Category Archives: British Columbia

No adverse effects from 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster on BC coast: researchers
VANCOUVER - Seven years after the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan released radioactive elements into the environment, researchers say those elements pose minimal risk to human or salmon health alo...
Mar 11, 2018

Vancouver police investigate alleged parental abduction of boy, 9
Vancouver Police are looking for a woman who allegedly abducted her nine-year-old son on Friday, contrary to a court-imposed custody order. Shawana Chaudhary may be travelling with her son, Emerson Cu...
Mar 11, 2018

B.C. protesters rally for and against Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline plan
BURNABY, B.C. - Protesters around Vancouver held duelling rallies on Saturday, some welcoming Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project with others decrying it. Several hundred p...
Mar 10, 2018

Vancouver actor Michael Coleman denies allegations of sexual harassment
VANCOUVER - Actor Michael Coleman has denied what he calls a “whisper campaign” of sexual harassment allegations that have been made against him, saying they have damaged his reputation an...
Mar 09, 2018

Trans Mountain granted interim injunction against blockades at B.C. terminals
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has granted Trans Mountain an interim injunction aimed at preventing anti-pipeline activists from protesting construction at two terminals in Burnaby...
Mar 09, 2018

Judge rejects constitutional challenge after two men found guilty of polygamy
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A judge says two men found guilty of polygamy knew the practice was illegal as she rejected a constitutional challenge on the grounds of freedom of religion and expression. Winston B...
Mar 09, 2018

B.C. home sales to fall as interest rates rise, but prices stay strong: BCREA
VANCOUVER - Real estate experts in British Columbia predict residential home sales will dip this year but remain well above the province’s 10-year average, although they warn rising interest rat...
Mar 09, 2018

Atwal says he has renounced terrorism and he asked to attend Trudeau India event
VANCOUVER - A man at the centre of a controversy surrounding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent visit to India says he has renounced terrorism and no longer advocates for Sikh separatism. Ja...
Mar 09, 2018

Shock and oil: Alberta premier threatens to turn off taps in B.C. dispute
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is threatening to turn off the oil taps in a fight with British Columbia over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Notley won’t say if she would cut of...
Mar 09, 2018

B.C. politicians support move to allow children in legislature during sittings
VICTORIA - One of the longest serving members in British Columbia’s legislature was overcome with emotion Thursday as politicians from all parties voted to allow children on the floor of the cha...
Mar 09, 2018