Category Archives: British Columbia
Man gets life for killing girl but case dismissed in another B.C. girl's murder
VANCOUVER - A judge called Garry Handlen a sexual predator and sentenced him to life in prison for killing a 12-year-old girl in 1978 but moments later dismissed a case involving allegations that the ...
Jan 28, 2019

Mining task force goals will increase jobs, chop red tape: Premier Horgan
VANCOUVER – Premier John Horgan says the British Columbia government is moving forward on recommendations from a mining task force aimed at boosting jobs in the industry. The premier announced a...
Jan 28, 2019

Jagmeet Singh stakes NDP leadership on risky Burnaby South byelection bid
BURNABY, B.C. - Jagmeet Singh often starts conversations with Burnaby South residents by asking a question: “I want to take on the government in Ottawa. What do you need me to do?” Singh h...
Jan 28, 2019

Puppy from Iran that had acid thrown on her face to have surgery in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - On a chilly January afternoon, Mugsy zipped across a green lawn like a whitish-brown arrow playing catch. Her owner, Sam Taylor, a resident of Burnaby, B.C., threw a brown, stuffed hedgeho...
Jan 27, 2019

Trans Mountain pipeline work destroyed salmon habitat, scientist says
VANCOUVER - Work on a Trans Mountain pipeline crossing in a British Columbia stream has destroyed salmon habitat, raising concerns about the Crown corporation’s ability to build infrastructure t...
Jan 27, 2019

B.C. byelection tests NDP's slim minority as provincial focus on Nanaimo
VICTORIA - The slim hold on power Premier John Horgan’s minority NDP government has in British Columbia will be tested Wednesday in a byelection on Vancouver Island where a Liberal win would lea...
Jan 26, 2019

Mental health rated low in B.C. despite healthy lifestyles and long life: doctor
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s medical health officer says citizens have rated their mental health as nearly the lowest in the country despite being more physically active and having genera...
Jan 25, 2019

Indian Act to blame for pipeline gridlock in northern B.C.: federal minister
VANCOUVER - Canada’s minister of Crown-Indigenous relations is pointing her finger at the Indian Act for creating a gridlock in northern British Columbia where some hereditary clan chiefs say a ...
Jan 25, 2019
Man fit to stand trial in girl's death at B.C. high school: judge
VANCOUVER - A man accused of killing a 13-year-old girl in a British Columbia high school has been declared mentally fit to stand trial after a change in medication his lawyer described as a “mi...
Jan 24, 2019

Spending abuse claims expose failure by past Liberal government: B.C. premier
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan says a call to clean up the British Columbia legislature should not absolve the Opposition Liberals from explaining allegations of spending abuses by two top officials d...
Jan 24, 2019