Category Archives: British Columbia

Atom Egoyan's 'Guest of Honour' to open Vancouver film festival
VANCOUVER - This year's Vancouver International Film Festival will open with Atom Egoyan's "Guest of Honour." The drama, starring David Thewlis as a health inspector and Laysla De Oliveira as his musi...
Sep 04, 2019

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Court allows six of 12 Trans Mountain appeals
VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal says six of 12 proposed legal challenges to the Trans Mountain pipeline project can proceed. The federal government approved the plan to triple t...
Sep 04, 2019

Seven times more opioid prescriptions filled in Canada, U.S., than Sweden: study
VANCOUVER - Patients in Canada and the United States filled opioid prescriptions after minor surgery at a rate that was seven times higher than those in Sweden, reveals a new study that sugg...
Sep 04, 2019

London Drugs pharmacies give free condoms: World Sexual Health Day
VANCOUVER-As part of World Sexual Health Day London Drugs pharmacies will provide free condoms.According to a release from London Drugs, STI's are on the rise, with several provincial outbreaks over t...
Sep 04, 2019 ID 137118116 © Mikhail Azarov | Dreamstime.com

Vancouver area home prices fall in August, number of sales up from year earlier
VANCOUVER - The number of homes sold in the Greater Vancouver area was up in August compared with a year ago, but benchmark prices for the major categories of housing was down, the region's ...
Sep 04, 2019

B.C. mother who smothered daughter must wait 15 years before applying for parole
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A British Columbia mother found guilty of the second-degree murder of her eight-year-old daughter has been sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole for 15 ...
Sep 03, 2019

Record year for french immersion enrollment in SD 57
VANCOUVER-According to a report released this morning (Sept.3) French immersion enrollment hit a record this year.As of the 2018-2019 school year 1155 students in SD 57 registered in the program and 5...
Sep 03, 2019 According to a report in the 2018-2019 school year there was a 9.49 percent increase in french immersion enrollment across BC. Courtesy of Canadian parents for french BC and Yukon.

Meat-subscription-box companies take over marketing chores for farmers
VANCOUVER - While working door-to-door pitching deals for a year's worth of frozen meat, Marc Lafleur realized consumers want quality, local meat, but can't afford the freezer space or the cash to do ...
Sep 02, 2019

Province working to ensure employment for people with disabilities
VICTORIA- September is Disability Employment Month and in light of that, Shane Simpson, Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction has released a statement.According to the province more tha...
Sep 01, 2019 ID 131082814 © David Herraez | Dreamstime.com

Family calls for change at funeral for B.C. teen who died of apparent overdose
LANGLEY, B.C. - The family of a 14-year-old British Columbia boy whose apparent overdose death was filmed and posted on social media delivered a powerful call for change at his funeral on Th...
Aug 31, 2019