Category Archives: British Columbia
Top two B.C. legislature officials deny wrongdoing, want to go back to work
VANCOUVER - The two top officials in British Columbia’s legislature say they’re humiliated after being placed on administrative leave and don’t know what they’ve done to provok...
Nov 26, 2018
Documentary highlights parents' struggles with opioid-addicted kids
VANCOUVER - Watching paramedics revive their son from near death six times for the same condition that had him in the emergency room 13 times exhausted Jill and David Cory, but they kept hoping heR...
Nov 25, 2018
Prince George Receiving New Affordable Housing For Indigenous People
PITT MEADOWS – Prince George is one of 26 communities throughout British Columbia that will have access to more than 1,100 new affordable homes for Indigenous peoples on-and-off reserve. The Ind...
Nov 24, 2018
Wildlife relocation expert to oust koi-eating otter from Vancouver garden
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Park Board says it’s time for plan B as a clever river otter eludes capture in a tranquil garden where it has made a den and is munching through a stock of large and va...
Nov 23, 2018
Elections BC cites Canada Post strike action in extending referendum vote 1 week
VICTORIA – The deadline to accept mail-in voting packages for British Columbia’s electoral reform referendum has been extended by a week. Elections BC says in a statement that its staff ha...
Nov 23, 2018
B.C. Opposition Liberals question Speaker's actions in legislature probe
VICTORIA - Party house leaders at the British Columbia legislature rejected a plan by the Speaker to appoint his special adviser to replace the sergeant-at-arms on an acting basis before legislators v...
Nov 22, 2018
B.C. electoral reform option designed by University of Alberta student
VANCOUVER - The first time he was old enough to vote in an election, Sean Graham says he realized the system was flawed. His hometown riding in northern Alberta was a secure seat for a party that he d...
Nov 22, 2018
A timeline of events in an RCMP investigation at the B.C. legislature
VICTORIA - A timeline of events surrounding an investigation by the RCMP into staff at the B.C. legislature: January: Alan Mullen is hired by Speaker Darryl Plecas as a special adviser to work on issu...
Nov 22, 2018
RCMP probe centres on roles, duties of suspended legislature officials: adviser
VICTORIA - A special adviser to the Speaker at British Columbia’s legislature says an ongoing RCMP investigation is focusing on the roles and administrative duties of the clerk of the house and ...
Nov 21, 2018
Rescue in the works for B.C. sea lion with thick plastic band around its neck
VICTORIA - Members of British Columbia’s marine mammal network are mobilizing to help a sea lion with a plastic packing band wrapped tightly around its neck. The creature was spotted last week i...
Nov 21, 2018