British Columbia

Extradition hearing for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou set for early next year

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Supreme Court has accepted a plan by the defence team for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that would see her extradition hearing begin Jan. 20, more than a year after she ...

Jun 06, 2019

Trudeau says carbon tax can help deal with extreme weather, Alberta fires

VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal carbon tax will help deal with weather disasters such as fires in northern Alberta. Speaking in Vancouver, Trudeau said Canadi...

Jun 06, 2019

Trudeau accepts inquiry finding of genocide, but says focus must be on response

VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday he accepts the finding that Canada's treatment of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls amounts to genocide. Debate has erupted over th...

Jun 06, 2019

Victoria officials confirm kitten tossed in trash ingested methamphetamine

VICTORIA - Animal control officers in Victoria now know why a kitten had balance and other issues after being found zipped in a small bag and tossed in the trash at a mall. Ian Fraser, senior animal c...

Jun 06, 2019

Avoid screen-use battles by setting rules early and before kids gets phones: doc

VANCOUVER - Parents should prioritize healthy habits such as physical fitness, nutrition and sleep over screen time long before kids reach their teenage years when arguments over d...

Jun 06, 2019

Hatred of women creeping into public debate, Trudeau tells equality conference

VANCOUVER - Gender equality is under attack and, in the age of social media, it's never been easier to taunt and spread abhorrent views, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a global conference on ...

Jun 05, 2019

DFO investigates sixth dead grey whale found off British Columbia coast

TSAWWASSEN, B.C. - A sixth dead grey whale has been found off the coast of British Columbia amid an unusually fatal year for the animals. Department of Fisheries and Oceans crews spotted the dead...

Jun 05, 2019

Aging Haida totem comes down during ceremony outside Royal B.C. Museum

VICTORIA - An aging totem pole that told the story of a murdered woman was lowered during a ceremony outside Victoria's Royal British Columbia Museum. Dancers circled the replica Haida mortuary pole, ...

Jun 05, 2019

Tanya Tagaq and seven other writers take home prizes at Indigenous Voices Awards

VANCOUVER - Inuit throat singer and author Tanya Tagaq was among the winners at the second annual Indigenous Voices Awards. The IVAs handed out a total of $16,000 in honours&n...

Jun 05, 2019

UVIC study shows humans are consuming tens of thousands of small plastic particles

VICTORIA-A new study conducted by the University of Victoria says that humans are unaware of their unintended plastic consumption.Microplastics are tiny and easy to ingest at under five millimetres in...