Category Archives: British Columbia
Vancouver doctor who helped woman with ALS die an advocate for choice
VANCOUVER - For 40 years, Dr. Ellen Wiebe has been fighting for choice. At a time when providing abortions meant death threats and violent attacks on her peers, she spearheaded clinical trials of a pr...
Mar 20, 2016
B.C. inmates say difficulty accessing opiate replacements unconstitutional
VANCOUVER - Four heroin-addicted inmates in British Columbia jails have launched a charter challenge to gain opiate addiction treatment, arguing they deserve the same health care they could access in ...
Mar 19, 2016
Small wildfire near 100 Mile
100 Mile House, B.C. - The Cariboo Fire Centre responded to a 1.5 hectare wildfire east of 100 Mile House near Buffalo Creek. Fire Information Ofccier Emily Epp says this morning the fire is in the mo...
Mar 19, 2016
Logan Lake RCMP searching for wanted man
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - RCMP in Logan Lake are looking for help finding a wanted man. 39-year-old Stephen Ray Massicotte has a warrant for theft in 2015 and skipping a court date earlier this year. He is a...
Mar 18, 2016
Actor Dylan O'Brien injured on set near Cache Creek
KAMLOOPS - A Hollywood star has been injured on a film set near Cache Creek. 20th Century Fox said in a statement Friday that O'Brien was immediately transferred to a Vancouver hospital after being hu...
Mar 18, 2016
B.C. LNG approval deadline next week 'premature' as feds review documents
VICTORIA - A glut of new documents is undermining an approval deadline for the proposed $36 billion Pacific NorthWest liquefied natural gas project planned for British Columbia’s northern coast....
Mar 18, 2016
B.C. premier says new rules aim to end ‘pure, naked greed’ in housing sales
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government says it will impose regulatory changes to end the "shady" practice of contract flipping to protect sellers and consumers in the province's hot housing marke...
Mar 18, 2016
Parole board says Air India trial perjurer can’t take part in political matters
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man convicted in the Air India bombing deaths of 331 people has been denied his request to participate in political matters. "Your associations with others of a similar ...
Mar 18, 2016
Biologists track 60 habituated deer now living new lives in B.C.’s backcountry
CRANBROOK, B.C. - Sixty habituated mule deer are reacquainting themselves with the backcountry after being moved out of four southeastern British Columbia communities. The problem deer were caught in ...
Mar 18, 2016
Thompson River declared endangered
KAMLOOPS - The Outdoor Recreation Council has placed the Thompson River on its annual list of endangered rivers in British Columbia. Rivers Chair Mark Angelo says one of the main reasons for the desig...
Mar 17, 2016
