Category Archives: British Columbia
Another extension granted in investigation of suspended Victoria police chief
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s police-complaint commissioner has granted a third extension for an RCMP investigation of Victoria’s suspended police chief. Stan Lowe says the investigation i...
Nov 30, 2016
Canada wants court to toss out former asylum seeker's attempt to clear his name
VANCOUVER - Canadian government lawyers are asking a Federal Court to reject a bid to clear the name of a former asylum seeker who spent more than two years in a British Columbia church to avoid being...
Nov 30, 2016
B.C. panel reviewing domestic-violence deaths calls for more support for victims
VICTORIA - A panel that examined 100 domestic-violence deaths in British Columbia says few victims tell anyone what's happening in their lives before they're killed, and even professionals may not kno...
Nov 30, 2016
Workers stranded on the side of a Vancouver high rise rescued safely
VANCOUVER - Three workers are safe after they were stranded more than 100 metres above the streets of downtown Vancouver early Wednesday morning. Assistant chief Martin Paulson of Vancouver Fire and R...
Nov 30, 2016
Two killed in Cariboo crash
LAC LA HACHE, B.C. - RCMP say two people were killed in a head-on collision between 100 Mile House and Lac La Hache Monday. According to investigators, a GMC pickup truck northbound on Highway 97 cros...
Nov 30, 2016
Trans Mountain pipeline approval prompts anger, promises to protest in B.C.
VANCOUVER – The federal cabinet’s decision to approve Kinder Morgan Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has prompted a flood of outrage and promises of protests, court challen...
Nov 29, 2016
Softwood dispute with U.S. sees B.C. looking to sell lumber in China, India
VICTORIA - British Columbia's finance minister says the prospect of a reignited trade dispute with the United States over Canadian softwood lumber exports has the province looking for new customers in...
Nov 29, 2016
Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion approved
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is approving Kinder Morgan’s proposal to triple the capacity of its Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta to Burnaby, B.C. - a $6.8-billion project that has...
Nov 29, 2016
Foreign home purchases in Metro Vancouver are back to provincial average
VICTORIA - About three per cent of residential real estate transactions last month in Metro Vancouver involved foreign buyers, a decline of more than 10 percentage points since the B.C. government int...
Nov 29, 2016
Highly toxic opioid found at scene of fatal overdose in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Coroners Service says a highly toxic opioid has been found at the scene of a fatal drug overdose in Vancouver. Officials say a drug sample was seized from an East Vancouver home w...
Nov 29, 2016
