Category Archives: British Columbia
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
Driving rain and wind diverts plans for royal tour on B.C.’s central coast
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - Plans to show off one of British Columbia's most beautiful areas to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were scuttled Monday by miserable weather. The aerial tour of the Great Bear R...
Sep 26, 2016
Failed high-five between Trudeau, Prince George focus of British news coverage
VICTORIA - The British media honed in on what one outlet described as an "awkward" encounter between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the young Prince George in reports on the arrival of the Duke and...
Sep 25, 2016
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge meet moms battling addiction in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge met several mothers who are dealing with drug and alcohol addictions on Sunday in Vancouver as the first full day of their Canadian tour focused on social...
Sep 25, 2016
Police say man dead after targeted shooting in Maple Ridge, B.C.
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. - A shooting in Maple Ridge, B.C., has left one man dead. Ridge Meadows RCMP say shots were fired just after 2 a.m. on Saturday in a suburb southeast of the city centre. Police say t...
Sep 24, 2016
Trial date delayed by B.C. judge for man in ‘Surrey Six’ slayings
VANCOUVER - The trial of a man accused of one count of first-degree murder in an attack that left six people dead has been delayed, pushing it back more than a decade from when the slayings happened i...
Sep 23, 2016
Jury finds Lumby man guilty of murder
VERNON, B.C. - A guilty verdict has been delivered in a North Okanagan murder trial. A BC Supreme Court jury convicted Howard Krewson of the second degree murder of his girlfriend Linda Stewart in 201...
Sep 23, 2016
