Category Archives: British Columbia
Police investigate break-in at Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's Vancouver home
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver home that a court heard is owned by a recently arrested Huawei executive and her husband was broken into early Sunday morning. Vancouver police say the break-in was reported ju...
Dec 10, 2018
British Columbia trade trip to China cancelled over Meng detention
VICTORIA - The detention of a top Huawei executive in Canada has derailed British Columbia’s trade mission to China. The delegation led by B.C. Forestry Minister Doug Donaldson will no longer be...
Dec 10, 2018
Voter Turnout For Proportional Representation Could Be Concerning
PRINCE GEORGE - The deadline to hand in your proportional representation referendum ballots was 4:30 on Friday, and as of Friday morning, the voter percentage was sitting low at 41%. Experts say that ...
Dec 07, 2018
Carbon monoxide poisonings in B.C. prompt warning about detectors
VANCOUVER - A senior paramedic in British Columbia is encouraging homeowners to buy carbon monoxide detectors and inspect their appliances following a spike in poisonings in the past week. Leon Barano...
Dec 07, 2018
B.C. legislature Speaker threatens to resign; defends handling of suspensions
VICTORIA - The Speaker of British Columbia’s legislature has promised to resign if a financial audit he is recommending doesn’t prompt public outrage and back his handling of a controversy...
Dec 06, 2018
Federal whale-saving efforts threaten Vancouver Island livelihoods, say groups
ESQUIMALT, B.C. - Federal government efforts to save threatened southern resident killer whales could endanger the survival of communities on Vancouver Island whose economies depend on sport fishing a...
Dec 06, 2018
Woman arrested in Vancouver helped turn Huawei into household name in China
VANCOUVER - The tech executive whose arrest in Vancouver has sparked outrage from China is the well-educated daughter of a wealthy former military man who founded what eventually became one of the wor...
Dec 06, 2018
Man 'scared straight' as teenager gets $175,000 in damage award from B.C. court
VANCOUVER - A man who was required to visit a notorious British Columbia prison as part of a “scared straight” program has been awarded $175,000 in damages for a sexual assault that happen...
Dec 06, 2018
B.C. climate change plan aims to build economy around renewable energy
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has introduced a strategy to shift away from fossil fuels and build the provincial economy around reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but also leaves portion...
Dec 06, 2018
Numbers for the B.C. government's climate change plan
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has released its plan to dramatically cut pollution as it builds a low-carbon economy. Here are some of the goals in the government’s plan: - The stra...
Dec 05, 2018