Category Archives: British Columbia
Reaction to the National Energy Board's approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline
VANCOUVER - The National Energy Board has recommended that the federal government approve the contentious $6.8-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion with 157 conditions. The federal regulator issu...
May 19, 2016
Kinder Morgan treats mock oil spill with real urgency
MERRITT, B.C. - There was a bustle of activity along the Nicola River in Merritt today, May 19, as Kinder Morgan Canada and local emergency management agencies conducted a mock oil recovery. It was a ...
May 19, 2016
B.C. schools get $45-million fix-it fund for repairs, but no new schools
VICTORIA - Education Minister Mike Bernier has announced a $45-million fix-it fund for schools across British Columbia, but the New Democrats say that does nothing to ease the fears of thousands of pa...
May 19, 2016
Ballerina to dance Swan Lake in first major performance since brain injury
VANCOUVER - After a serious rollerblading accident, Agentinian ballerina Lucila Munaretto refused to accept what her doctors were telling her: that she might never dance again. She recalls one surgeon...
May 19, 2016
Canada regulatory board greenlights Trans Mountain pipeline
VANCOUVER - The National Energy Board has recommended that the federal government approve the contentious $6.8-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion with 157 conditions. The federal regulator issu...
May 19, 2016
Drug overdose survivors more likely to die of subsequent overdose: study
VANCOUVER - British Columbia researchers have determined a straightforward method for health-care professionals to effectively identify people at a heightened risk of dying from a future drug overdose...
May 19, 2016
Boy charged with firearm offence related to drug trade in Vernon: police
VERNON, B.C. - Police say a 16-year-old boy has been charged after a loaded handgun was seized in connection with the drug trade in Vernon, B.C. Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton of the Combined Forces Spec...
May 19, 2016
B.C. premier says it's time feds approve LNG but denies linkage to oil pipelines
OTTAWA - It’s long past time for the federal government to issue environmental permits for a multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas terminal in Prince Rupert, B.C. Premier Christy Clark said ...
May 19, 2016
Province concerned about wildfires
VICTORIA. - B-C Premier Christy Clark is calling for a national forest firefighting strategy. Clark says climate change is leading to more wildfires like the ones raging around Fort McMurray, Alberta,...
May 19, 2016
Verbal jabs, not physical altercations the norm in Parliament: professor
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Testy words and verbal jabs are often thrown in Ottawa, but an expert says it's rare for Canadian politicians to spar physically. Political scientist Hamish Telford says people have...
May 19, 2016
