Category Archives: British Columbia
Run, hide or fight: Vancouver police release video on what to do in an attack
VANCOUVER - An eight-minute video simulating a shooting at an office has been produced by Vancouver police to help prepare people if an active shooter were on the loose. The city’s police chief ...
May 23, 2018
B.C.'s Horgan defends fight to both retain and restrict Alberta oil imports
YELLOWKNIFE - B.C. Premier John Horgan says he is fighting to both retain and restrict Alberta energy imports because while the existing shipments are vital to his province, the Trans Mountain pipelin...
May 23, 2018
B.C. to spend $115 million on boosting number of nurse practitioner
VANCOUVER – British Columbia is creating 200 new nurse practitioner positions in an effort to connect more residents to a primary care provider. Nurse practitioners can either work on their own ...
May 23, 2018
Rain, melting snow pose flooding concerns across B.C. as evacuations lift
Many people forced from their homes by flooding in southern British Columbia have been allowed to return, but officials say there are still areas of concern in many parts of the province. Evacuation o...
May 23, 2018
B.C. files constitutional challenge of Alberta's fuel restriction law
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government filed a constitutional lawsuit Tuesday countering an Alberta government bill that would limit fuel being sent to the province. It comes weeks after the B.C. ...
May 22, 2018
Man facing deportation from Canada says terror accusations left him traumatized
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man who faces deportation over his Facebook posts allegedly promoting terrorist attacks in the name of the Islamic State group says he is suffering from post-traumatic s...
May 22, 2018
Saskatchewan couple survives being buried in mudslide on B.C. highway
A Saskatchewan couple is recovering in hospital after a mudslide swept them off a cliff in British Columbia. Weyburn resident Sheri Niemegeers said she and her boyfriend, Gabe Rosescu, of Regina were ...
May 22, 2018
Majority of flood evacuation orders lifted in Boundary region of B.C.
GRAND FORKS, B.C. - The majority of residents in British Columbia’s Boundary region who were forced from their homes by catastrophic floods are free to return home. The Regional District of Koot...
May 22, 2018
Man arrested in double-shooting of pregnant woman, man in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A witness to the double-shooting in Vancouver that caused one woman to lose her unborn child says she’s relieved that police have made an arrest in the case. Dollie Middleton said sh...
May 21, 2018
Oregon's flooded recreational pot market a cautionary tale: economists
VANCOUVER - As marijuana farmers in Oregon say a flood of supply is killing their businesses less than three years after recreational cannabis was legalized, economists say it’s a warning to Can...
May 21, 2018