Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. youth still waiting too long for help three years after boy’s suicide: rep
VICTORIA - The lack of timely mental health services contributed to the suicide of a 16-year-old boy who wasn't eating, had threatened to kill himself and was left to roam in and out of school, Britis...
Sep 08, 2016
Canada now allows prescription heroin in severe opioid addiction cases
VANCOUVER - Health Canada has amended regulations allowing doctors to prescribe heroin to people who are severely addicted to opioids. The government says the country is facing an opioid overdose cris...
Sep 07, 2016
Wilson-Raybould lays out vision for UN indigenous rights declaration
VANCOUVER - Canada must adopt the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in a way that translates into real change for its aboriginal citizens, federal Justice Minister Jody Wi...
Sep 07, 2016
Crown lawyer relays chilling account of workplace shooting in Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - A Crown lawyer says a man accused of killing two employees and attempting to kill two others yelled expletives and said, "You know who I am" during a shooting rampage at his former wor...
Sep 07, 2016
B.C. couple who faced terror charges still pose a threat to public: Crown
VANCOUVER - A Crown lawyer says a British Columbia couple found guilty of masterminding a terrorist plot but then freed when a judge ruled they had been entrapped are still a danger to the public. Joh...
Sep 07, 2016
Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs leader blasts province at First Nations gathering
VANCOUVER - An annual gathering of First Nations leaders and British Columbia cabinet ministers got off to a thorny start on Wednesday when the leader of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs berated the pr...
Sep 07, 2016
Weather helps firefighters on the lines in Lytton
LYTTON - The weather has given firefighters a big boost in fighting the South Spencer Road wildfire south of Lytton. The fire is now 75% contained, and has remained static at roughly 532 hectares. As ...
Sep 07, 2016
Trio missing near Williams Lake, B.C., as RCMP appeal for information
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - RCMP in Williams Lake, B.C., hope someone can help them track three people believed to have vanished over the summer. On Sept. 1, police in the Cariboo city said 44-year-old Miha...
Sep 07, 2016
Final man charged in 2008 killings of Mission, B.C., couple pleads guilty
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The fourth and final man charged in connection with the 2008 targeted killings of a Mission, B.C., couple has pleaded guilty. British Columbia's Criminal Justice Branch says To...
Sep 06, 2016
Spill response base planned for Vancouver harbour if Trans Mountain proceeds
VANCOUVER - Western Canada Marine Response Corp. says it's moving ahead with plans to build a new on-water spill response base in Vancouver harbour, even though the project will only proceed if the Tr...
Sep 06, 2016
