Category Archives: British Columbia
Cost of substance use in Canada tops $38 billion, with booze and tobacco on top
VICTORIA - The economic cost of substance use in Canada in 2014 was $38.4 billion, or about $1,100 for every Canadian, and came with a staggering toll of 67,515 deaths, says a report released Tuesday....
Jun 26, 2018
Animal protection to investigate alleged neglect, cruelty at B.C. farm
VANCOUVER - The SPCA is investigating an egg farm and a chicken-catching service in British Columbia following reports of alleged neglect and cruelty. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has r...
Jun 26, 2018
Radio host outspoken about Surrey, B.C., violence says bullets fired at her car
SURREY, B.C. - A talk show host in Surrey, B.C., says bullets were fired at her car and her opinions on gang violence might be to blame. Ashiana Khan is CEO of Media Waves Communications, an internet ...
Jun 26, 2018
Two men guilty of polygamy given conditional sentences, served as house arrest
CRANBROOK, B.C. - Two men who took multiple wives - some as young as 15 - will serve no time in jail after a B.C. Supreme Court judge gave them conditional sentences on Tuesday. Winston Blackmore, 61,...
Jun 26, 2018
Toxic shock syndrome killed B.C. teen and tampon use can't be ruled out: coroner
COURTENAY, B.C. - A coroner has concluded a 16-year-old British Columbia girl died of toxic shock syndrome while on a school trip last year. Coroner Courtney Cote says Sara Marie Manitoski was wearing...
Jun 26, 2018
A timeline of polygamy in Canada
CRANBROOK, B.C. - Here is a timeline of polygamy in Canada: 1890: Wilford Woodruff, president of the Mormon church, ends the religion’s long-standing practise of plural marriages, paving the pat...
Jun 26, 2018
B.C.'s illicit overdose deaths decreasing almost every month this year
VANCOUVER - The BC Coroners Service has released its latest overdose statistics, showing 109 people died in May from illicit drugs. That’s a decrease of 23 per cent in the number of deaths from ...
Jun 26, 2018
Messy, screeching peafowl to be removed from Surrey, B.C., neighbourhood
SURREY, B.C. - The mournful cries of peacocks could soon be silenced in a Surrey, B.C., neighbourhood after city council voted to roust the birds. Council has approved a plan to trap about 100 peacock...
Jun 26, 2018
Winged dragon sculpture vanishes from its perch in Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - A British Columbia artist built her dragon sculpture with wings, but she never thought it would leave its perch without her help. Heather Wall says she thinks Rock Dragon 2.0 disappear...
Jun 25, 2018
Jogger who crossed U.S. border accidentally a warning to Canadians: expert
VANCOUVER - A French teenager who accidentally crossed the border from Canada to the United States and reportedly wound up detained for two weeks should serve as a warning to Canadians, says an immigr...
Jun 25, 2018