Category Archives: British Columbia
BC ticket holder takes Saturday night's $7 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - A ticket holder in British Columbia claimed the $7 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. The draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize was won by a ticket holder in Quebec...
Jul 01, 2018
Conservation officers investigating after grizzly bear mauls kayaker in B.C.
CRESTON, B.C. - A kayaker is recovering in hospital after he was mauled by a grizzly bear near Creston, B.C., Saturday morning. Insp. Joe Caravetta of the B.C. Conservation Officer Service says the ma...
Jun 30, 2018
B.C. restaurant manager fired for refusing to serve man in pro-Trump hat
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver restaurant manager has been fired for refusing to serve a customer who was wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat. The slogan popularized by U.S. President Donald...
Jun 30, 2018
Different views on impact of sentence in British Columbia polygamy case
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s former attorney general says a strong message against polygamy has been sent even though two men at the centre of a long-running legal case received only house arr...
Jun 28, 2018
5 things from B.C. report on money laundering
VANCOUVER - The B.C. government has released an independent report that says money laundering at Vancouver-area casinos fuelled the opioid crisis and the skyrocketing real-estate market. Here are five...
Jun 27, 2018
Metro Vancouver casinos gang destinations for money laundering: report
VANCOUVER - Money-laundering operations in casinos have been tied to British Columbia’s opioid overdose crisis and the real-estate market, the attorney general said Wednesday as he released an i...
Jun 27, 2018
B.C. chicken-catching company denies neglect, cruelty accusations
VANCOUVER - The head of a British Columbia chicken-catching company under investigation for alleged animal neglect and cruelty says his employees have not done anything wrong. Elite Services president...
Jun 27, 2018
Cost of substance use in Canada tops $38 billion, with booze and tobacco on top
VICTORIA - The economic cost of substance use in Canada in 2014 was $38.4 billion, or about $1,100 for every Canadian, and came with a staggering toll of 67,515 deaths, says a report released Tuesday....
Jun 26, 2018
Animal protection to investigate alleged neglect, cruelty at B.C. farm
VANCOUVER - The SPCA is investigating an egg farm and a chicken-catching service in British Columbia following reports of alleged neglect and cruelty. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has r...
Jun 26, 2018
Radio host outspoken about Surrey, B.C., violence says bullets fired at her car
SURREY, B.C. - A talk show host in Surrey, B.C., says bullets were fired at her car and her opinions on gang violence might be to blame. Ashiana Khan is CEO of Media Waves Communications, an internet ...
Jun 26, 2018