Category Archives: British Columbia
'Disjointed' system hinders British Columbia First Nations in wildfire fight
FORT FRASER, B.C. - A fragmented system that makes British Columbia responsible for regional districts but gives the federal government authority for First Nations is hampering Indigenous groups in th...
Aug 17, 2018
B.C. judge who cried during a victim statement won't recuse herself
KELOWNA, B.C. - A provincial court judge in British Columbia who wiped away a tear during a victim impact statement in a sexual interference case says she won’t recuse herself from sentencing be...
Aug 17, 2018
'There's been a lot of devastation:' man whose family lost homes in B.C. fire
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Residents of a tiny northwestern British Columbia town ravaged by a massive wildfire are determined to extinguish the flames and rebuild their community, family members say. Dan ...
Aug 16, 2018
Arrests in Burnaby, B.C., as order against Kinder Morgan protest camp enforced
BURNABY, B.C. - The RCMP arrested protesters Thursday as officers enforced a court injunction to dismantle a protest camp and snuff out a sacred fire at a site where the Trans Mountain pipeline ends i...
Aug 16, 2018
Greens won't run candidate in Burnaby South as 'leader's courtesy' to Singh: May
VICTORIA - The Green party will not run a candidate against NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in the riding of Burnaby South. Green Leader Elizabeth May says the decision is an extension of a “leaderR...
Aug 16, 2018
Efforts to raise tug from mouth of B.C.'s Fraser River paused until Thursday
VANCOUVER - Salvage crews managed to partially raise a sunken tug from the Fraser River off Vancouver on Wednesday before the salvage operation was paused for the evening. The B.C. government said the...
Aug 15, 2018
Chinese medicine practitioner in B.C. facing historical sex assault charges
ESQUIMALT, B.C. - A B.C. acupuncturist and former military officer is facing allegations of sexual assault against four women and Victoria police say there may be other potential victims across the co...
Aug 15, 2018
Tug carrying up to 22,000 litres of fuel capsizes in Fraser River off Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The smell of diesel filled the air as crews worked to recover a capsized tugboat that may have spilled as much as 22,000 litres of the fuel in the Fraser River between Vancouver and Richmo...
Aug 14, 2018
B.C. university drops mandatory ban on sex outside of heterosexual marriage
LANGLEY, B.C. - A Christian university in British Columbia will no longer require students to adhere to a covenant forbidding sex outside of heterosexual marriage. The board of governors at Trinity We...
Aug 14, 2018
Wildfire smoke blankets B.C. and Alberta, prompting air quality advisories
VANCOUVER - Smoke from British Columbia wildfires blanketed part of western Canada from Vancouver Island to central Alberta on Tuesday, prompting air quality advisories in both provinces. While much o...
Aug 14, 2018