Category Archives: British Columbia
Salvadoran father linked to revolutionaries free to leave B.C. church sanctuary
VANCOUVER - An asylum seeker from El Salvador who spent two years in sanctuary inside a British Columbia church has been handed freedom by the federal government. Jose Figueroa has been granted an exe...
Dec 22, 2015
Eastern Canadian ski resorts wait for the white stuff as it piles up out west
CALGARY - A reversal of fortunes is afoot in Canada as the snow continues to pile up at western Canadian ski resorts while the grass is still on display on slopes in the east. The conditions are in co...
Dec 22, 2015
McBarge on the move
BURNABY - After almost 30 years, Expo '86's McBarge is on the move to its new home. It is moving from its current location on the Burrard Inlet in Burnaby to an industrial facility on the Fraser River...
Dec 22, 2015
Phone scammer stopped by Victoria centenarian
KAMLOOPS - A Victoria centenarian is being credited after she alerted staff at her senior’s home about a telephone scam. According to police, the scam had already taken two other residents of th...
Dec 22, 2015
CO Service downplays cheetah risk
CRESTON, B.C. - The Conservation Officer Service is downplaying the risks posed by a cheetah at large in the Kootenays. Last Thursday, RCMP alerted the public to the presence of the big cat after a mo...
Dec 22, 2015
Site C contract $250M higher than estimate: Horgan
KAMLOOPS - NDP Leader John Horgan says a new contract announced for the Site C dam project on the Peace River comes in $250 million more than an estimate made just last month. BC Hydro has announced i...
Dec 22, 2015
Police seek man found in wrong home, asleep in bed beside female resident
SURREY, B.C. - RCMP in Surrey, B.C., are looking for a man who entered the wrong home and crawled into bed with the female resident. The man believed to be in his early 20s entered the home early Sund...
Dec 22, 2015
Canadians with marijuana convictions call on Trudeau to offer pardons
VANCOUVER - Marcus Richardson is, in the eyes of the law, a criminal. Never mind that a judge ruled the six kilograms of cannabis police found in his car was for severely ill patients at a medical mar...
Dec 22, 2015
Coquihalla open following semi-truck fire
KAMLOOPS – Updated at 12:15am. The highway is now open northbound. EARLIER: The Coquihalla highway is closed as of 10pm Monday December 21 due to a semi truck fire. Traffic is not moving between...
Dec 21, 2015
BC Hydro sets contract for controversial Site C dam at $1.75 billion
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s power utility will pay a consortium of three companies about $1.75 billion to build the largest components of the controversial Site C hydroelectric dam in the pro...
Dec 21, 2015
