Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C.'s 2017 wildfires have the potential to flare up this spring: Forest Service
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The BC Wildfire Service is warning that hotspots left by last year’s massive wildfires in British Columbia’s southern Interior have the potential to flare up as temp...
Apr 30, 2018
B.C. Bud to Beijing? China presses Canada over illicit marijuana imports
OTTAWA - Chinese officials have been quietly grilling Canada about illicit marijuana flowing to their country, prompting Ottawa to agree to work with them on the problem, an internal federal memo reve...
Apr 29, 2018
B.C.'s dispute over bitumen control likely to end up in Supreme Court: lawyers
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s court case over the flow of heavy oil through the province could be damaged by the NDP government’s previous positions against the expansion of the Trans Mou...
Apr 29, 2018
U.S. snowboarder Brock Crouch survives being buried by avalanche near Whistler
VANCOUVER - An American professional snowboarder has survived being buried alive by an avalanche in the backcountry near Whistler, B.C. Eighteen-year-old Brock Crouch was under the snow for five minut...
Apr 28, 2018
U.S., Japanese-based firms named as prime contractor for B.C. LNG plant
VANCOUVER – The international consortium behind plans for a liquefied natural gas terminal on British Columbia’s north coast has awarded the contract to design and build the proposed $40-b...
Apr 27, 2018
Provinces need more info about marijuana impairment testing technology: B.C.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has unveiled its plan for regulating recreational marijuana, but the enforcement and testing for drug-impaired driving remain hazy. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth said t...
Apr 27, 2018
Never say never: borrowed beaver returns to B.C. regional district
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - Justin Beaver is home again, and the tale of the stolen taxidermied teaching tool has even worked to the benefit of educators in British Columbia. The Fraser Valley Regional Distric...
Apr 26, 2018
QuickFacts on British Columbia's recreational pot legislation
VICTORIA - Some highlights of the B.C. government’s proposed recreational cannabis laws: - The possession limit for an individual is 30 grams of dried cannabis or its equivalent and buyers must ...
Apr 26, 2018
Retail landscape revealed in British Columbia's proposed pot laws
VICTORIA - The B.C. government has unveiled its plan for regulating the sale of recreational marijuana, in a move that municipalities say gives them welcome breathing room. Solicitor General Mike Farn...
Apr 26, 2018
B.C. joins Alberta, Ontario, Quebec in banning payment for blood and plasma
VANCOUVER - Payment for blood and plasma would be prohibited in British Columbia under legislation introduced Thursday. There are no clinics in B.C. that pay people for blood or plasma and the legisla...
Apr 26, 2018