Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. girl hopes DNA drive will help her find birth parents in China
VANCOUVER - For 10-year-old Isabelle Smit, finding new blood relatives through a long-shot DNA drive has been like a game of Connect the Dots. Smit, who was adopted as an infant from Chongqing, China,...
Feb 25, 2018
Supplier to NHL's Calgary Flames breathes again as B.C. wine ban suspended
VICTORIA - The operators of a small British Columbia winery that landed a big contract to be the official wine of the National Hockey League’s Calgary Flames are relieved their Cabernet Merlot a...
Feb 24, 2018
Charter plane with 10 people on board slides off runway in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - An aircraft carrying 10 people slid off an airport runway Friday in Abbotsford, B.C. Airport general manager Parm Sidhu said officials were trying to confirm what happened but no on...
Feb 23, 2018
Heavy snow in parts of B.C. forces cancellations, prompts travel warnings
VANCOUVER - A snow storm swept across parts of British Columbia on Friday, prompting travel advisories and cancelled flights. Environment Canada issued separate snowfall advisories for the north and c...
Feb 23, 2018
$153 million in federal cash to fund child care and education training in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Help is on the way for cash-strapped British Columbia parents struggling with expensive daycare fees and long waiting lists, say federal and provincial politicians after signing a bilatera...
Feb 23, 2018
Truce called, wine flows again, in B.C.-Alberta trade war over pipeline
VICTORIA - The Alberta government accepted an olive branch from British Columbia and suspended its ban on the province’s wine Thursday in a dispute over the Trans Mountain pipeline. Alberta Prem...
Feb 23, 2018
Expansion of B.C. foreign buyers tax to Okanagan, Vancouver Island is questioned
VANCOUVER - A foreign buyers tax will do little to cool the British Columbia housing markets where it’s been expanded, as international purchasers make up only a small percentage of sales and la...
Feb 22, 2018
B.C. family says care home switched their mom's cat with robotic version
DUNCAN, B.C. - The family of a British Columbia woman who has dementia say staff at a care home removed her cat and replaced it with a robotic stuffed animal. Dawn Douglas has been living at the Sunri...
Feb 22, 2018
B.C. businesses say new health tax will raise prices for consumers
VANCOUVER - Eric Pateman says a new health care tax in British Columbia will add about $30,000 to the annual payroll costs for his Vancouver restaurant, and with tight profit margins there is little r...
Feb 22, 2018
Canadian humorist Arthur Black of CBC Radio's 'Basic Black' dies at age 74
SALT SPRING ISLAND, B.C. - Beloved Canadian broadcaster and humorist Arthur Black has died at age 74. A statement on his website says the former CBC Radio host died Wednesday at Lady Minto Hospital on...
Feb 22, 2018