Category Archives: British Columbia
Vancouver school board trustees vote down proposed $24 million in budget cuts
VANCOUVER - Trustees for the Vancouver School Board have voted against a controversial budget that was set to chop million of dollars from the board's 2016-17 budget. Five of nine trustees rejected th...
Apr 29, 2016
Dutch court refuses request for delay from accused in Amanda Todd case
VANCOUVER - A Dutch court has refused to grant a third delay in the trial of a man accused of making child pornography and online extortion linked to the suicide of a British Columbia teenager Amanda ...
Apr 29, 2016
Two airlifted to hospital following accident near Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Two people are in hospital after an accident near Salmon Arm this morning. The accident happened on Highway 1 near Third Nations Road at approximately 7:30 am. A vehicle had swerved...
Apr 28, 2016
Earls faces backlash after dropping Alberta beef for Certified Humane U.S. meat
VANCOUVER - A decision by Earls restaurants to ditch Alberta beef in favour of U.S. meat that is free of added hormones has prompted a backlash from cattle ranchers and threats to boycott the Canadian...
Apr 28, 2016
Grow-op busted near Vernon school
VERNON, B.C. - Plenty of police activity last night near Vernon Secondary School. Vernon RCMP executed a search warrant on a residence in the 24-hundred block of 15th Street. Officers found a marijuan...
Apr 28, 2016
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
