Category Archives: British Columbia
DNA privacy questioned as police nab suspects by searching family trees
VICTORIA - As the years stretched into decades with no arrests after his sister’s body was found in Washington state, it was becoming hard for John Van Cuylenborg of Victoria, B.C., to maintain ...
Jun 08, 2018
Five questions about genetic genealogy and how police use it
VANCOUVER - Police in Washington state used a controversial new investigative technique they say helped them solve the murder of Victoria-area resident Tanya Van Cuylenborg, who was killed more than 3...
Jun 08, 2018
Coroner says illicit-drug deaths spiked in one B.C. health authority in April
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Coroners Service says the number of suspected overdose deaths involving illicit drugs decreased by 23 per cent in April compared with a near-record month of fatalities ...
Jun 07, 2018
B.C. Metis one step closer to control over child and family welfare
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The Metis community in British Columbia has signed an agreement with the provincial government to assume authority over Metis child and family welfare by 2021. Metis Nation B.C....
Jun 07, 2018
Looking to the sky: B.C. company says it is sucking carbon from air, making fuel
It sounds like spinning straw into gold: suck carbon dioxide from the air where it’s contributing to climate change and turn it into fuel for cars, trucks and jets. A British Columbia company sa...
Jun 07, 2018
Grey whale buried at B.C. dump exhumed added to provincial museum's collection
UCLUELET, B.C. - They arrived at the dump ready to dig up a grey whale’s grave, carrying shovels, rakes, brushes and small garden tools, hoping the decomposition process had done the job of clea...
Jun 07, 2018
Alleged international money launderer arrested in British Columbia: RCMP
RICHMOND, B.C. - A man suspected of being a “high roller” and international money launderer has been arrested in B.C. Mounties say Dan Bui Shun Jin was issued a deportation order for his a...
Jun 06, 2018
Police: Case of 2 men missing in B.C. since May 16 considered suspicious
UCLUELET, B.C. - Police on Vancouver Island say the disappearance of two men who were last seen on May 16 is now considered suspicious and the case has been handed over to the Vancouver Island Integra...
Jun 06, 2018
Honorary degree for B.C. elder's efforts to keep her Indigenous language alive
ROSEDALE, B.C. - She’s the last surviving fluent speaker of her Indigenous language, but Elizabeth Phillips says she’s more confident now than ever that her mother tongue will survive. The...
Jun 06, 2018
Legal pot not a public health or safety threat, researchers tell Senate
VANCOUVER - There’s little evidence that legalized marijuana poses a threat to public health and safety, and there may be benefits, says a new study from Canadian doctors and researchers. The re...
Jun 06, 2018