Category Archives: British Columbia
Vancouver's Insite safe injection clinic adds hours to help cut deadly overdoses
Vancouver's supervised injection site is expanding its hours to deal with the crisis of overdose deaths. Vancouver Coastal Health, which operates Insite, says a pilot project begins next Wednesday and...
Aug 19, 2016
Kurdi says haunting photo of Syrian boy risks prolonging Middle Eastern conflict
VANCOUVER - The aunt of a Syrian toddler who was shown in a haunting photo lying lifeless on a beach says the photograph this week of a bloody boy pulled from a collapsed building in Aleppo is heartbr...
Aug 19, 2016
B.C. RCMP search rural property after tip about 1993 disappearance of teen girl
COMOX VALLEY, B.C. - Mounties in Comox Valley have searched and excavated a rural property after receiving a tip from the public about a 23-year-old missing person's case. Fourteen-year-old Lindsey Ni...
Aug 19, 2016
Victoria workers try to coax shy snake from drain with heat, food
VICTORIA - Work crews in Victoria hope a lot of warmth and a morsel of mouse will charm a snake into slithering out of a city storm drain. The creature, believed to be a corn snake up to 1.8 metres in...
Aug 19, 2016
B.C. climate plan needs carbon tax hikes, major policy changes, experts say
VANCOUVER - Experts say they're not sure British Columbia's overdue climate change plan will go far enough in increasing carbon taxes and tightening environmental policies to reach the province's long...
Aug 18, 2016
Okanagan wildfire now in mop-up stage after ‘excellent’ progress
KELOWNA, B.C. - A wildfire burning on the west side of Okanagan Lake near Kelowna, B.C, is now in the mop-up stage. The Central Okanagan Regional District says an emergency operation centre has been c...
Aug 18, 2016
Overdose deaths continue to peak in B.C., fentanyl more prevalent: study
VANCOUVER - Overdose deaths in British Columbia linked to illicit drug use continue to climb in 2016, with far more incidents being linked to the dangerous opioid fentanyl. While deaths across the pro...
Aug 18, 2016
Police ask seasonal residents for help finding missing Enderby woman
ENDERBY, B.C. - Police are issuing a plea to seasonal residents of the Enderby, B.C., area for help finding a woman who has been missing for a month. Deanna Wertz was last seen in the early morning of...
Aug 18, 2016
Homicide investigators take case after Abbotsford shooting turns fatal
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Investigators say the victim of a fatal shooting in Abbotsford, B.C., was targeted. Police say the man was attacked in the northwest side of the city just after 9 p.m. Wednesday. Th...
Aug 18, 2016
Aritzia IPO planned by founder Brian Hill, financial backer Berkshire Partners
VANCOUVER - Fashion retailer Aritzia is planning to go public and list its shares on a Canadian stock exchange. The Vancouver-based company designs clothing and accessories for women and has a network...
Aug 18, 2016
