Author Archives: Greg Fry

B.C. Green leader reduces workload after illness, full recovery expected
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Green party leader is reducing his work schedule while he recovers after recently being diagnosed with labyrinthitis. In a statement, Andrew Weaver says he ...
Sep 16, 2019

Students from Manitoba and U.S., killed in Vancouver Island bus crash: Coroner
VICTORIA - Two 18-year-old students, a woman from Manitoba and an American man, have been identified as the victims of a fatal bus crash on Vancouver Island. The British Columbia Corone...
Sep 16, 2019

You're out! A list of federal election candidates forced to step down, resign
OTTAWA - A list of candidates forced to step down, or resigned since the start of the campaign on Sept. 11, which doesn't include, for instance, the Liberal decision to oust candidate Hassan Guil...
Sep 15, 2019

Canfor announces more curtailments
PRINCE GEORGE- Canfor has announced new curtailments that will come into effect in September. PG Sawmill in Prince George, along with the Houston, Polar and Fort St. John mills will be undergoing a cu...
Aug 27, 2019

Oklahoma opioid ruling could pressure pharma companies to settle in B.C.: expert
VANCOUVER - An expert in medicine and law says an Oklahoma court ruling that found Johnson & Johnson helped fuel the opioid crisis and ordered the company to pay US$572 million will indi...
Aug 27, 2019

The unusual suspects: British Columbia's middle-class gangs by the numbers
SURREY, B.C. - Law enforcement in British Columbia report the gang landscape in the province is unlike any other because so many members are joining from the middle and upper classes. Here's a look at...
Aug 25, 2019

Liberals unhurt, Tories not helped by scathing SNC-Lavalin report: Poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests a scathing ethics report on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's handling of the SNC-Lavalin affair hasn't so far hurt the Liberals' chances of re-election this fall - and...
Aug 20, 2019

Canadians killed in Afghanistan honoured during emotional dedication ceremony
OTTAWA - Emotions ran free in Ottawa Saturday as the more than 150 Canadians killed in Afghanistan were honoured during a sombre ceremony attended by hundreds of family members, many of whom continue ...
Aug 19, 2019

Andrew Scheer calls on Liberal MPs to further probe SNC-Lavalin affair
MONCTON, N.B. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is asking Liberal MPs on the House of Commons ethics committee to vote to continue the investigation into the SNC-Lavalin affair, after a sc...
Aug 15, 2019

Trudeau repeats non-apology for 'standing up for jobs' in SNC-Lavalin affair
FREDERICTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is repeating what's sure to be his go-to election campaign message on the SNC-Lavalin affair: he's not about to apologize for what he calls standing up for ...
Aug 15, 2019