Category Archives: British Columbia

Cannabis dispensaries get real Oct. 17, 2018; municipal leaders can't wait
VICTORIA - On the day Canadians can legally buy and use recreational marijuana, the clock will start ticking for cannabis dispensaries already open across the country, say politicians and pot industry...
Jun 22, 2018
Real police say fake police weren't actually involved in scam of Vancouver woman
Vancouver police say a woman who claimed to have been arrested by fake police officers in a fraud scheme exaggerated her report. Police now say that the woman was never physically approached by people...
Jun 22, 2018
B.C. judge promoted to associate chief justice for province's Supreme Court
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has named Heather J. Holmes, to be associate chief justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia. She replaces A.F. Cullen, who elected to become a supernumer...
Jun 22, 2018

'Hot Dog Water' seller in Vancouver gets laughs, sales with savvy marketing
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver man who sold bottles of “Hot Dog Water” for nearly $40 each says he was trying to see how marketing of health claims backed by supposed science amounts to quick sal...
Jun 22, 2018

B.C. Crown says polygamous leader took 15-year-old girl across border for sex
VANCOUVER - A special prosecutor has urged British Columbia’s Court of Appeal to overturn the acquittal of a polygamous leader who was accused of taking a 15-year-old girl across the border for ...
Jun 21, 2018
Fake police arrest and force woman to deposit cash in latest Canada Revenue scam
Vancouver police say there’s a new twist on a Canada Revenue Agency scam they’ve been warning the public about and the swindle involves being arrested. Police say a 58-year-old woman recei...
Jun 21, 2018
Two adults and child killed when truck and car collide in British Columbia
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - Two adults and a child have died in a two vehicle collision near Cache Creek, B.C. The RCMP say the accident happened shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday at the intersection of highways...
Jun 21, 2018

First Nations and federal government collaborate on B.C. north coast protections
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - A new federal framework giving Indigenous communities a partnership in protecting and supervising Canada’s north and central Pacific coast is a positive step toward reconci...
Jun 21, 2018
B.C. government intends to crack down on hidden ownership of real estate
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is taking steps to end opportunities to anonymously invest and hide wealth in real estate. Finance Minister Carole James says a new, publicly accessible regi...
Jun 21, 2018

Federal government and First Nations to approve B.C. fish farms: province
VICTORIA - Fish farmers in British Columbia have four years to show their open-net operations don’t harm wild salmon and to get approval from First Nations to locate them in their territories as...
Jun 20, 2018