Category Archives: British Columbia
QuickFacts on British Columbia's recreational pot legislation
VICTORIA - Some highlights of the B.C. government’s proposed recreational cannabis laws: - The possession limit for an individual is 30 grams of dried cannabis or its equivalent and buyers must ...
Apr 26, 2018
Retail landscape revealed in British Columbia's proposed pot laws
VICTORIA - The B.C. government has unveiled its plan for regulating the sale of recreational marijuana, in a move that municipalities say gives them welcome breathing room. Solicitor General Mike Farn...
Apr 26, 2018
B.C. joins Alberta, Ontario, Quebec in banning payment for blood and plasma
VANCOUVER - Payment for blood and plasma would be prohibited in British Columbia under legislation introduced Thursday. There are no clinics in B.C. that pay people for blood or plasma and the legisla...
Apr 26, 2018
B.C. asks court to affirm right to protect environment from heavy oils
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s fight against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is heading to court with the New Democrat government seeking affirmation that it has the right to protect its en...
Apr 26, 2018
High streamflow advisories issued for much of central and southern B.C.
VANCOUVER – The centre that monitors river levels around British Columbia has issued high streamflow advisories for a large area of the province’s southern, central and southeastern Interi...
Apr 26, 2018
B.C. moves to restrict ownership, use of pharmaceutical pill presses
VICTORIA - British Columbia is cracking down on pill presses in a bid to ease the ongoing opioid overdose crisis gripping the province. The provincial government says in a news release that it has int...
Apr 25, 2018
Polish climbers hit by B.C. avalanche call home for help, spark far-flung rescue
MCBRIDE, B.C. - Two mountaineers from Poland unintentionally sparked an international rescue effort after being caught in an avalanche in eastern British Columbia. The men were climbing Whitehorn Moun...
Apr 25, 2018
Greenbelt Microgreens recall in B.C., Alberta, due to Listeria concerns
VANCOUVER – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall warning for numerous salad-type greens produced by Ontario-based Greenbelt Microgreens. The agency says the greens were distri...
Apr 25, 2018
Janet Austin installed as B.C.'s newest lieutenant governor
VICTORIA – The former head of multiple community organizations has been sworn in as British Columbia’s newest lieutenant governor. Janet Austin officially took on the role of the QueenR...
Apr 24, 2018
Doctor sees healing power in psychedelic plant as Peru investigates deaths
VANCOUVER - A retired doctor who spent years treating drug addiction says he has seen the healing powers of a psychedelic plant that a Vancouver Island man was studying in Peru before he was killed by...
Apr 24, 2018