Category Archives: British Columbia
Disappearance of playground fund shocks parents, students, at Surrey school
SURREY, B.C. - More than two years of fundraising for a new playground at a Surrey, B.C., elementary school appears to have been wiped out. Surrey RCMP confirm they are investigating what are called "...
Sep 29, 2016
Prince George, Princess Charlotte take part in Victoria children’s party
VICTORIA - It was bunnies, bubbles and balloons at a garden party Thursday in Victoria where Prince George and Princess Charlotte made their second public appearance during the royal tour of the Duke ...
Sep 29, 2016
Foster parents lose emergency motion in Supreme Court to keep Metis toddler
VANCOUVER - The last time a pair of British Columbia foster parents saw the Metis toddler they have raised almost since birth, the little girl was being carried away in the arms of her new adoptive pa...
Sep 29, 2016
Premier says B.C. to spend additional $10 million in battle against overdoses
VICTORIA - British Columbia will create a centre to research drug addiction and provide education and guidance to health-care providers but more must be done to battle an illicit-drug overdose crisis,...
Sep 28, 2016
B.C. mill shooter guilty of first-degree murder and attempted murder
NANAIMO, B.C. - The wife and daughter of a man killed in a shooting at a Vancouver Island mill held each other and cried Wednesday as a jury found the man's attacker guilty on four charges. Kevin Addi...
Sep 28, 2016
Kamloops woman killed in crash near Vernon identified
VERNON, B.C. - The BC Coroners Service has released the name of a woman who died in a two vehicle crash in Vernon last week. 55 year old Susan Louise Delrose of Kamloops was a rear-seat passenger in a...
Sep 28, 2016
Instability closes Lillooet-area highway, forcing lengthy detour
LILLOOET, B.C. - The BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure says a stretch of Highway 99 north of Lillooet will remain closed for the forseeable future. Regional Director Mike Lorimer says t...
Sep 28, 2016
Vancouver proposes licensed short-term Airbnb rentals to increase supply
Vancouver's mayor wants to ban Airbnb rentals for those who aren't living in the homes they are listing, while requiring everyone else to hold a business licence. Mayor Gregor Robertson has revealed t...
Sep 28, 2016
Five things to know about the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG project in B.C.
RICHMOND, B.C. - Federal cabinet has conditionally approved the $36-billion Pacific NorthWest liquefied natural gas project. Here are five things to know about the proposed project: The Players: Petro...
Sep 28, 2016
Resolutions, premier’s speech to highlight activities at municipal convention
VICTORIA - The tough work is getting underway at the Union of British Columbia Municipalities convention in Victoria as nearly two-thousand delegates begin debate on a number of key issues vital to lo...
Sep 28, 2016
