Category Archives: British Columbia

Firewood Permits Now Available Online
SMITHERS – Acquiring a permit to cut free firewood on Crown land can now be done online. The permit does not have an application fee or any charges for the wood. Applicants must remember to carr...
Jun 11, 2018

Overnight apartment fire claims two lives, injures 12 in North Vancouver
VANCOUVER - An apartment fire in North Vancouver has killed two people and sent a dozen to hospital for treatment of various injuries. The victims were trapped when the blaze tore through one of four ...
Jun 11, 2018

Province launches two reviews into BC Hydro over costs, future of energy sector
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has launched a two-phase review of BC Hydro in an effort to find cost savings and direction for the Crown utility. The first part of the review is expected t...
Jun 11, 2018

Rescued parrots up for adoption land sanctuary in Delta, B.C., via Craigslist
DELTA, B.C. - Jan Robson walks through the five-bedroom house on a country road in Delta, B.C., greeting its feathered tenants one by one. Simon and Garfunkel are about to move out - they’ve bee...
Jun 10, 2018

Vancouver's conversion therapy ban more than symbolic for identity: experts
VICTORIA - A ban on the practice of so-called conversion therapy in Vancouver sends a powerful message of rejection for controversial “pray the gay away” treatments, say advocates and expe...
Jun 09, 2018

Funding To Support Elder Abuse And Prevention
COQUITLAM – The Ministry of Health is providing $1.4 million to support senior abuse awareness and prevention. The funding comes in advance of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, on Friday, June 15...
Jun 08, 2018

Applications Available For Universal Child Care Pilots
VICTORIA – The Province is now accepting applications from licensed child care providers to become affordable universal child care pilot sites. The new sites will run from September 1st of this ...
Jun 08, 2018

Orca pod cruises through Victoria's Inner Harbour during hour-long visit
VICTORIA - A pod of killer whales made a rare appearance in Victoria’s Inner Harbour Thursday, frolicking not far from the British Columbia legislature. The group of four or five orcas, includin...
Jun 08, 2018

DNA privacy questioned as police nab suspects by searching family trees
VICTORIA - As the years stretched into decades with no arrests after his sister’s body was found in Washington state, it was becoming hard for John Van Cuylenborg of Victoria, B.C., to maintain ...
Jun 08, 2018
Five questions about genetic genealogy and how police use it
VANCOUVER - Police in Washington state used a controversial new investigative technique they say helped them solve the murder of Victoria-area resident Tanya Van Cuylenborg, who was killed more than 3...
Jun 08, 2018