Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. police watchdog investigates shooting; male taken to hospital
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's police watchdog says it is investigating the shooting of a male by officers of the New Westminster Police Department. The Independent Investigations Office says the m...
Jan 15, 2016
Safe injection service within Vancouver HIV centre gets federal approval
VANCOUVER - After years of intense political opposition to safe-injection sites, Health Canada has granted approval for the operation of a second clinic in Vancouver. The Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation has...
Jan 15, 2016
Culling of fawns in Cranbrook, B.C., infuriates deer protection society
CRANBROOK, B.C. - The B.C. Deer Protection Society is furious about what it says is a cull of deer, conducted without any notification, in southeastern B.C., near Cranbrook. The society and the Animal...
Jan 15, 2016
Beloved Victorian-era lounge to close at Victoria’s Empress Hotel
VICTORIA - For more than a century, the Bengal Lounge at the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria has paid homage to the days when the sun never set on the British Empire. But the hushed, palm tree-spri...
Jan 14, 2016
Cartoon of dead Syrian toddler in controversial French newspaper draws outrage
VANCOUVER - An inflammatory cartoon picturing a drowned Syrian toddler and predicting his future as a sex offender in Germany is "disgusting," says the boy's aunt. Tima Kurdi said she was brought to t...
Jan 14, 2016
B.C. teachers hail Supreme Court’s decision to hear long-running dispute
VANCOUVER - A bitter dispute between British Columbia teachers and the provincial government over the right to negotiate class size and composition will be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada. The to...
Jan 14, 2016
B.C. Mounties search for bank robbery suspect wearing long, curly wig
SURREY, B.C. - Mounties in Surrey, B.C., say they are searching for a man who wore a "peculiar disguise" to rob a bank. RCMP say the robbery happened on the evening of Dec. 29, when a man dressed as a...
Jan 14, 2016
B.C. commits to public reports on teens placed in hotels after joint review
VICTORIA - British Columbia is aiming to eliminate its practice of placing vulnerable children and youth in hotels, but the children's minister isn't making any commitments about when that may happen....
Jan 13, 2016
B.C. Supreme Court hands another setback to Northern Gateway pipeline
VANCOUVER - An alliance of First Nations is celebrating a British Columbia Supreme Court ruling that it says could set back the Northern Gateway pipeline by years and throw a wrench into another high-...
Jan 13, 2016
Man accused in 100 Mile House murder makes court appearance
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The man charged in last week’s homicide in 100 Mile House made a brief court appearance yesterday. 46-year-old Michael Martel is charged with First Degree Murder in the ki...
Jan 13, 2016
