Category Archives: British Columbia

Horgan says monthly child care fees to drop $350 on April 1 for some parents
COQUITLAM, B.C. – Premier John Horgan says support in the budget for child care is among the first steps towards the NDP’s promise of a $10-a-day program. He says starting April 1, monthly...
Mar 28, 2018

B.C. port hopes to reduce gull poop by attracting eagles to fake tree
John Briant has never grown accustomed to the scent that hundreds of gulls bring to Victoria’s largest port. The general manager of Western Stevedoring, which manages Ogden Point, says it’...
Mar 28, 2018

Indigenous B.C. treaties, recordings on first Canadian UNESCO memory register
VICTORIA - A mother, son and uncle performed together Tuesday at a ceremony that added British Columbia’s first Indigenous treaties and decades-old recordings of traditional First Nations’...
Mar 28, 2018

B.C. government to spend $11M for thousands more diagnostic scans by 2019
SURREY, B.C. – British Columbia is increasing the number of MRI exams that will be done across the province. Health Minister Adrian Dix says 37,000 more MRIs will be done by this time next year ...
Mar 27, 2018
Human rights hearing proceeds: Waiter argues his French culture behind firing
VANCOUVER - A waiter in British Columbia who is disputing his firing argues his French culture led to his dismissal. Guillaume Rey appealed to the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, which has rejected the re...
Mar 27, 2018

B.C. makes changes to speculation tax after criticism from homeowners
VICTORIA - British Columbia is trying to more directly target urban areas with changes it announced Monday to a proposed tax on property speculation after some municipalities demanded exemptions and t...
Mar 26, 2018

Trudeau apologizes to Tsilhqot'in for hanging of chiefs in 1864 'Chilcotin War'
OTTAWA - For generations of Tsilhqot’in youth, the first story they learn is of the historic betrayal by the British colonial government that led to the hanging of six of the nation’s lead...
Mar 26, 2018
Federal court dismisses B.C. First Nation's bid to block fish farm restocking
VANCOUVER - A B.C. First Nation has lost its court bid to prevent the restocking of an open-net salmon farm in its traditional territories off northern Vancouver Island. The ‘Namgis First Nation...
Mar 26, 2018

Optimism shines bright at upbeat Juno Awards show in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - It was a night of positivity and resilience at the Juno Awards as the stars of Canadian music focused on celebrating the upsides of life. Host Michael Buble set the tone early on Sunday ni...
Mar 26, 2018

Rare cholera outbreak on Vancouver Island: 'We have not seen this before'
VANCOUVER - As many as four people have been infected with cholera in British Columbia, in what health officials are calling an extremely rare case. Dr. Shannon Waters, a medical health officer with I...
Mar 26, 2018