Category Archives: British Columbia

B.C. legislature Speaker threatens to resign; defends handling of suspensions
VICTORIA - The Speaker of British Columbia’s legislature has promised to resign if a financial audit he is recommending doesn’t prompt public outrage and back his handling of a controversy...
Dec 06, 2018

Federal whale-saving efforts threaten Vancouver Island livelihoods, say groups
ESQUIMALT, B.C. - Federal government efforts to save threatened southern resident killer whales could endanger the survival of communities on Vancouver Island whose economies depend on sport fishing a...
Dec 06, 2018

Woman arrested in Vancouver helped turn Huawei into household name in China
VANCOUVER - The tech executive whose arrest in Vancouver has sparked outrage from China is the well-educated daughter of a wealthy former military man who founded what eventually became one of the wor...
Dec 06, 2018
Man 'scared straight' as teenager gets $175,000 in damage award from B.C. court
VANCOUVER - A man who was required to visit a notorious British Columbia prison as part of a “scared straight” program has been awarded $175,000 in damages for a sexual assault that happen...
Dec 06, 2018

B.C. climate change plan aims to build economy around renewable energy
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has introduced a strategy to shift away from fossil fuels and build the provincial economy around reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but also leaves portion...
Dec 06, 2018
Numbers for the B.C. government's climate change plan
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has released its plan to dramatically cut pollution as it builds a low-carbon economy. Here are some of the goals in the government’s plan: - The stra...
Dec 05, 2018

Cows can be pessimistic and it affects their ability to cope with stress: study
VANCOUVER - Dairy cows can be optimistic or pessimistic from a young age and their inherent outlook can predict their ability to cope with stress, new research from the University of British Columbia ...
Dec 04, 2018

Newly discovered cave in B.C. park might be the largest in Canada
VANCOUVER - A newly discovered cave in a remote valley in British Columbia’s Wells Gray Provincial Park might just be the country’s largest. The feature was spotted by a helicopter crew fr...
Dec 04, 2018
Newborn baby dies in hospital after being found in dumpster in Mission, B.C.
MISSION, B.C. - Police say a newborn baby girl has died in hospital after being found in a dumpster last month in Mission, B.C. The RCMP say the infant was found in a dumpster in the Fraser Valley com...
Dec 04, 2018

B.C. Treaty Commission says new accord offers smoother, faster road to treaties
VICTORIA – The head of the British Columbia Treaty Commission says she expects a new deal between Indigenous groups and the federal and B.C. governments could help produce up to 10 new agreement...
Dec 04, 2018