Category Archives: British Columbia

Construction of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion still faces hurdles
VANCOUVER - Barbara Gard calls her three-hectare property, nestled below the forested peak of Sumas Mountain, a "miniature Stanley Park." Its lush trees and flowing creek reminded her of Vancouver's m...
Sep 10, 2019

New searches fail to find any trace of B.C. family missing since 1989
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A renewed search by RCMP for a British Columbia family who vanished three decades ago has found no trace of them on several properties. Officers and civilian consultant...
Sep 10, 2019

Spring forward, fall back– may be no more?
VICTORIA-Spring forward, fall back. Something according to a survey conducted by the province, British Columbians want to stop doing.More than 93 percent of the 223,273 British Columbians who complete...
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Toronto doctors aims to scale up youth suicide prevention program across Canada
VANCOUVER - Rising youth suicide rates have prompted doctors at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto to launch a clinical trial aimed at testing whether involving families in treat...
Sep 10, 2019

Mayor who faces sex assault charge has returned to duties in Port Moody, B.C.
PORT MOODY, B.C. - A mayor who stepped aside after he was charged with sexual assault has returned to work in Port Moody, B.C. Rob Vagramov said Monday that since he took a vo...
Sep 09, 2019

Red Dress Society holds 4th annual stand-in event
A stand-in event was held Sunday for the Prince George Red Dress Society as they remembered missing and murdered indigenous women along the Highway of Tears.The 4th annual event saw the Khast'an drumm...
Sep 09, 2019

2017 greenhouse gas emissions saw 1.2 percent increase
VICTORIA- The province released the annual inventory of greenhouse gas emissions numbers for 2017 and they showed a 1.2 percent increase from 2016-2017.BC saw 64.5 million tonnes (Mt) of carbon dioxid...
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Over $13,000 raised from this year's Parkinson's Superwalk
The Parkinson Superwalk is the single most important fundraising event of the year for the Parkinson Society of BC. This years edition of the event in Prince George took place Saturday at Lheidli T'en...
Sep 09, 2019

Bird watchers, plant lovers, nature seekers find sanctuary at oasis in city core
SAANICH, B.C. - The bird watchers gather in the parking lot at the Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary, binoculars and cameras at their sides, chattering about their most recent siting of a tiny...
Sep 09, 2019

Parent Support Services Society celebrates grandparents at annual event
Sunday marked the 5th annual Grandparents Day in BC put on by the Parent Support Services Society.The Day is a celebration of Grandparents, and provides an opportunity to shed light on grandparents wh...
Sep 08, 2019