Category Archives: British Columbia
WorksafeBC release report into Cache Creek film set mishap
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - WorksafeBC says a failure to properly plan an action sequence is what led to actor Dylan O’Brien’s injuries on set near Cache Creek earlier this spring. O’Brien w...
Jun 13, 2016
UBC announces new president after abrupt resignation sparked governance crisis
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia has named its new president, following a year that began with the abrupt resignation of former president Arvind Gupta last summer. Santa Ono, who was bor...
Jun 13, 2016
Challenging search in B.C.'s Jervis Inlet ends with recovery of teen's body
SECHELT, B.C. - Operators of a Christian retreat say they are doing all they can for the family of a South Korean teenager who drowned while attending the camp north of Vancouver. A post on the websit...
Jun 13, 2016
B.C.'s youth representative wants inquest into police-involved shooting death
VICTORIA - British Columbia's representative for children and youth is calling for an inquest into the police-involved shooting death of a young Victoria man. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond says the family ...
Jun 13, 2016
'Craft cannabis' growers fight for legal role, say B.C. jobs, tourism at stake
VANCOUVER - Travis Lane has been growing marijuana since high school, when his first pot plant swiftly withered and died in his bedroom closet. By the time he was 20, he had cultivated a small basemen...
Jun 12, 2016
Mountie in airport death case sues RCMP for negligence, harassment
VANCOUVER - A Mountie who responded the night a Polish immigrant died at Vancouver's airport has filed a lawsuit against the RCMP alleging negligence and harassment. Const. Bill Bentley has filed a no...
Jun 11, 2016
B.C. Appeals Court orders new hearing for convicted airport drug smuggler
VANCOUVER - A man found guilty of using his job at the Vancouver airport to help smuggle drugs may spend more time behind bars. Gurvinder Singh Pahl pleaded guilty in January 2015 to possessing ecstas...
Jun 10, 2016
Rare cream-coloured black bear seen near Whistler, B.C., creates buzz
VANCOUVER - Bear biologists are trying to demystify the genetic makeup of a rare cream-coloured black bear cub spotted near the resort community of Whistler, B.C. Arthur De Jong said he saw the cub fr...
Jun 10, 2016
B.C. premier says men play important role in preventing sexual violence
BURNABY, B.C. - British Columbia Premier Christy Clark says she is finally speaking out about a sexually motivated attack that happened 37 year ago in an effort to chip away at the culture of silence....
Jun 10, 2016
Coding part of new curriculum for B.C. students starting in 2018
BURNABY, B.C. - British Columbia's Education Ministry says students in Grades 6 to 9 will be taught mandatory classes in computer coding. The ministry says $2 million will be spent on training teacher...
Jun 10, 2016
