Category Archives: British Columbia
Rewards for good behaviour part of school-violence prevention: teachers' union
VANCOUVER - Hearing about the stabbing death of a 14-year-old boy outside a school in Hamilton has Darrel Crimeni grappling with questions of bullying and a lack of empathy that may also hav...
Oct 14, 2019
'It's a symbol of our strength': Heiltsuk open first Big House in 120 years
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - Chief Coun. Marilyn Slett of the Heiltsuk Nation says it's hard to put into words the excitement and emotion she feels at the opening today of the first Big House in the territory ...
Oct 13, 2019
Turkeys avoid dinner plate at Thanksgiving meal in Aldergrove, B.C.
ALDERGROVE, B.C. - Two lucky turkeys are spending Thanksgiving dinner at the table instead of on the table in Aldergrove, B.C. The Happy Herd Farm Sanctuary, a home for abused or at-risk farm animals,...
Oct 13, 2019
Rewards for good behaviour part of school-violence prevention: teachers' union
VANCOUVER - Hearing about the stabbing death of a 14-year-old boy outside a school in Hamilton has Darrel Crimeni grappling with questions of bullying and a lack of empathy that may also hav...
Oct 13, 2019
British Columbia premier defends chief of staff over handling of allegations
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan defended how his chief of staff handled allegations made against the former clerk of the B.C. legislature when he first learned of them in July 2018 as the Liberals...
Oct 11, 2019
Girl recalls stabbing that injured her and killed her friend at B.C. high school
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A teenage girl wrote the words "this is amazing grace" on a piece of paper moments before she and her friend were attacked by a man with a knife inside a British Columbia high ...
Oct 11, 2019
Judge finds man guilty of murdering a police officer in Abbotsford, B.C.
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A man accused of gunning down a police officer in Abbotsford, B.C., sat in the prisoner's box without reacting as a judge read out her verdict of "guilty" in his first-degree m...
Oct 11, 2019
Opposition Liberals call for forest minister’s ouster in Thursday question period
VICTORIA - There was spirited sparring in question period at the B.C. Legislature Thursday (Oct. 10) as the opposition B.C. Liberals called for an NDP minister to be fired.Liberal Forests Critic John ...
Oct 10, 2019
Mental Health Day spreads awareness surrounding the illness
October 10th marks Mental Health Day across the globe and is a day to spread awareness regarding mental illness and continue the fight to end the stigma surrounding it.Mental health is something which...
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Girl recalls stabbing that injured her and killed her friend at B.C. high school
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A teenage girl wrote the words "this is amazing grace" on a piece of paper moments before she and her friend were attacked by a man with a knife inside a British Columbia high ...
Oct 09, 2019