Category Archives: British Columbia

Vancouver police say mom accused of parental abduction may have dyed boy's hair
Vancouver police say a woman who allegedly abducted her nine-year-old son contrary to a custody order may have changed his appearance and dyed his hair. Police say Shawana Chaudhary, also known as Sha...
Mar 12, 2018
Corrective to March 11 story on Sikh separatism
VANCOUVER - In a March 11 story on Sikh separatism, The Canadian Press misspelled the first name of Talwinder Singh Parmar. The Canadian Press
Mar 12, 2018

'It's really frustrating:' Sikh Canadian dismayed by extremism allegations
VANCOUVER - Jaspreet Bal was eating lunch with friends in rural Ontario when she says a “kind, well-intentioned” white man approached them to chat. He asked about her background, and she r...
Mar 12, 2018

'It's really frustrating:' Sikh Canadian dismayed by extremism allegations
VANCOUVER - Jaspreet Bal was eating lunch with friends in rural Ontario when she says a “kind, well-intentioned” white man approached them to chat. He asked about her background, and she r...
Mar 12, 2018

No adverse effects from 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster on BC coast: researchers
VANCOUVER - Seven years after the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan released radioactive elements into the environment, researchers say those elements pose minimal risk to human or salmon health alo...
Mar 11, 2018

Vancouver police investigate alleged parental abduction of boy, 9
Vancouver Police are looking for a woman who allegedly abducted her nine-year-old son on Friday, contrary to a court-imposed custody order. Shawana Chaudhary may be travelling with her son, Emerson Cu...
Mar 11, 2018

B.C. protesters rally for and against Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline plan
BURNABY, B.C. - Protesters around Vancouver held duelling rallies on Saturday, some welcoming Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project with others decrying it. Several hundred p...
Mar 10, 2018

Vancouver actor Michael Coleman denies allegations of sexual harassment
VANCOUVER - Actor Michael Coleman has denied what he calls a “whisper campaign” of sexual harassment allegations that have been made against him, saying they have damaged his reputation an...
Mar 09, 2018

Trans Mountain granted interim injunction against blockades at B.C. terminals
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has granted Trans Mountain an interim injunction aimed at preventing anti-pipeline activists from protesting construction at two terminals in Burnaby...
Mar 09, 2018

Judge rejects constitutional challenge after two men found guilty of polygamy
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A judge says two men found guilty of polygamy knew the practice was illegal as she rejected a constitutional challenge on the grounds of freedom of religion and expression. Winston B...
Mar 09, 2018