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...
CKPG News Mar 28, 2018
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’...
CKPG News Mar 28, 2018
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’...
CKPG News Mar 28, 2018
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 ...
CKPG News Mar 27, 2018
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...
CKPG News Mar 27, 2018
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...
CKPG News Mar 26, 2018
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...
CKPG News Mar 26, 2018
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...
CKPG News Mar 26, 2018
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...
CKPG News Mar 26, 2018
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...
CKPG News Mar 26, 2018