Category Archives: British Columbia
Aboriginal girls most at risk of sexual violence in care: B.C. representative
VANCOUVER - Aboriginal girls are the victims of sexual violence more than twice as often as other girls in care of the British Columbia government, a "disturbing" new report finds. The report from the...
Oct 04, 2016
Vancouver Realtors predict sales data for September will show dramatic decline
VANCOUVER - Realtors are predicting a steep decline in detached-home sales when the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver releases sales data for the month of September later today. The numbers are e...
Oct 04, 2016
B.C. Lottery Corp. misses mandatory review on some web, casino games
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Lottery Corp. launched some Internet games and casino projects without performing a mandatory review that included assessing a game's impact on problem gambling, an in...
Oct 04, 2016
Mexican officials say suspect arrested in death of Canadian artist
VANCOUVER - Robbery appears to be the motive behind the murder of Canadian photographer and artist Barbara McClatchie Andrews, says a Mexican prosecutor. Yucatan state Attorney General Ariel Aldecua a...
Oct 03, 2016
Realtors in Vancouver warn of dramatic sales slump as September data expected
VANCOUVER - Sales of detached houses continued to fall dramatically in Vancouver last month and even hit a 10-year low in one neighbourhood, real estate agents say as data for the month of September i...
Oct 03, 2016
Weekend snowfall breaks record in northeastern B.C., with 23 centimetre dump
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - Residents in northeastern British Columbia are enjoying a slight respite from snowy weather, but flurries could return Tuesday as winter makes an unseasonably early appearance in...
Oct 03, 2016
Grounded boat owned by Jamie’s Whaling Station now off rocks near Tofino, B.C.
TOFINO, B.C. - A vessel belonging to a whale-watching company is no longer stranded on rocks off Vancouver Island. A spokesman with Jamie's Whaling Station in Tofino, B.C., says the Stellar Sea has be...
Oct 03, 2016
Boat owned by Jamie’s Whaling Station runs aground near Tofino, B.C.
TOFINO, B.C. - Another boat owned by a whale-watching company in Tofino, B.C., ran into trouble off the coast of Vancouver Island over the weekend. The Canadian Coast Guard has issued a release saying...
Oct 02, 2016
Daphne Odjig, whose art blended Ojibwa with Picasso and Van Gogh, dies at 97
KELOWNA, B.C. - An elder of Canadian aboriginal artists whose work appeared in galleries around the world has died. Daphne Odjig was born in northern Ontario and had been living in Kelowna, B.C., wher...
Oct 02, 2016
First Nations use royal visit as platform to talk reconciliation, environment
VANCOUVER - As the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge toured British Columbia and the Yukon over the past week, they heard impassioned speeches on reconciliation and saw protest T-shirts emblazoned with sl...
Oct 02, 2016
