Category Archives: British Columbia
Shell postpones LNG Canada final investment decision as profits plunge
VANCOUVER - Royal Dutch Shell is postponing a final investment decision on its proposed liquefied natural gas megaproject in British Columbia as it grapples with plummeting earnings due to low energy ...
Feb 04, 2016
Unique Asian Garden at University of B.C. flourishes with $1-million donation
VANCOUVER - It may be the start of a cool February, but the University of British Columbia's Botanical Garden is growing. Interim UBC president Martha Piper says a $1.05-million gift from the Franklin...
Feb 04, 2016
Lionsgate acquires rights to the Magic Tree House children’s book series
VANCOUVER - Lionsgate says it has acquired the rights to the Magic Tree House book series and is developing multiple live-action films based on the collection of books for children. The entertainment ...
Feb 04, 2016
Dual concern after deadly avalanche near McBride
KAMLOOPS - After last weeks deadly avalanche that claimed the lives of five men near McBride, the B.C. Coroners Service and Avalanche Canada are issuing a joint statement on the need to ‘know be...
Feb 03, 2016
Rona takeover may affect North Okanagan company
ENDERBY, B.C. - At least one Okanagan business will be watching to $3.2 billion dollar takeover of Rona by U.S. based Lowe’s. North Enderby Timber has been the main supplier nationally to Rona f...
Feb 03, 2016
Drones, dogs and DNA the latest weapons against invasive species
RICHMOND, B.C. - Field technicians on the hunt for invasive species used to go on foot, by canoe or relied on satellite photographs taken from outer space. But an ecologist who dispatched a drone to d...
Feb 03, 2016
B.C. New Democrats score two byelection wins in Metro Vancouver ridings
VANCOUVER - Two newly elected New Democrats say they'll advocate for children, education and affordable housing when they take their seats in British Columbia's legislature. Electors in Vancouver-Moun...
Feb 03, 2016
Beavers calling Vancouver home, numbers up across the country: biologist
VANCOUVER - A pair of buck-toothed homemakers is having more luck than most getting a toehold in Vancouver's red-hot real-estate market after snagging an enviable piece of waterfront property. A beave...
Feb 02, 2016
Woman sentenced to 2 years in prison for death of man thrown from vehicle’s hood
SALMON ARM , B.C. - A Sicamous, B.C., woman who pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing death has been sentenced to two years in prison. Provincial court heard 48-year-old Christina Laforge was ...
Feb 02, 2016
Discovery of starving dog leads to animal cruelty charges
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. - The owner of an emaciated husky in Maple Ridge, B.C., that ate gravel to try to stay alive faces two charges of animal cruelty. The charges were laid Monday following an investigat...
Feb 02, 2016
