Category Archives: British Columbia
Pain medication can be used to treat severe heroin addicts: study
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver study suggests severely addicted heroin users could be treated with an injectable pain medication. The Study to Assess Longed-Term Opioid Medication Effectiveness, or SALOME, f...
Apr 06, 2016
B.C. apple growers fear late frost as balmy weather speeds apple blossoms
KELOWNA, B.C. - A stretch of unseasonably mild weather has some apple growers anxious about trees that are growing too fast. The apple blossom may come as soon as the third week of April, about three ...
Apr 06, 2016
Edward Snowden discuses Panama Papers at Vancouver webcast
VANCOUVER - A trove of leaked data about offshore tax havens in Panama highlights more than ever the vital role of the whistleblower in a free society, says one of the tech era's most prominent figure...
Apr 06, 2016
Whistler Blackcomb's $345-million plan includes indoor water play area, townhomes
WHISTLER, B.C. - The Whistler Blackcomb mountain resort is planning a renaissance over the next few years that would include real estate developments in the later phases and a price tag of about $345 ...
Apr 06, 2016
Survivors sue tour company over Tofino whale-watching tragedy, allege negligence
VANCOUVER - Two men who survived last year's fatal capsizing of a whale-watching boat off Vancouver Island have launched a proposed class-action lawsuit against the tour company. Brothers Dirk and Chr...
Apr 05, 2016
Turbulent battle as Golden, B.C., fights to save local river rafting industry
GOLDEN, B.C. - Tourism officials in the southeastern B.C., town of Golden say letters of support are flooding in as they fight for access to the Kicking Horse River. Canadian Pacific Railway (TSX:CP) ...
Apr 05, 2016
B.C. judge refuses to order homeless from grounds of Victoria’s law courts
VICTORIA - Cheers erupted at a homeless camp in Victoria on Tuesday when residents heard British Columbia's Supreme Court had rejected the government's bid to take down their tent city. "We won, we wo...
Apr 05, 2016
Potentially explosive wood dust metre-deep at one B.C. mill: WorkSafeBC
VANCOUVER - The latest statistics from WorkSafeBC show some lumber mills appear to be ignoring risks caused by dangerous buildups of potentially explosive wood dust. The agency has posted administrati...
Apr 05, 2016
Tentative deal reached for B.C. Nurses
VICTORIA - British Columbia's nurses union has reached a tentative five-year contract agreement with the Health Employers of B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake says the deal covers 42,000 nurses and is i...
Apr 05, 2016
Mountie killed in two-vehicle crash near Victoria
LANGFORD, B.C. - Canada's public safety minister is expressing his sympathies over the death of a police officer killed in a crash while on duty near Victoria. Ralph Goodale relayed his condolences to...
Apr 05, 2016
