Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. joins Nova Scotia in banning 'ethically problematic' cat declawing
VANCOUVER - The practice of declawing a cat is now banned in British Columbia. The College of Veterinarians of B.C. says the new standard was implemented Tuesday after it researched other jurisdiction...
May 09, 2018
Corrective to story about cat declawing
VANCOUVER - In a story that moved Tuesday about cat declawing, The Canadian Press misspelled the name of the registrar of the College of Veterinarians of B.C. Her name is Luisa Hlus. The Canadian Pres...
May 09, 2018
Saskatchewan seeks intervener status in B.C. Trans Mountain pipeline case
REGINA - Saskatchewan is seeking intervener status in British Columbia’s reference case over the flow of heavy oil through that province. Attorney General Don Morgan says Saskatchewan is dismaye...
May 09, 2018
Carjacking suspect dies after police shooting at B.C. ferry dock: RCMP
NANAIMO, B.C. - A carjacking suspect died Tuesday after police say shots were fired during an attempted arrest at a ferry terminal in Nanaimo, British Columbia. RCMP say officers were called to the De...
May 08, 2018
Police on B.C. island investigate discovery of human foot on beach
GABRIOLA ISLAND, B.C. - Police on Gabriola Island, off the east coast of Vancouver Island, are investigating the discovery of a human foot. RCMP say in a news release that a male walking the beach on ...
May 08, 2018
B.C. sets new greenhouse reduction targets to 60 per cent by 2040
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s government is counting on businesses, communities and residents to help fight climate change over the coming decades, the province’s environment minister said...
May 07, 2018
Hawaiian volcanic eruption leaves former Vancouver resident shaken
MAUNA LOA, Hawaii - A former Vancouver resident who owns a tea farm near the Kilauea volcano says her small Hawaiian community has been traumatized since molten lava began spewing several days ago. El...
May 07, 2018
B.C. police make arrest 7 years after newlywed shot following minor crash
SURREY, B.C. - A man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death seven years ago of a newlywed husband in what police say was an apparent case of road rage. Samandeep Singh Gill of Surrey,...
May 07, 2018
River Forecast Centre upgrades number of B.C. waterways on flood watch
VANCOUVER – More flood alerts have been issued in British Columbia as rivers and creeks surge with melting snow. The River Forecast Centre has upgraded flood watches and high streamflow advisori...
May 07, 2018
Two B.C. Indigenous leaders plan to speak at Kinder Morgan pipeline AGM
VANCOUVER - Two Indigenous leaders from British Columbia say they will travel to pipeline builder Kinder Morgan’s annual general meeting in Texas this week. Chief Judy Wilson with the Neskonlith...
May 07, 2018