Category Archives: British Columbia

Michael Buble announces wife's pregnancy on Juno Awards in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Michael Buble and wife, actress Luisana Lopilato, are expecting their third child. The pop crooner picked his gig hosting the Juno Awards in Vancouver to reveal his wife’s pregnancy....
Mar 25, 2018
Power use rises during Earth Hour in B.C. for first time in decade
VANCOUVER - Despite their best intentions, British Columbians increased their power use during Earth Hour for the first time in a decade. B.C. Hydro says electricity use across the province rose by 0....
Mar 25, 2018

Anti-pipeline protesters continue demonstrations at Burnaby terminal
BURNABY, B.C. - Dozens of Indigenous youth and other demonstrators gathered at Kinder Morgan’s Burnaby Terminal on Saturday, in the latest in a string of protests this past week against the expa...
Mar 25, 2018
Victoria mayor deletes Facebook, says it's not a place of healthy discourse
The mayor of British Columbia’s capital says she’s deleting Facebook because it’s no longer a space for healthy dialogue. Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps, who has actively engaged with con...
Mar 25, 2018

"Goodnight, not goodbye:' embattled band Hedley plays last show before hiatus
KELOWNA, B.C. - Hedley’s frontman suggested Friday that the group’s “indefinite hiatus” may not be permanent as the Vancouver pop-rockers closed out their tour’s final sh...
Mar 23, 2018

Green Party leader, NDP MP arrested at anti-pipeline protest in B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. - Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and a New Democrat MP were arrested Friday at a protest against Kinder Morgan’s expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline in British Columbia. May...
Mar 23, 2018

Western Canadian gas producers applaud B.C. LNG industry incentives
CALGARY - B.C. government tax incentives aimed at jump-starting the much-delayed West Coast LNG industry are being welcomed by Western Canada’s hard-hit natural gas industry as a potential path ...
Mar 23, 2018

Alberta tells B.C. to stop opposing pipelines if it doesn't like high gas prices
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says if British Columbia wants to keep gasoline prices low it should stop opposing the Kinder Morgan oil pipeline expansion. B.C. Premier John Horgan said Thurs...
Mar 23, 2018
B.C.'s police watchdog lacked training during fatal shooting probe: report
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s police watchdog lacked clear procedures and training for investigators after an officer-involved shooting led to a man’s death, says a former RCMP superinten...
Mar 23, 2018

B.C. announces rebates, conditions for liquefied natural gas projects
VICTORIA - British Columbia is offering new conditions and tax incentives for liquefied natural gas projects in the province in a move to attract investment that could put the province’s minorit...
Mar 23, 2018