Category Archives: British Columbia
Green member of legislature, Adam Olsen, to be interim party leader
VICTORIA - Legislature member Adam Olsen will serve as interim leader of B.C.'s Green party until a leadership contest that wraps up on June 27. Andrew Weaver officially steps down as the party's lead...
Dec 20, 2019
B.C. board launches public effort to rename school named after 'racist' federal MP
VICTORIA - A Vancouver Island school district is embarking on what could be a difficult exercise to rename an elementary school named after a long-serving, controversial former municipa...
Dec 20, 2019
B.C. doctor links non-medical use of nitrous oxide to serious illness, addiction
VANCOUVER - An emergency room physician in British Columbia is warning of the misuse of a cooking tool that requires the use of nitrous oxide, more commonly known as laughing gas. A statemen...
Dec 20, 2019
Mom of slain girls tells court her life is like a nightmare she never wakes from
VICTORIA - A mother of two murdered girls says her life has become a living nightmare from which she never awakes. Sarah Cotton told a B.C. Supreme Court sentencing hearing for her...
Dec 19, 2019
Ottawa's consultation with Indigenous groups on pipeline was meaningful: Lawyer
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for the Canadian government say it conducted a new round of consultations with Indigenous groups about the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion that was reasonable, adequate...
Dec 19, 2019
Grant applications for improvement in transportation infrastructure across BC
VICTORIA-A grant is up for grabs for those communities looking to improve their transportation infrastructure."This grant program is designed to meet the needs of rural and urban communities, so peopl...
Dec 19, 2019
First Canadian guideline urging family doctors to treat alcohol-related issues
VANCOUVER - Family doctors in British Columbia are being urged to annually screen every patient starting at age 12 to prevent addiction to alcohol, a leading cause of soc...
Dec 19, 2019
B.C. labour minister 'disappointed' as talks collapse again in forestry strike
VICTORIA - British Columbia Labour Minister Harry Bains is not ready to step into a long-running strike at Western Forest Products but he says he's willing to meet with both sides. Bains made the...
Dec 19, 2019
B.C. father who killed his daughters, aged 4 and 6, to be sentenced
VICTORIA - A father convicted of murdering his two daughters on Christmas Day in 2017 is scheduled to be sentenced today by a B.C. Supreme Court judge in Victoria. A...
Dec 19, 2019
Canfor shares dive after Great Pacific calls off privatization deal
VANCOUVER - Shares in Canfor Corp. fell more than 20 per cent after Great Pacific Capital Corp. failed to win the approval of the company's minority shareholders and called off its plan to take the lu...
Dec 18, 2019