Category Archives: British Columbia
Researchers make rare sighting of sperm whale near Alert Bay, B.C.
VANCOUVER - Researchers studying the activity of whales off British Columbia’s coast have had an unusual and “surreal” encounter with a sperm whale. Jared Towers is part of a Fisheri...
Feb 14, 2018
No one hurt as WestJet diverts flight in B.C., due to fire warning light
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Passengers aboard a scheduled WestJet Encore flight from Fort St. John, B.C., to Vancouver had an unexpected stopover when their plane was diverted to Prince George. WestJet says...
Feb 14, 2018
B.C. government throne speech puts focus on housing, child care, affordability
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan introduced a plan Tuesday to make life in British Columbia more affordable, but it was overshadowed by the unfolding dispute with the Alberta and federal governments ove...
Feb 13, 2018
Man who pledged $7.5M donation to hockey team pleads guilty in unrelated fraud
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A man who pledged $7.5 million to a British Columbia junior hockey team has pleaded guilty to an unrelated fraud charge. Mike Gould of Calgary was charged with fraud and using a forg...
Feb 13, 2018
Vancouver man banned from dance club fails in bid for human rights hearing
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal won’t reconsider its refusal to hear a Vancouver man’s complaint that his dance club banned him for being “creepy,” and discriminated...
Feb 13, 2018
Dear John: Alberta launches petition to B.C.'s Premier Horgan in pipeline fight
EDMONTON - Alberta is ratcheting up the public relations fight over the Trans Mountain oil pipeline by launching a website and online petition. Premier Rachel Notley is asking Albertans to sign the pe...
Feb 13, 2018
Canada will do what it must to prevent B.C. from stopping pipeline, says Carr
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr says the government will not entertain any attempts by British Columbia to stall or stop the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline. “If that is th...
Feb 13, 2018
Notley says she wants progress within days from feds on B.C. pipeline dispute
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she wants progress within days from Ottawa in resolving a pipeline dispute with British Columbia, or her government will look at further retaliatory measu...
Feb 13, 2018
'Bushman of the Shuswap' dies nearly two decades after dramatic capture in B.C.
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A fugitive who evaded police as the “Bushman of the Shuswap” and later loved playing Santa and ran for mayor in his hometown of Williams Lake, B.C., has died. John Bj...
Feb 12, 2018
Snow camping B.C. teenagers needed rescue when hypothermia took hold
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. - Three teenagers who planned to camp on a mountain near Maple Ridge, B.C., had to be rescued when their equipment turned out to be insufficient for sub-zero temperatures. Ridge Mead...
Feb 12, 2018