Category Archives: British Columbia
Vancouver's new Escobar restaurant taking heat over perceived insensitive name
VANCOUVER - A Latin-themed restaurant in Vancouver is drawing criticism for the name it shares with a notorious Colombian drug lord linked to thousands of deaths. A spokeswoman for Escobar said the re...
May 01, 2018
PM sells Trans Mountain pipeline as Amazon announces expansion in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promoted the expansion of retail giant Amazon’s technology hub in Vancouver on Monday as he used the region’s record-high gas prices to continue s...
May 01, 2018
Health Canada says sale of rabid dog saliva homeopathic remedy unauthorized
VANCOUVER - A homeopathic remedy made with the saliva of rabid dogs will no longer be available in the country, Health Canada says, although it continues licensing similar products by other brands. Th...
Apr 30, 2018
B.C.'s 2017 wildfires have the potential to flare up this spring: Forest Service
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The BC Wildfire Service is warning that hotspots left by last year’s massive wildfires in British Columbia’s southern Interior have the potential to flare up as temp...
Apr 30, 2018
B.C. Bud to Beijing? China presses Canada over illicit marijuana imports
OTTAWA - Chinese officials have been quietly grilling Canada about illicit marijuana flowing to their country, prompting Ottawa to agree to work with them on the problem, an internal federal memo reve...
Apr 29, 2018
B.C.'s dispute over bitumen control likely to end up in Supreme Court: lawyers
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s court case over the flow of heavy oil through the province could be damaged by the NDP government’s previous positions against the expansion of the Trans Mou...
Apr 29, 2018
U.S. snowboarder Brock Crouch survives being buried by avalanche near Whistler
VANCOUVER - An American professional snowboarder has survived being buried alive by an avalanche in the backcountry near Whistler, B.C. Eighteen-year-old Brock Crouch was under the snow for five minut...
Apr 28, 2018
U.S., Japanese-based firms named as prime contractor for B.C. LNG plant
VANCOUVER – The international consortium behind plans for a liquefied natural gas terminal on British Columbia’s north coast has awarded the contract to design and build the proposed $40-b...
Apr 27, 2018
Provinces need more info about marijuana impairment testing technology: B.C.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has unveiled its plan for regulating recreational marijuana, but the enforcement and testing for drug-impaired driving remain hazy. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth said t...
Apr 27, 2018
Never say never: borrowed beaver returns to B.C. regional district
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - Justin Beaver is home again, and the tale of the stolen taxidermied teaching tool has even worked to the benefit of educators in British Columbia. The Fraser Valley Regional Distric...
Apr 26, 2018