Category Archives: British Columbia
Sunny outlook for Shuswap tourism sector
SCOTCH CREEK,B.C. - With the weekend now upon us, thousands of people will be heading out to the Shuswap and other area lakes to cash in on the sunshine and beautiful weather. Summer has been slow to ...
Jul 22, 2016
B.C. coroner’s jury calls for limits on time spent by inmates in segregation
BURNABY, B.C. - A coroner's jury looking into the suicide of an inmate at the medium-security Matsqui Institution in British Columbia's Fraser Valley has made 25 recommendations aimed at saving lives....
Jul 22, 2016
Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec reach deal to allow online wine purchases
WHITEHORSE - The premiers of Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec have agreed to allow online purchases of wine from each other’s provinces. The deal will allow consumers to buy wine through eac...
Jul 22, 2016
Home sales down in Metro Vancouver: Conference Board of Canada report
VANCOUVER - Home sales fell in Metro Vancouver for a fourth straight month in June, but aspiring homeowners shouldn't celebrate yet - it's still a seller's market. A new report from the Conference Boa...
Jul 22, 2016
Legendary band the Tragically Hip kicks off farewell tour in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Avril Hughes has followed the Tragically Hip since seeing the band in concert in the 1980s, so she didn't think twice about making the long road trip from her home in California to British...
Jul 22, 2016
Man pleads guilty to attacks on people linked to B.C. Justice Institute
VANCOUVER - Families with links to a British Columbia justice training centre were among the targets in the firebombings and shootings of their homes and vehicles by a man who has pleaded guilty to or...
Jul 21, 2016
B.C. posts $730 million surplus, housing revenues continue to fill coffers
VICTORIA - Final public accounting for the year shows British Columbia with a surplus budget of more than double what was predicted in the last provincial budget. Finance Minister Mike de Jong says th...
Jul 21, 2016
Man picking huckleberries attacked by a bear
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A 79 year old man is recovering after he was attacked by an angry bear sow last Sunday (July 17). The man was picking berries in a remote area northeast of Williams Lake, and Joe...
Jul 21, 2016
Lawsuits can help governments think critically about its programs: B.C. minister
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government's about-face on deducting money from welfare cheques to help pay for private methadone treatment is a positive change, the province's social development min...
Jul 21, 2016
'Disordered eating' rates troubling among young lesbians, bisexuals, gays: study
VANCOUVER - Gay, lesbian and bisexual youth are continuing to purge, fast or take diet pills to lose weight while rates for such behaviour among heterosexuals have decreased, a University of British C...
Jul 21, 2016
