Category Archives: British Columbia
BC Hydro going to court to evict Site C dam protesters from outside head office
VANCOUVER - BC Hydro is going to court in a bid to evict opponents of a hydroelectric dam project camped outside their downtown Vancouver office. The utility company filed a notice of civil claim and ...
Apr 28, 2016
Finance Minister talks First Nations investment during Vancouver visit
VANCOUVER - Canada's finance minister has wrapped up a visit to the West Coast by stressing the importance of the Liberal government's investments in indigenous peoples across the country. In a speech...
Apr 28, 2016
Transgender girls at B.C. legislature to back human rights code bill
VICTORIA - Two transgender girls were in the legislature when the NDP introduced a private member's bill to include gender identity and expression in British Columbia's Human Rights Code. Grade 7 stud...
Apr 27, 2016
Clark draws fire for taking B.C. Liberal Party stipend above her salary
VICTORIA - Premier Christy Clark is defending her annual stipend of up to $50,000 from British Columbia's Liberal party, on top of her $195,000 annual salary. "It's been publicly disclosed since 1993,...
Apr 27, 2016
Paramedics to provide basic health services in small B.C. communities
VICTORIA - Paramedics will provide expanded health-care services in 73 rural and remote British Columbia communities, giving patients more access to primary care. Health Minister Terry Lake says param...
Apr 27, 2016
B.C. introduces law to require universities to have sexual misconduct policies
VICTORIA - British Columbia is the latest province to introduce legislation requiring universities to have sexual misconduct policies in the wake of allegations that schools are failing survivors of c...
Apr 27, 2016
Vancouver medical marijuana businesses must close by Friday if breaking rules
VANCOUVER - Dozens of medical marijuana businesses in Vancouver could face court action if they violate regulations by staying open without approval, the city's chief licence inspector says. Andreea T...
Apr 26, 2016
Victoria's homeless campers prepare to take on government in court battle
VICTORIA - Homeless campers living in tents outside of Victoria's courthouse say they blame British Columbia's provincial government for creating the shanty-town conditions in a downtown neighbourhood...
Apr 26, 2016
Highway 97 closure this weekend in Kelowna
KELOWNA, B.C. - Part of Highway 97 in Kelowna will be closed for about 8 hours this weekend. The Ministry of Transportation says the closure will be from Sexsmith/Old Vernon Road to Edwards Road from ...
Apr 26, 2016
Crime overwhelms Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A small town in B.C.'s central Interior is coping with big city drug and gang trouble that culminated Monday with a shooting that forced the closure of the schools in two communi...
Apr 26, 2016
