Category Archives: British Columbia
Fans vs. athletes: a look at past confrontations
VANCOUVER - A man who was knocked down by a BC Lions player after he ran onto the field during a game Saturday has retained the services of a law firm. Dust ups between professional athletes and fans ...
Jun 20, 2018

Fan levelled by Lions player hires law firm
VANCOUVER - A partially clothed fan who was hit by a B.C. Lions player has retained the services of a law firm. In a statement released Wednesday, Preszler Law Firm said the fan “suffered seriou...
Jun 20, 2018

B.C. woman asks court to reverse verdict for taking girl across border for sex
VANCOUVER - A woman convicted of taking a 13-year-old girl across the border for a sexual purpose likely didn’t know the reason for the trip because she was expected to follow orders from her hu...
Jun 20, 2018
B.C. Appeal Court rules lottery winner must be paid back $600,000 loan
VANCOUVER - A dispute over whether $600,000 was a loan or a gift from a lottery winner has been settled by the British Columbia Court of Appeal in favour of the gambler. Enone Rosas won $4.1 million i...
Jun 20, 2018

Police in B.C. search for family from Oregon after car found abandoned
DEASE LAKE, B.C. - Police in British Columbia say they are searching for a couple and their two young children after a car with Oregon licence plates was found near a highway in the community of Dease...
Jun 20, 2018
Vancouver Island's 'tectonic dance' revealed by hundreds of tiny tremors
VICTORIA - Hundreds of tiny tremors, felt only by sensitive monitors, have shivered under southern Vancouver Island in the last 48 hours, leading one scientist to predict they may signal what he calls...
Jun 20, 2018

Save-On-Foods Supports Local Food Banks
LANGLEY – Save-On-Foods raised $250,000 to support local food banks across Western Canada after a successful Share It Forward campaign. The first-ever campaign took place over the weekend. Twent...
Jun 19, 2018

Five B.C. families stuck in Japan as Canada refuses visas for adopted babies
VANCOUVER - Ryan Hoag spent his first Father’s Day separated from his wife and baby daughter by more than 7,500 kilometres and reams of red tape. Hoag’s family is stuck in Toyko unable to ...
Jun 19, 2018
Groups file response to government's fight against solitary confinement
VANCOUVER - The head of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association says the group is ready to take on the federal government in a dispute over fixing a law that violates the rights of inmates in solitary co...
Jun 19, 2018

Suman Virk, mother of slain teen Reena Virk, dies at 58 years old
VICTORIA - Suman Virk, a grieving mother who “pioneered” the conversation about bullying after her daughter was murdered, has died in Victoria. Virk was 58 years old. She was the mother of...
Jun 19, 2018