Author Archives: Greg Fry
Wind remains on firefighters' side in bout with northern Alberta wildfire
HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - Despite heavy smoke, officials say a lighter wind out of the northeast has allowed for great progress on reining in a wildfire that's forced thousands of people from thei...
May 22, 2019
Crackdown on money laundering does not include federal public inquiry: minister
VICTORIA - The federal minister in charge of Canada's fight against money laundering supports British Columbia's public inquiry into dirty money but says a national examination is not necessary. ...
May 21, 2019
Decision expected today in case of child bride from Bountiful, B.C.
CRANBROOK, B.C. - The B.C. Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision today in the case of a former leader in a fundamentalist Christian sect that practises polygamy in Bountiful, B.C. James Oler i...
May 16, 2019
B.C. legislature clerk retires; report says benefits wrongly claimed
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top legislative official has retired after a report by a former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada says he improperly claimed benefits ...
May 16, 2019
Opatcho Lake fire under control
PRINCE GEORGE - Good news from the BC Wildfire Service as they confirm the Opatcho Lake fire is under control. The fire - located about 20 kilometres east of the intersection of Highway 97 and Buckhor...
May 15, 2019
Danger subsiding after B.C. properties threatened by several weekend wildfires
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service has come through its busiest period of the young 2019 wildfire season, responding to several blazes, including one that prompted an evacuation order&...
May 15, 2019
Danger subsiding after B.C. properties threatened by several weekend wildfires
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - An evacuation order has been downgraded to an alert as crews in north-central British Columbia make progress battling a significant wildfire. The blaze broke out Saturday near th...
May 13, 2019
NDP unveils parts of climate plan in motion as the Green Party edges closer
OTTAWA - NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says his party will cut Canada's emissions almost in half over the next decade as he tries to stake out a claim to the climate change agenda in the looming federal el...
May 12, 2019
Toddler dies in hot car
BURNABY, B.C. - The R-C-M-P say a tragedy in Burnaby underscores the importance of not leaving children unattended in vehicles as the weather heats up. Police say a 16-month-old boy was declared dead ...
May 10, 2019
Supreme Court to rule on migrant detainees' rights to challenge incarceration
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court is to rule today on whether immigration detainees have the right to challenge their detentions in person before judges. Migrants who do not hold Canadian citizensh...
May 09, 2019