Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. removes prescription drug deductibles for low-income residents
VANCOUVER – Health Minister Adrian Dix says British Columbia has taken a “long overdue step forward” to help lower-income households handle the cost of prescription drugs. Dix says d...
Jan 04, 2019
B.C. fuel up 4 cents, more hikes due as 'bumpy' year looms at pumps: expert
VANCOUVER - Extreme volatility in oil markets has resulted in a price jump for gasoline of four cents a litre in Metro Vancouver and an analyst predicts a further hike could arrive within days. Dan Mc...
Jan 04, 2019
Donation bins sealed, removed in British Columbia after death of trapped man
VANCOUVER - A municipality and a non-profit foundation in British Columbia are shutting down clothing donation bins and looking at options to either make them more secure or remove them following the ...
Jan 03, 2019
Crown tells jury to accept undercover confession of B.C. girl's murder
VANCOUVER - The confession and later statements of a British Columbia man leave no reasonable doubt he abducted, sexually assaulted and killed a 12-year-old girl in 1978, a Crown counsel told jurors T...
Jan 03, 2019
Family recovering after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning in car in B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Police say a woman and her five-year-old child have been released from hospital one week after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning in a car. The woman’s three-year-old child r...
Jan 03, 2019
Vancouver Coastal Health denies allegations made after toddler's death at daycare
Vancouver Coastal Health says it did nothing to contribute to the death of a 16-month-old boy at an unlicensed daycare, calling what happened a “tragic incident” in its response to a civil...
Jan 03, 2019
B.C. prof hopes students' ideas to retrofit clothing bins will prevent deaths
VANCOUVER - At least seven Canadians have died after getting stuck in clothing donation bins and the latest fatality has prompted an advocate to call for the “death traps” to be immediatel...
Jan 02, 2019
Peace bond hearing withdrawn for B.C. couple cleared in legislature terror plot
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man and woman who were cleared of terror charges due to RCMP entrapment are allowed to live freely for the first time in years after prosecutors dropped a bid to restric...
Jan 02, 2019
Pivotal By-election Called
VICTORIA - The date of Jan. 30th has been set for a byelection to replace the member from Nanaimo, B.C., with the potential to upset the balance of power in the provincial legislature. Five-term New D...
Jan 02, 2019
B.C. housing market shows signs of moderation: assessment agency
VANCOUVER - A drop by up to 10 per cent on the estimated value of some homes in Metro Vancouver reflects a broad softening in a once hot market that is being affected by wider economic shifts, say two...
Jan 02, 2019