula in China
VANCOUVER - Vancouver police have cracked down on a crime ring accused of stealing so much baby formula that retailers noticed a spike in the product disappearing from their shelves. Det. Const. Doug ...
Nov 17, 2016
Lack of comparable opioid overdose stats across Canada hinders response: experts
VANCOUVER - Hundreds have died across the country, but the true magnitude of Canada’s surging opioid crisis remains unknown because of the “hodgepodge” of different methods provinces...
Nov 17, 2016
Judge says Vancouver can dismantle homeless camp where feces, garbage piling up
VANCOUVER - A judge has granted the City of Vancouver an injunction to dismantle a homeless camp, allowing police to arrest occupants who do not leave or who try to obstruct the removal of shelters. B...
Nov 17, 2016
Canadian government says B.C. man dead, another Canadian under arrest in Mexico
VANCOUVER - A Canadian killed in Mexico has been identified by family and friends as a 48-year-old man from Victoria. Several Facebook posts offer condolences to Roger Corbett's family and his son ref...
Nov 17, 2016
Innocent explanation for strange, circling Air Canada flight south of Victoria
VICTORIA - An usual sight in the skies south of Victoria prompted curiosity and concern from some Vancouver Island residents. Early Wednesday afternoon people reported seeing a low-flying Air Canada j...
Nov 17, 2016
Missing young mother found dead just north of Vancouver, says police
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Police confirm the body of a missing woman who was the subject of an extensive search has been found just north of Vancouver. New Westminster police say Florence Leung's body w...
Nov 17, 2016
Many Canadians unprepared for career change, anxious about economy: Survey
VICTORIA - A survey found nearly half of those questioned plan to make a career change in the next five years but many feel they’re not prepared. The Ipsos survey, conducted for Royal Roads Univ...
Nov 17, 2016
Vancouver city council passes one per cent tax on empty homes
Vancouver has voted to implement a one per cent tax on empty homes in a bid to alleviate the city’s crunched rental housing market. The tax, which is the first of its kind in Canada, will apply ...
Nov 16, 2016
