Category Archives: British Columbia
Anticipation building in Kelowna for the Royal visit
KELOWNA - Crowds are gathering, and anticipation is filling the air at the University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus. CFJC Today’s Susan Edgell and Tanya Cronin have a preview .
Sep 27, 2016
Mom pleads for help in return of daughter allegedly abducted from B.C.
SAANICH, B.C. - A mother in Saanich, B.C., is spending her daughter's second birthday pleading for the toddler's safe return in what police are calling a case of parental abduction. Tasha Brown says h...
Sep 26, 2016
Find mill shooter not guilty because he was depressed: defence lawyer says
NANAIMO, B.C. - A defence lawyer says the man accused of murdering two of his former co-workers at a British Columbia sawmill should be acquitted of first-degree murder and convicted of manslaughter. ...
Sep 26, 2016
Royals blown off course: William and Kate brave bad weather to visit rainforest
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - Prince William and Kate's tour of British Columbia was knocked off course on Monday as the royal couple braved bad weather to add a unique area of rainforest coastline to a conserv...
Sep 26, 2016
B.C. Indian Chiefs won’t participate in reconciliation event attended by royals
VICTORIA - A ceremony involving the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge meant to symbolize the reconciliation of British Columbia's Aboriginal Peoples has been rebuffed by a First Nations group. Grand Chief...
Sep 26, 2016
No new trial for B.C. serial killer because judge wasn't biased: appeal court
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has rejected a serial killer's application to have a new trial based on a claim that a judge implied the man's lawyers behaved unethically. Cody Legebo...
Sep 26, 2016
Tent cities, homelessness, key issues at Union of B.C. Municipalities convention
VICTORIA - Municipal politicians from across British Columbia have gathered in Victoria this week for the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities convention. About 2,000 elected politicians and civic staf...
Sep 26, 2016
B.C. ministry to expand Metis commission’s role amid high-profile toddler case
VANCOUVER - British Columbia will expand the role of its Metis representative in the child welfare system, amid criticism of the province's plan to adopt a Metis toddler to non-aboriginal parents in O...
Sep 26, 2016
Nate Parker to attend Vancouver film festival for ‘The Birth of a Nation’
VANCOUVER - Controversy-plagued filmmaker Nate Parker is expected to attend the Vancouver International Film Festival this weekend for "The Birth of a Nation." Organizers say Parker, who co-wrote, dir...
Sep 26, 2016
Province committed to 4-laning of Trans Canada
REVELSTOKE - It’s the toughest stretch of highway to build on in the country. But Transportation Minister Todd Stone says the government is commited to chipping away at the 4-laning of the Trans...
Sep 26, 2016
