Category Archives: British Columbia
Victoria should have sought provincial approval before plastic bag ban: court
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top court has quashed a bylaw prohibiting single-use plastic bags in Victoria, saying the city failed to get the approval of the province's environment minister. The B.C....
Jul 13, 2019
Clock ticking for solution to B.C. rock slide blocking salmon: experts
CLINTON, B.C. - Experts say a rock slide that created a five-metre waterfall on the Fraser River is a significant problem that could spell disaster for British Columbia's threatened salmon populations...
Jul 12, 2019
Two Southern resident killer whales missing as experts fear for the population
VANCOUVER - Two southern resident killer whales haven't been seen for a few months leaving experts worried, not just about the fates of both creatures, but for the future of t...
Jul 12, 2019
Victoria should have sought provincial approval before plastic bag ban: court
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top court has quashed a bylaw prohibiting single-use plastic bags in Victoria, saying the city failed to get the approval of the province's environment minister. The B.C....
Jul 11, 2019
Big, old B.C. trees produce mutations over time that could improve success: UBC
VICTORIA - Researchers collected DNA from the tops of some of Canada's tallest trees to search for mutations that could provide evidence of how the ancient forest giants evolve to survi...
Jul 11, 2019
Gasoline prices rose with land costs but full differentials unexplained: report
VANCOUVER - Gasoline prices in British Columbia have risen in line with land costs and credit card processing fees but that doesn't fully explain why they're so much higher than in other parts of...
Jul 10, 2019
Conservationists file legal challenge to Trans Mountain reapproval over whales
VANCOUVER - The federal government is facing a new legal challenge after it approved the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion for a second time. Ecojustice has filed a motion to the Federa...
Jul 10, 2019
Many B.C. liquor branch contracts don't comply with government standards: audit
VICTORIA - Staff at British Columbia's liquor distribution branch should receive contract management training, says an audit that revealed contracts totalling millions of dollars were awarde...
Jul 10, 2019
B.C. mother recalls last words of love for two girls found dead Christmas 2017
VANCOUVER - A mother says she "screamed like never before" when police told her that her two young daughters had been found dead in their father's apartment in Oak Bay, B.C., in December 2017. Sarah C...
Jul 10, 2019
Settlement reached in class-action harassment lawsuit against RCMP
VANCOUVER - Three women who shared their stories of sexual harassment as part of a class-action lawsuit against the RCMP have shown great courage so others who may have endured similar&...
Jul 10, 2019