Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. increases homeowner grant threshold to $1.2 million as property values rise
VICTORIA - As the average selling price for single-family homes in Vancouver surpasses $2.5 million, the provincial government moved Tuesday to ensure residents with property assessed at less than hal...
Jan 06, 2016
B.C. mine cuts back because of low copper prices, lays off 100 workers
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Imperial Metals Corp. (TSX:III) is laying off more than one-third of the workforce at its Huckleberry mine in northwestern British Columbia because of low copper prices. The Vanc...
Jan 06, 2016
Sting on couple guilty of terror charges not meant to seem illegal: officer
VANCOUVER - An undercover terrorism sting involved thousands of dollars changing hands and officers promising access to guns and explosives, but the lead officer told a trial Wednesday that the operat...
Jan 06, 2016
B.C. law society to appeal decision on proposed law school at Trinity Western
VANCOUVER - The Law Society of British Columbia is appealing a court ruling in favour of a Christian university that would ban sex outside of heterosexual marriage at its proposed law school. Last mon...
Jan 05, 2016
Woman killed after her SUV slid off highway into Okanagan Lake
SUMMERLAND, B.C. - A 42-year-old woman from Summerland, B.C., is dead after her SUV slid off Highway 97 and tumbled into Okanagan Lake. RCMP say the woman was driving on the lake-side highway between ...
Jan 05, 2016
Police arrest homicide suspect in 100 Mile House
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - RCMP have a man in custody in relation to a homicide in 100 Mile House. Cpl. Dave Tyreman told CFJC Today “Just shortly after 2pm today (January 6) the North District Majo...
Jan 05, 2016
B.C. premier calls byelections to replace 2 Metro Vancouver MLAs
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier Christy Clark has called two byelections for Feb. 2 to replace members of the legislature who ran for federal office. Vancouver-Mount Pleasant MLA Jenny Kwan left h...
Jan 05, 2016
Shell-led joint venture obtains key permit for LNG facility in Kitimat, B.C.
VANCOUVER - A Shell-led joint venture company says it has obtained a key permit to build a liquefied natural gas export facility in northern British Columbia. LNG Canada says it is the first in the pr...
Jan 05, 2016
Shooting, wild chase through Surrey ends with crash, three arrests in Delta
SURREY, B.C. - Bullets flew as one vehicle pursued another across two Metro Vancouver municipalities Monday night. RCMP Staff Sgt. Blair McColl says the dangerous chase began in Surrey at about 8 p.m....
Jan 05, 2016
B.C. Conservative leader resigns; party to pick new leader
VANCOUVER - The head of British Columbia Conservatives says he's resigning as leader due to family and business responsibilities. Dan Brooks was elected leader on April 12, 2014, taking over from John...
Jan 05, 2016
