Category Archives: British Columbia
RCMP officer felt betrayed by force after man's death: colleague tells inquest
BURNABY, B.C. - An RCMP officer who took his own life was betrayed by the force and “hung out to dry” by superiors who used him to tell a false story about the death of a Polish immigrant ...
Nov 27, 2018
Premier defends B.C. Speaker, says his 'impartiality not in question'
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan says he has confidence in legislature Speaker Darryl Plecas even though he wishes the events of the last week at British Columbia’s legislature had unfolded differ...
Nov 27, 2018
B.C. First Nations carry huge debts after fighting to save homes from wildfires
VANCOUVER - Chief Larry Nooski remembers the deafening sound of a wildfire racing toward Nadleh Whut’en territory in August, like a “low-level jet plane.” The chief of the central Br...
Nov 27, 2018
B.C. intervenes in greenhouse gas fight between Ottawa, Ontario and Saskatchewan
VICTORIA - British Columbia is backing the federal government in its court battles with Saskatchewan and Ontario over Ottawa’s plan to put a minimum price on carbon pollution. Attorney General D...
Nov 27, 2018
Syrian man stranded for months at airport in Malaysia arrives in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A Syrian man who was stranded for seven months at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport arrived in Vancouver on Monday night. Hassan Al Kontar thanked his friends and his lawyer in a vide...
Nov 26, 2018
Elizabeth May says she's engaged: 'I had a crush on him, he had a crush on me'
VICTORIA - Green party Leader Elizabeth May is engaged and is making plans for a wedding next spring. May said Monday she and John Kidder will be married in Victoria on April 22 and are planning a tra...
Nov 26, 2018
B.C. chief tells pipeline hearings his people are responsible for their land
VICTORIA - Protection of salmon, animals and the land in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia is an eternal responsibility of First Nations and the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline poses risk...
Nov 26, 2018
RCMP spokesman during Dziekanski case had 'rage in his head,' widow says
BURNABY, B.C. - The last time Pierre Lemaitre put on his RCMP uniform with pride, it was Oct. 14, 2007, the day he responded to a call about a fatal police confrontation at Vancouver’s airport, ...
Nov 26, 2018
10 prized carp now the victims of slippery otter in Vancouver Chinatown park
VANCOUVER - An opportunistic otter that is preying on koi in a classical Chinese garden in Vancouver has eaten 10 of the 14 large carp in a pond as it continues to evade traps. A spokeswoman for the V...
Nov 26, 2018
Experts Say Gas Prices Expected To Drop More
PRINCE GEORGE - Gas prices in Prince George have dropped drastically due to the low price of oil in Alberta. Dan McTeague, Senior Petroleum Analyst with Gas Buddy Canada, anticipates that prices will ...
Nov 26, 2018