Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. seniors’ advocate to probe deadly violence among residents at care homes
VICTORIA - The deaths of 16 elderly people in three years along with hundreds of aggressive incidents at residential care facilities has prompted British Columbia's seniors' advocate to launch a revie...
Jan 28, 2016
Reserve schools failing Canada’s aboriginal students, 40% graduation rate: study
VANCOUVER - Reserve schools are failing Canada's aboriginal students and there is no quick-and-easy fix, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. A study released Thursday by the research group...
Jan 28, 2016
All B.C. paramedics, some firefighters, approved to administer life saving drug
VANCOUVER - Firefighters in Vancouver and Surrey, B.C., have been moved to the frontlines in the battle against the soaring number of overdoses and drug deaths. Health Minister Terry Lake says certain...
Jan 28, 2016
Transport truck crashes into Falkland home
FALKLAND, B.C. - A homeowner in Falkland escaped injury after a truck went off the road, took down a power pole and slammed into the house. It’s not yet known what caused the crash this morning....
Jan 27, 2016
NHL’s Clayton Stoner admits to hunting without a licence in B.C. grizzly hunt
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - National Hockey League player Clayton Stoner is banned from hunting for three years and must pay $10,000 for killing a grizzly bear on British Columbia's central coast. The Anaheim ...
Jan 27, 2016
Vernon Secondary School lock-down lifted after incident
VERNON - Emergency procedures were put in place at Vernon Secondary School this morning after a weapons related scare. The school was put in a “lockdown” at 9 am when a nearby resident rep...
Jan 27, 2016
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
