Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. lawyer awarded $1 in suit against client who posted negative online review
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia lawyer has been awarded $1 in damages after suing a former client for posting a negative review online, raising questions about the balance between free expression and d...
Jun 15, 2018
Salmon farm protester yells at B.C. premier to protect wild stocks
VICTORIA - A heckler interrupted Premier John Horgan’s news conference on protecting British Columbia’s wild salmon by shouting the province is allowing the aquaculture industry to continu...
Jun 15, 2018
Transport Canada says it wasn't feces that fell onto people and cars in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Transport Canada says a substance that fell from the sky and onto vehicles and people in two British Columbia communities was not human feces from aircraft, but one woman believes the foul...
Jun 15, 2018
RCMP will 'thoroughly review' coroner's inquest's recommendations: spokeswoman
BURNABY, B.C. - The British Columbia RCMP says it will review recommendations from jurors who called for police to look at how they handle serious calls. Staff Sgt. Annie Linteau says the RCMP takes v...
Jun 15, 2018
Bystanders in Nanaimo, B.C., save woman's life by lifting car off her chest
NANAIMO, B.C. - Claire Surgenor remembers staring at the back wheels of a car crushing her chest, struggling to breathe, and praying. Then she lost consciousness on the rain-soaked sidewalk in Nanaimo...
Jun 15, 2018
B.C. launches expert council on wild salmon
VICTORIA - The BC government is forming a wild salmon advisory council to guide efforts to protect the dwindling resource. Premier John Horgan made the announcement this morning in Victoria, flanked b...
Jun 15, 2018
New Ban on Limited Dual Agency for Realtors
A new dual agency ban for realtors comes into effect across the province today. The ban will prevent realtors from acting for the buyer and seller of a property, and aims to avoid conflicts of interes...
Jun 15, 2018
Three missing after five thrown into water off Tofino, B.C., as boat sinks
TOFINO, B.C. - A search is underway in the waters off the west coast of Vancouver Island after a small boat carrying five people went down early Friday. Lt. Melissa Kia with the Joint Rescue Co-ordina...
Jun 15, 2018
Stolen golden eagle in B.C. worth $930,450, not $7M, owner claims in lawsuit
VANCOUVER - A diamond-studded golden eagle statue reported stolen in a violent robbery in 2016 is worth $930,450, not $7 million as its owner originally claimed, according to court documents. Ron Shor...
Jun 14, 2018
Groups want probe into Vancouver police carding, citing racial profiling
VANCOUVER - Metis grandmother Elaine Durocher, who has lived on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside for 11 years, says it’s time for an investigation into the disproportionate rate that Indigeno...
Jun 14, 2018