Category Archives: British Columbia
Off-duty police officer, woman stabbed outside elementary school in Delta, B.C.
DELTA, B.C. - An off-duty police officer and a woman were stabbed outside a private elementary school on Wednesday in Delta, B.C. The male officer was at Immaculate Conception elementary school just a...
Feb 20, 2019
Few incentives in spending-heavy B.C. budget, global downturn worries business
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s budget pays too little attention to the potential impacts of a slowing global economy and a shifting housing market, business leaders say. Finance Minister Carole J...
Feb 20, 2019
B.C. review board says man who killed kids a threat, but outings to be mulled
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - The British Columbia Review Board has ruled that the man who killed his three children while severely mentally ill remains a threat to public safety, although it recommends Alla...
Feb 20, 2019
Study moves Oak Bay, B.C., closer to contraceptive control for problem deer
OAK BAY, B.C. - A contraception program to reduce the population of habituated, urban deer is one step closer in the Victoria-area District of Oak Bay. Councillors have reviewed a report compiled with...
Feb 20, 2019
Budget 2019 includes climate plan, child fund & Indigenous revenue sharing
VICTORIA - The BC NDP’s have delivered their second budget. Finance Minister Carole James rose in the Legislature to deliver Budget 2019. She says the government will build on some of the commit...
Feb 19, 2019
B.C. proposes stronger security for witnesses testifying at criminal trials
VICTORIA - British Columbia is proposing changes to its witness protection program in order to strengthen security for people who could provide police with information on serious crimes. Public Safety...
Feb 14, 2019
Drug users, advocates fear federal election may sideline safer opioids policy
VANCOUVER - The co-founder of a national group of parents whose children have died of overdoses fears the looming federal election will derail any policy changes that could make a safer supply of opio...
Feb 14, 2019
Family of missing Merritt cowboy pleads for any information
MERRITT - The family of a ranch manager in the Nicola Valley is asking for the public’s help in locating him. Ben Tyner was reported missing last month after his horse was found fully geared and...
Feb 13, 2019
Family of missing B.C. cowboy makes emotional appeal for information
MERRITT, B.C. - The family of a ranch manager who went missing near Merritt, B.C., is asking for information nearly three weeks after the 32-year-old was last seen. Ben Tyner has been the manager of t...
Feb 13, 2019
Scientists study past volcanoes in B.C. to understand climate in the future
VANCOUVER - Scientists are trying to reconstruct what the environment and climate of southwest British Columbia looked like over the past two million years by studying volcanoes that erupted under the...
Feb 13, 2019