Category Archives: British Columbia
Two men guilty of polygamy given conditional sentences, served as house arrest
CRANBROOK, B.C. - Two men who took multiple wives - some as young as 15 - will serve no time in jail after a B.C. Supreme Court judge gave them conditional sentences on Tuesday. Winston Blackmore, 61,...
Jun 26, 2018
Toxic shock syndrome killed B.C. teen and tampon use can't be ruled out: coroner
COURTENAY, B.C. - A coroner has concluded a 16-year-old British Columbia girl died of toxic shock syndrome while on a school trip last year. Coroner Courtney Cote says Sara Marie Manitoski was wearing...
Jun 26, 2018
A timeline of polygamy in Canada
CRANBROOK, B.C. - Here is a timeline of polygamy in Canada: 1890: Wilford Woodruff, president of the Mormon church, ends the religion’s long-standing practise of plural marriages, paving the pat...
Jun 26, 2018
B.C.'s illicit overdose deaths decreasing almost every month this year
VANCOUVER - The BC Coroners Service has released its latest overdose statistics, showing 109 people died in May from illicit drugs. That’s a decrease of 23 per cent in the number of deaths from ...
Jun 26, 2018
Messy, screeching peafowl to be removed from Surrey, B.C., neighbourhood
SURREY, B.C. - The mournful cries of peacocks could soon be silenced in a Surrey, B.C., neighbourhood after city council voted to roust the birds. Council has approved a plan to trap about 100 peacock...
Jun 26, 2018
Winged dragon sculpture vanishes from its perch in Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - A British Columbia artist built her dragon sculpture with wings, but she never thought it would leave its perch without her help. Heather Wall says she thinks Rock Dragon 2.0 disappear...
Jun 25, 2018
Jogger who crossed U.S. border accidentally a warning to Canadians: expert
VANCOUVER - A French teenager who accidentally crossed the border from Canada to the United States and reportedly wound up detained for two weeks should serve as a warning to Canadians, says an immigr...
Jun 25, 2018
Canada asks Japan to clarify adoption stand, grants visas to stranded families
VANCOUVER - The Canadian government says it is processing visas for families who were near the end of the adoption process in Japan after five of them were stranded for weeks in a bureaucratic impasse...
Jun 25, 2018
Cultural respect identified as key for better cancer outcomes among Indigenous
VANCOUVER - Seeing a painting of two Indigenous women standing at the foot of a mountain and gazing at the moon instantly made Johnna Sparrow feel she was being supported as she dealt with breast canc...
Jun 25, 2018
B.C. tightens payday lending practices, protecting most vulnerable
VICTORIA – New limits on fees for cashing cheques and high-cost loans will take effect on Sept. 1 in British Columbia. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth says in a statement the changes tighten th...
Jun 25, 2018