Category Archives: British Columbia
Pay drug users for expertise, insight to deal with overdose crisis: B.C. report
VANCOUVER - Drug users are often the first responders to an overdose and should be paid fairly for their contributions to research, service delivery and overdose prevention activities, says a report. ...
Oct 03, 2018
Trial date set for father accused of murder in daughters' deaths
VICTORIA - The Crown says a trial date has been set for a Victoria man accused of murder in the deaths of his two young daughters. Andrew Berry was charged with two counts of second-degree murder afte...
Oct 03, 2018
B.C.'s Kitimat LNG deal has Horgan juggling Greens, Liberals, environmentalists
VICTORIA - The prospect of billions of dollars in liquefied natural gas revenues has British Columbia’s government preparing for a political and environmental juggling act as Premier John Horgan...
Oct 03, 2018
Canada's finance minister touts USMCA but says dairy, steel sectors need help
VANCOUVER - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says Canada’s new trade deal will bring more economic stability, even as the government works to fairly compensate dairy farmers and deal with the dissa...
Oct 02, 2018
B.C. introduces poverty reduction plan to cut child poverty by 50 per cent
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s government has introduced legislation aimed at reducing the provincial poverty rate by 25 percent and chopping the child poverty rate in half over the next fi...
Oct 02, 2018
Stranded sturgeon prompts RCMP river rescue in British Columbia
AGASSIZ, B.C. - Cpl. Mike Rail says there is no need to exaggerate an RCMP fish story on the rescue of a 2.4-metre sturgeon from a landlocked pond near the Fraser River in British Columbia. He says an...
Oct 02, 2018
LNG Canada project in British Columbia given final approval by shareholders
VANCOUVER - Final approval for a massive liquefied natural gas project in northern British Columbia shows that major resource projects can be built in the province, the CEO of LNG Canada said Tuesday....
Oct 02, 2018
Suspect wanted for passing off washers as toonies in alleged $30,000 fraud case
VANCOUVER - Police say 17 banks in British Columbia were defrauded of more than $30,000 over a three-month period by a suspect who allegedly passed off washers as toonies hidden in coin rolls. North V...
Oct 02, 2018
New Act Offers Second Referendum On Electoral Reform
VICTORIA – The Province introduced legislation Tuesday to allow British Columbians the chance to review and confirm their support for electoral reform, should voters choose to change B.C.’...
Oct 02, 2018
Housing minister expects homeless to leave B.C. campground by Tuesday
VICTORIA - A group of homeless people who pitched tents in a B.C. provincial park near Victoria are expected to move into approved shelters and living spaces before a government-imposed deadline, Hous...
Oct 01, 2018