Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. mining code standards aims to eliminated disasters such as Mount Polley
VICTORIA - Mines Minister Bill Bennett says British Columbia is making changes to its mining code that sets standards to ensure that a disaster like the Mount Polley tailings pond collapse never happe...
Jul 20, 2016
B.C. to change human rights code to protect transgender rights
VANCOUVER - The provincial government will specifically protect transgender people under the B.C. Human Rights Code, reversing its position about 10 days before Vancouver's Pride Parade. Justice Minis...
Jul 20, 2016
No word from Cuban softball players who didn't show at B.C. tournament
SURREY, Canada - A pair of Cuban softball players who failed to show up for the Women’s World Softball Championship in Surrey, B.C., have not had any contact with their team for three days. Tour...
Jul 20, 2016
Vernon RCMP bust two licensed marijuana grow operations
VERNON, B.C. - RCMP executed two search warrants on a pair of licensed marijuana grow operations in Vernon this morning. Cpl Dan Moskaluk says police believe in both cases, they were being operated fo...
Jul 20, 2016
Demoviction protesters removed, arrested from Burnaby, B.C., apartment
BURNABY, B.C. - A group protesting so-called demovictions in Burnaby, B.C., has been evicted from an empty apartment building it has been occupying for 12 days. Natalie Knight says she and other prote...
Jul 20, 2016
Fires set, windows smashed in riot at youth jail in Burnaby, B.C.: guards’ union
BURNABY, B.C. - Officials say a riot at a young offenders jail in Burnaby, B.C., has caused extensive damage. Inmates started smashing microwaves, windows and other items in a living unit at the Burna...
Jul 20, 2016
Vancouver-area train derails, believed to be on tracks servicing grain terminal
BURNABY, B.C. - A train has gone off the rails in British Columbia's Lower Mainland. Burnaby Fire Chief Joe Robertson says a train was running on a private spur line that services a grain terminal on ...
Jul 19, 2016
Sunny outlook for Shuswap businesses despite rainy weather
SCOTCH CREEK, B.C. - Tourism-related businesses in the Shuswap region say the rainy July is definitely taking a chunk out of their revenue, but it’s not disastrous. Barbara Rivest of Shuswap Uni...
Jul 19, 2016
B.C. based MEC announces plans to open two new Calgary stores in next three years
VANCOUVER - Mountain Equipment Co-op announced plans Tuesday to open two new stores in Calgary within the next three years. The company says it will open a 30,000-square foot location in the Seton Urb...
Jul 19, 2016
Feeling let down by universities, survivors meet to fight campus sex assaults
VANCOUVER - Mandi Gray has lost count of the messages she's received from women who say their universities failed them after they were sexually assaulted. The PhD student publicly alleged last year th...
Jul 19, 2016
