Category Archives: British Columbia
Former WestJet employee says positive response to sex-assault story ‘wonderful’
VANCOUVER - A former WestJet flight attendant who lost her job after she reported being allegedly sexually assaulted by a pilot says she's been shocked by the positive response she's received since sh...
Mar 09, 2016
Snowmobilers fined after they were rescued from national park in B.C.
GOLDEN, B.C. - Three snowmobilers who were rescued from Glacier National Park in southeastern British Columbia have been handed fines under the National Parks Act. An online court document shows Rylan...
Mar 09, 2016
Scientists want federal environment minister to reject 'flawed' LNG report
VICTORIA - Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna should reject a "flawed" environmental draft report for the proposed $36 billion Petronas-backed liquefied natural gas plant on British Columb...
Mar 09, 2016
Explosive device found East of Sicamous, B.C.
SICAMOUS, B.C. - The Canadian Navy’s bomb squad was called to the Sicamous area to deal with an antique military ordinance found by a woman cleaning up garbage. RCMP Corporal Dan Moskaluk says t...
Mar 08, 2016
B.C. politician says tests found high lead levels in water at legislature
VICTORIA - An independent member of British Columbia's legislative assembly says tests reveal water at the 119-year-old legislature building has lead levels more than five times higher than provincial...
Mar 08, 2016
Overdue snowmobiler found dead near Sicamous
SICAMOUS, B.C. - A search for a missing snowmobiler near Sicamous has ended in tragedy. RCMP and Shuswap Search and Rescue were notified early this morning that a 34 year old man had not returned from...
Mar 08, 2016
First Nations gets $9 million in skills training funding from B.C. government
VICTORIA - Members of the Tsimshian First Nation on British Columbia's northwest coast will be getting $9 million in provincial funding to job skills. Premier Christy Clark announced the agreement, wh...
Mar 08, 2016
Vancouver’s vacant homes in line with other cities, but condos most likely empty
Vancouver's rate of vacant homes is in line with other big cities and has been flat since 2002, but the number of unoccupied units is growing due to overall growth in housing stock. A study that exami...
Mar 08, 2016
Fatal crash devastates Enderby
ENDERBY, B.C. - A fatal crash in Vernon over the weekend has been a huge blow to the community of Enderby. One of the victim’s from Sunday’s crash was 21 year old Carlee De Boer, a college...
Mar 08, 2016
Mountie involved in Dziekanski case launches lawsuit, claims RCMP negligence
NANAIMO, B.C. - A Mountie who responded the night Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski died at Vancouver's airport has filed a lawsuit alleging RCMP negligence and harassment in the handling of his case...
Mar 08, 2016
