Category Archives: British Columbia
Exclusive fundraisers, premier’s allowance not conflicts: commissioner
VICTORIA - British Columbia's conflict commissioner has ruled that exclusive fundraisers and a stipend paid to the premier by the B.C. Liberal Party are not conflicts because they do not amount to a '...
May 05, 2016
Harry Lali to take a run in 2017 provincial election
MERRITT, B.C. - Longtime Merritt-area MLA Harry Lali says he’s ready to return to Victoria. Lali announced today he will seek the NDP nomination in Fraser-Nicola ahead of next year’s provi...
May 04, 2016
B.C. needs personnel for its own fires but may help Alberta later: minister
VICTORIA - British Columbia's forests minister says the province can't send personnel to neighbouring Alberta before dealing with its own fires spurred by unseasonably dry weather. "Alberta understand...
May 04, 2016
Where’s the beef? Earls restaurants says it’s back in Canada after ‘mistake’
VANCOUVER - The Earls restaurant chain says it will start serving Canadian beef again following a recent uproar over its decision to switch to meat without added hormones from the United States. The V...
May 04, 2016
B.C.’s hourly minimum wage will rise to $11.25 by Sept. 2017
VICTORIA - British Columbia's minimum wage is set to increase twice over the next 17 months to $11.25 an hour, prompting concerns from business groups about covering the significant payroll hike. Prem...
May 04, 2016
Gangs suspected as man injured in targeted east Vancouver shooting
VANCOUVER - A man is recovering in hospital following a targeted shooting in east Vancouver. Sgt. Randy Fincham says officers were called to the area of Oxford Street and Skeena Street in northeast Va...
May 04, 2016
UVic researchers find tree rings predict potential for several coastal droughts
VANCOUVER - Scientists at the University of Victoria say tree-ring data suggest coastal regions of southern British are likely to be hit by severe droughts. A report recently published in the Journal ...
May 04, 2016
Kelly Ellard denied parole, board calls rationale for release ‘very entitled’
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A young woman serving a life sentence for second-degree murder has for the first time taken responsibility for the death of a 14-year-old Vancouver Island girl almost two decades ag...
May 04, 2016
Suspect arrested after fatal stabbing in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - One man is dead following a stabbing in Chilliwack, B.C. on Tuesday. The RCMP say they were called to the scene (on Yale Road near Spadina Ave.) after receiving a report of a stabbi...
May 04, 2016
Bionic hand developed by SFU researchers allows parathlete to 'move' fingers
BURNABY, B.C. - Danny Letain never imagined he’d be able to “feel” his fingers move again after losing part of his arm in a workplace accident 35 years ago. But with a new bionic han...
May 03, 2016
