Category Archives: British Columbia
Recovery high schools could help teens before addiction takes hold: B.C. parents
VANCOUVER - Parents whose children started using drugs as teens and struggled through addiction to the point of fatally overdosing say recovery high schools that provide professional support for stude...
Jul 22, 2018
Evacuation numbers remain at nearly 1,000 as B.C. wildfires rage on
SUMMERLAND, B.C. - Officials in British Columbia’s Okanagan region were hopeful that fire crews could aggressively tackle the flames on Saturday, as the weather forecast called for more cloud co...
Jul 21, 2018
Pipeline protesters defy eviction order, say they'll meet with officials
BURNABY, B.C. - Protesters at an anti-pipeline camp in Burnaby, B.C., say they will meet with officials to discuss safety measures, but they will not comply with a city-issued evacuation order. The Ci...
Jul 21, 2018
Nearly 1,000 homes on evacuation alert, order over wildfires in B.C.'s Okanagan
SUMMERLAND, B.C. - People living in nearly 1,000 homes have either been forced to evacuate or must be prepared to leave at a moment’s notice as wildfires rip through British Columbia’s sce...
Jul 20, 2018
No decision on B.C. school stabbing suspect's mental fitness for trial
COQUITLAM, B.C. - A review board failed to reach a decision Thursday on whether a man accused of stabbing a 13-year-old girl to death inside her Abbotsford, B.C., high school is mentally fit to stand ...
Jul 19, 2018
Shooting of B.C. hockey dad in driveway was case of mistaken identity: police
SURREY, B.C. - The wife of a man gunned down in what police say was a case of mistaken identity is pleading for any information that would solve the murder the family is struggling to understand. Paul...
Jul 19, 2018
No easy ride for ride-hailing in B.C. as province delays implementation again
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government says it will ease into allowing ride-hailing services, laying the groundwork for new rides to enter the market as early as the fall of 2019. In the meantime...
Jul 19, 2018
B.C.'s Site C dam project behind schedule, plagued by problems: expert
British Columbia’s mammoth Site C hydro-electric project is seriously behind schedule, plagued by quality problems and marked by secrecy, says an assessment by an international dam expert. E. Ha...
Jul 19, 2018
B.C. homeowner groups can fine defiant short-term rental hosts $1,000 a day
VANCOUVER - Homeowners groups in British Columbia will soon be able to fine owners or residents up to $1,000 a day for defying the corporation’s bylaws on short-term rentals. The B.C. government...
Jul 18, 2018
City of Burnaby issues eviction notice to protesters at Kinder Morgan terminal
BURNABY, B.C. - The City of Burnaby is evicting protesters from a make-shift camp set up outside one of Kinder Morgan’s terminals, citing fire safety and public health concerns. City manager Lam...
Jul 18, 2018