Category Archives: British Columbia
Pancreatic cancer study aims to provide personalized treatment and hope
VANCOUVER - Susan Stewart remembers going shopping with her daughter on Black Friday in December 2016. The next day, she felt nauseous and by Monday, her urine was dark brown, prompting her to book an...
Mar 07, 2018

Province Phases Out BC HOME Partnership Program
VICTORIA – Due to low participation, the BC Home Owner Mortgage and Equity Partnership program will come to an end on March 31st. Current program recipients will not be affected and applications...
Mar 06, 2018

Canada well-positioned to handle turmoil over NAFTA talks: finance minister
VANCOUVER - A strong economy is allowing Canadian officials to push for a better deal in negotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Tuesday. Talks on t...
Mar 06, 2018

B.C. issues rabbit warning after rare disease kills bunnies on Vancouver Island
VICTORIA - Hundreds of feral rabbits in a Vancouver Island community are falling victim to a rare disease that prompted the government to warn people against releasing their long-eared pets into the w...
Mar 06, 2018

Province Takes Action On Price-Gouging Scalpers
VICTORIA – The BC government needs public input as they look to clamp down on high-priced ticket scalping for live events. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth says live events should be both afford...
Mar 06, 2018
Overdose deaths in B.C. increase in January; most in Vancouver, Victoria, Surrey
VANCOUVER - Illicit drug overdose deaths in British Columbia rose in January compared with December, with 125 people believed to have died from street narcotics or unprescribed medications. The provin...
Mar 06, 2018

Kenney threatens to limit flow of oil to B.C., and put toll on natural gas
VANCOUVER - Jason Kenney, Alberta’s Opposition leader and candidate for premier, says his government would ensure “serious consequences” for British Columbia if it blocks the Trans M...
Mar 05, 2018

Eby says ICBC shift involves rewarding good driving, penalizing poor driving
VICTORIA – The minister in charge of public auto insurance in British Columbia says he’s looking to remodel the system to reward good drivers with lower rates and penalize poor drivers wit...
Mar 05, 2018

Community upset after former B.C. mayor charged with numerous sex offences
BURNS LAKE, B.C. - An Indigenous leader in central British Columbia says his community is angry and disheartened after its former mayor was charged with sex-related offences. Chief Wilf Adam of the La...
Mar 05, 2018

Bishop's University student from B.C. dies after fall in Dominican Republic
MONTREAL - A Bishop’s University student died and another was injured after they both fell at a beach resort in the Dominican Republic while on spring break vacation over the weekend. University...
Mar 05, 2018