Category Archives: British Columbia
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
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
