Category Archives: British Columbia

UVic opens counselling services after deadly bus crash kills two students
VICTORIA - The University of Victoria says counselling services are open today for students seeking help after a deadly bus crash on Friday killed two of their peers. The university says in a statemen...
Sep 15, 2019

Fewer trees, higher costs blamed for devastating downturn in B.C. forestry
VANCOUVER - High log prices and dwindling timber supply are driving the crisis in British Columbia's forestry industry that has devastated communities and kneecapped the provincial economy, observers ...
Sep 15, 2019

Canadians continue to spend more than they earn
Second-quarter numbers are out from Statistics Canada when it comes to debt in the Country, and despite the actual number going down slightly during that time frame, Canadians continue to spend more t...
Sep 14, 2019

Vancouver library loans out dogs in poetry promotion for 15-minute outings
VANCOUVER - You can take out almost anything from libraries these days, but this one requires a leash. Eight therapy dogs will be available to borrow from the Canine Library on Saturday for ...
Sep 13, 2019

Sex Scandals are to the US and the UK what misspent money scandals are to Canada
VICTORIA-A Historian at the University of Victoria says she knows what riles up Canadian voters.Penny Bryden says that our neigbours down south, the US, and even some of those on the other side of the...
Sep 13, 2019 Courtesy of UVIC

Boat and 26 chinook seized amid allegations of overfishing off B.C.'s coast
GOLD RIVER, B.C. - The Mounties have seized a nine-metre fishing boat and more than two dozen chinook salmon over what they say are allegations of "significant overfishing." The RCMP say the...
Sep 13, 2019

Pipeline construction hampered by hearings, permits, court action: report
VANCOUVER - Construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will likely be delayed due to detailed route hearings, outstanding provincial permits and Indigenous court challenges, says a report f...
Sep 13, 2019

Young moose crashes through the front door of a B.C. school board office
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - A moose that may have had a yearning for learning smashed its way into the Peace River North School District office in Fort St. John, B.C. Jarrod Bell, a director of instruction ...
Sep 12, 2019

Construction of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion still faces hurdles
VANCOUVER - Barbara Gard calls her three-hectare property, nestled below the forested peak of Sumas Mountain, a "miniature Stanley Park." Its lush trees and flowing creek reminded her of Vancouver's m...
Sep 12, 2019

'Alternative measures' pursued in B.C. mayor's sexual assault case: defence
PORT MOODY, B.C. - A sexual assault case involving the mayor of Port Moody, B.C., will return to court on Nov. 13, but the politician's lawyer says "alternative measures" are being pursued t...
Sep 12, 2019