Category Archives: British Columbia
Vancouver-bound flight diverted in Hamburg for passenger’s medical issue
VANCOUVER - Lufthansa officials say a Vancouver-bound flight from Munich was diverted to Hamburg after a passenger suffered a medical issue. Airline spokesman Michael Lamberty says flight LH476 was fo...
May 22, 2016
Cool long weekend keeping campers off the lake
BLIND BAY, B.C. - You might say it’s a typical May long weekend. The weather has been cloudy, cool and rainy. At Shuswap Lake Marina all of Saturday’s boat rentals were canceled. Owner, Lo...
May 22, 2016
Kitsilano coast guard base boosts crew for summer, expects new vessel
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver coast guard base reopened by the federal Liberal government will employ more crew members during the busy summer months and get a new search-and-rescue vessel. Starting this Ma...
May 22, 2016
Washington state man arrested for sexual contact with 12-year-old girl
VANCOUVER - Police have arrested a Washington state man who they allege was headed to B.C. to have sexual contact with someone he believed was a 12-year-old girl. The U.S. justice department issued a ...
May 21, 2016
Victoria city council grants police bigger budget to monitor tent city
Victoria police will receive a $113,000 budget increase to cover the costs of monitoring the tent city set up on the courthouse lawn. City council held a special meeting Friday and voted unanimously t...
May 21, 2016
How social licence came to dominate the pipeline debate in Canada
VANCOUVER - When Canadian mining executive Jim Cooney coined the term social licence in 1997, he was talking about building support for mines in developing countries, not resource projects at home. Bu...
May 20, 2016
Disease found in salmon on one fish farm in B.C. but more research needed: study
VANCOUVER - Scientists have detected a potential disease in farmed Atlantic salmon for the first time in British Columbia, but say more research is needed to determine if it could affect wild populati...
May 20, 2016
B.C. government to add 2,700 new seats in Surrey’s overcrowded schools
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's government has announced school construction projects worth almost $100 million in Surrey after parents in the province's fastest-growing city said overcrowding has r...
May 20, 2016
Police association says officers in Fort McMurray not properly protected
SURREY, B.C. - An organization representing many rank-and-file RCMP members is alleging officers deployed to the wildfires in Fort McMurray, Alta., were not provided with adequate masks to protect the...
May 20, 2016
Independent investigation issues update on fatal shooting in B.C.
SURREY, B.C. - The independent body that responds to all deadly or serious police incidents in British Columbia has offered an update on a fatal police shooting last month in the northwestern communit...
May 20, 2016
