Category Archives: British Columbia

Former B.C. premier says pot industry about to enter Wild West period
VICTORIA - Canada is about to enter a new gold rush with many dreaming of striking it rich in the marijuana industry, says former British Columbia premier Mike Harcourt, who has staked his own claim i...
May 25, 2018

Eagle with broken wing now in recovery facility after RCMP rescue
BELLA COOLA, B.C. - A pair of police officers on British Columbia’s central coast went beyond the call of duty to rescue a local constituent over the long weekend. RCMP say constables Casey Char...
May 25, 2018

Homicide Investigation
Fort St. John – The search for a missing Fort St. John man has now turned into a homicide investigation. The North District Major Crimes Unit along with the assistance of the BC Corners service ...
May 25, 2018

TransLink pauses campaign featuring Morgan Freeman after allegations surface
VANCOUVER - Metro Vancouver’s transit authority is pressing pause on a promotional campaign featuring Morgan Freeman, following a report detailing allegations of misconduct against the actor. Tr...
May 24, 2018

Vancouver, Squamish pipeline challenges dismissed by court in B.C.
VICTORIA - The City of Vancouver and Squamish Nation have lost legal challenges aimed at quashing an environmental assessment certificate issued by British Columbia for the Trans Mountain pipeline exp...
May 24, 2018

Feds limit chinook fishery to help resident killer whale recovery
VANCOUVER - The federal government is closing some recreational and commercial chinook fisheries on the West Coast in an effort to help save endangered southern resident killer whales. Fisheries Minis...
May 24, 2018
Toddler dies after going missing from B.C. daycare, found in swimming pool
MISSION, B.C. - A 23-month-old child has died in Mission, B.C., after she was reported missing from a daycare and found unresponsive in a swimming pool at a neighbouring property. The RCMP say they we...
May 24, 2018

Mom who died hours before daughter's wedding wanted her family to be happy: twin
TOFINO, B.C. - A mother of three who died just hours before her daughter’s wedding in Tofino, B.C., would have wanted the celebration to go ahead, says her twin brother. Pat Doyle said his siste...
May 24, 2018
Voracious plant-eating Japanese beetle found in downtown Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Plants and soil can’t be moved across a wide swath of Vancouver after the discovery of the Japanese beetle. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says plants and soil can’t leave...
May 24, 2018
Facebook posts were reply to propaganda against Islamic State: migrant
VANCOUVER - Facebook posts that allegedly supported lone-wolf terrorist attacks were part of a mission to counter the western media’s propaganda machine against the Islamic State group, a Britis...
May 23, 2018