Category Archives: British Columbia
Air India perjurer Inderjit Singh Reyat granted release to halfway house
VANCOUVER - The only person convicted in the 1985 Air India bombings has been granted a statutory release from prison to a halfway house. Inderjit Singh Reyat was charged with perjury in 2006 for repe...
Jan 26, 2016
Terry Fox’s dad approaches cancer diagnosis with ‘never give up’ attitude of son
VANCOUVER - Terry Fox devoted his life to raising money for cancer research and now his father has been diagnosed with the disease. The family announced Tuesday on the Terry Fox Foundation website tha...
Jan 26, 2016
B.C. mines minister clarifies remarks on Trudeau over Davos comments
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's mines minister is clarifying his position on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's remarks about Canada's natural-resource economy. Bill Bennett said the meaning behind a comm...
Jan 26, 2016
Clark battles B.C.’s ‘forces of No,’ on LNG, trade deal; says she’s no quitter
VANCOUVER - Premier Christy Clark had sharp words Monday for what she calls the "forces of No" in British Columbia who mount resistance efforts to government initiatives purely out of a fear of change...
Jan 26, 2016
Honking Salmon Arm theft victim gets his ATV back
SALMON ARM, BC - A Salmon Arm man’s car horn helped him recover a bunch of stolen property yesterday, some of it his own. Just after midnight, the man saw someone leading his ATV onto a trailer ...
Jan 26, 2016
Simon Fraser University creates memorial for residential school students
BURNABY, B.C. - A memorial honouring First Nations, Metis and Inuit children who attended residential schools will be built at Simon Fraser University's Burnaby, B.C., campus. A release from the unive...
Jan 26, 2016
Charge laid after dynamite prompts evacuation of Nakusp, B.C. trailer park
NAKUSP, B.C. - A southeastern B.C., man in his 30s remains behind bars while awaiting his next court date on explosives charges. RCMP in the West Kootenay community of Nakusp, about 150 kilometres nor...
Jan 26, 2016
New documents offer little insight on UBC president’s resignation
VANCOUVER - Hundreds of pages of documents relating to the resignation of a former University of British Columbia president have become public, but they don't reveal why Arvind Gupta relinquished his ...
Jan 25, 2016
Threatened seal, endangered sea turtle rescued off Vancouver Island
VANCOUVER - The head veterinarian at Vancouver's aquarium says the warm currents of El Nino may be behind the recent strandings of two animals rarely seen in Canadian waters. A green sea turtle was re...
Jan 25, 2016
Nurses Union demands B.C. government make mental health a priority
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Nurses Union says the provincial government must do a better job at providing mental-health services. A release issued by the union says there are not enough programs to meet the ...
Jan 25, 2016
