Category Archives: British Columbia
Search ends happily for two backcountry skiers overdue in north Okanagan
VERNON, B.C. - Two backcountry skiers are safe after being reported overdue in B.C.'s north Okanagan. Vernon Search and Rescue manager Leigh Pearson says the two are from the Lumby area, east of Verno...
Jan 21, 2016
B.C.’s first coastal cable ferry to begin carrying passengers, cars, on Friday
VANCOUVER - BC Ferries says its new cable ferry is officially ready for service, linking Denman Island, one of the northern Gulf Islands, with Buckley Bay on Vancouver Island. So-called soft sailings ...
Jan 21, 2016
Ministers to put dollars, marijuana on health agenda with Ottawa
VANCOUVER - Issues from increased funding to marijuana will be on the table when the provincial and territorial health ministers meet with their federal counterpart today in Vancouver. The ministers s...
Jan 21, 2016
Vancouver liable for woman’s jail treatment, but restraint device ‘justified’
VANCOUVER - When Bobbi O'Shea sued the City of Vancouver and four police constables for binding her feet together and tethering them under a jail door, she hoped her case would end the practice. Inste...
Jan 21, 2016
B.C. high court upholds manslaughter convictions for two Kelowna men
VANCOUVER - Two Kelowna, B.C., men convicted of manslaughter in the beating death of a 51-year-old man have lost appeals in the province's highest court. Matthew McRae and Anson Schell were sentenced ...
Jan 20, 2016
B.C. ranchers protect 4,500 hectares of land from development: conservancy
INVERMERE, B.C. - A southeastern British Columbia ranch 11 times the size of Stanley Parks has been protected from development by its owners. The Nature Conservancy of Canada says Bob and Barb Shaunes...
Jan 20, 2016
Wolf cull resumes as opponents take fight against B.C. to court
VICTORIA - British Columbia's controversial wolf cull program that involves shooting the animals from helicopters to save endangered caribou herds is on again in the Kootenay region, the government sa...
Jan 20, 2016
Coquihalla now open between Hope and Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - The Coquihalla Highway was closed for a short period of time Wednesday afternoon after a crash. Drive BC reports the crash happened near the Coldwater interchange. The website reports ...
Jan 20, 2016
Coastal GasLink pipeline project gets OK from two more B.C. First Nations
VANCOUVER - One of the companies that wants to ship natural gas by pipeline across northern British Columbia says two more north-central B.C. First Nations have given their approval for the Coastal Ga...
Jan 20, 2016
Virtual reality, 3D printing among innovations changing medical treatment
VANCOUVER - Virtual reality could be the next instrument in a hospital’s arsenal of cost-fighting tools as nurse teams demo a surgery simulator that makes training feel like a video game. Surrey...
Jan 19, 2016
