Category Archives: British Columbia

Supporters of northern B.C. pipeline protest end blockade at ferry terminal
VICTORIA - BC Ferries says demonstrators opposed to a liquefied natural gas pipeline across northern British Columbia ended a protest today that tied up traffic at a terminal ...
Jan 20, 2020

Extradition hearing for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou begins today in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A court hearing begins today in Vancouver over the American request to extradite an executive of the Chinese telecom giant Huawei on fraud charges. The arrest of Meng Wanzhou in 2018&...
Jan 20, 2020

Extradition hearing for Huawei executive begins in Canada
VANCOUVER - The first stage of an extradition hearing for a senior executive of Chinese telecom giant Huawei begins Monday in a Vancouver courtroom, a case that has infuriated Beijing, set off a diplo...
Jan 19, 2020

B.C. forest industry grasps for hope amid seven-month strike, shutdowns, changes
VICTORIA - The crisis facing British Columbia's forest industry is intensifying as markets decline, mills shut and a strike involving 3,000 forestry workers enters its seventh month. Th...
Jan 19, 2020

Disrespectful that Horgan won't meet during northern B.C. tour: hereditary chief
HOUSTON, B.C. - One of five hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en Nation who oppose a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia says it's disrespectful that Premier John Horgan isn't plan...
Jan 18, 2020

Federal health minister says too early for broad drug decriminalization
VANCOUVER - Canada's health minister says talk about decriminalizing drugs to deal with the country's opioids crisis is premature until people have enough help to fight t...
Jan 18, 2020

Calls for dialogue as pipeline polarizes some in northern British Columbia
HOUSTON, B.C. - A natural gas pipeline project has polarized many communities across northern British Columbia in a dispute a Wet'suwet'en elder says he hopes will be res...
Jan 18, 2020

Resident hummingbirds suffer in British Columbia's frigid weather
BURNABY, B.C. - Harsh winter weather on British Columbia's south coast has frozen out the area's resident hummingbirds. The Wildlife Rescue Association says it has responded to more than 75 ...
Jan 17, 2020

U.S. sanction law not enough to prove Canadian fraud: Meng's lawyers
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for a Huawei executive wanted on fraud charges in the United States are accusing Crown attorneys of relying on American sanction law to make its case for extradition from Cana...
Jan 17, 2020

Andrew Weaver leaves B.C. Greens to sit as Independent, cites family health
VICTORIA - A former Green leader in British Columbia who made history when he won a seat in the legislature is leaving the party to sit as an Independent. Andrew Weaver said Wednesday he wrestled with...
Jan 17, 2020