Category Archives: British Columbia
Cousin says hiker who fell by waterfall near Vancouver lived and died selflessly
VANCOUVER - The cousin of a man who fell into a pool of a waterfall north of Vancouver says Charles Ryker Gamble lived an adventurous life travelling around the world but he’ll be remembered mos...
Jul 05, 2018
Study finds Vancouver-area laundry microplastics are filtering into ocean
VANCOUVER - Microplastics from Metro Vancouver’s laundered clothes are ending up in water treatment plants and filtering into the ocean, says a study published in the science journal Marine Poll...
Jul 05, 2018
RCMP remove pipeline protesters from Vancouver bridge
VANCOUVER - Greenpeace Canada says a protest that saw a dozen protesters dangling from a Vancouver bridge to block a tanker carrying crude oil from the Trans Mountain pipeline ended Wednesday night. T...
Jul 04, 2018
Bodies of three hikers recovered after slipping into pools of B.C. waterfall
SQUAMISH, B.C. - Police say the bodies of three hikers who slipped and fell into one of the pools of a waterfall north of Vancouver were recovered from the area Wednesday evening. The RCMP says in a s...
Jul 04, 2018
Former Olympic rower, investment dealer gets 13-month jail sentence for fraud
VICTORIA - Former Olympic rower Harold Backer received a 13-month jail sentence Wednesday after pleading guilty to fraud, but no answers were provided about his mysterious 18 month disappearance that ...
Jul 04, 2018
Travellers warned about measles from infected passenger who landed in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - An alert has been issued about the potential spread of measles from an infected passenger who travelled to Vancouver from India on two flights. The BC Centre for Disease Control says the p...
Jul 04, 2018
Implementation Details For B.C. Health Tax Released
VICTORIA – A tax notice was released Wednesday by the Ministry of Finance on implementation details of the Employer Health Tax (EHT) and the elimination of Medical Services Plan (MSP). B.C. Fina...
Jul 04, 2018
Crews respond to report of hikers falling into water in Shannon Falls area
SQUAMISH, B.C. - Search and rescue crews were to continue searching through the night for three hikers reported missing at Shannon Falls Provincial Park near Squamish, B.C. Squamish RCMP say the three...
Jul 04, 2018
Surrey mayor asks federal government to help combat gangs in growing city
SURREY, B.C. - The mayor of Surrey says she will ask the federal government for $10 million in funding for anti-gang programs in British Columbia’s fastest-growing city, where people are dealing...
Jul 03, 2018
B.C. taps researchers to explore how basic income could work in the province
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has asked a team of experts to explore how providing people with a basic income could work in the province. Prof. David Green, an economist at the University of British Co...
Jul 03, 2018