Category Archives: British Columbia
Universities, colleges offering more training for marijuana industry
VANCOUVER - From growing the perfect crop to marketing within restrictive rules, Canadian colleges and universities are cultivating courses for those wanting to work in the booming marijuana industry....
Feb 05, 2018
Suspected impaired driver stripped of keys to Lamborghini by Victoria police
VICTORIA - The owner of a high-end sports car in Victoria has learned it’s best to keep the vehicle well maintained to avoid attracting unwanted attention. Police say a 31-year-old man was at th...
Feb 05, 2018
B.C. Tech Advocate To Help Boost Federal Funding For Innovative Projects
VICTORIA - British Columbia has appointed its first innovation commissioner to advocate for the province’s technology sector in Ottawa, Washington state and abroad. Alan Winter will take on the ...
Feb 05, 2018
Correction to Feb. 4 story about marijuana education
VANCOUVER - In a story Feb. 4 story about marijuana education, The Canadian Press erroneously reported that New Brunswick Community College is offering a course on marijuana cultivation. In fact, the ...
Feb 05, 2018
Tropical bird rescued by British Columbia SPCA dies despite treatment
VICTORIA - A tropical seabird rescued by a Vancouver Island animal rehabilitation centre last week has died. The British Columbia SPCA’s wild animal rehabilitation centre says the brown booby wa...
Feb 04, 2018
B.C. Liberals elect new leader who stresses party roots, praises Gordon Campbell
VANCOUVER - The first thing Andrew Wilkinson did after winning the leadership of British Columbia’s Liberal party was pay tribute to the successes of former premiers Christy Clark and Gordon Cam...
Feb 04, 2018
Two people, two horses die in highway crash in southeast B.C.
CRESTON, B.C. - Police say two people and two horses are dead after a highway crash in the southeastern British Columbia community of Moyie. RCMP from the Creston detachment say a tractor trailer was ...
Feb 04, 2018
Andrew Wilkinson wins B.C. Liberal leadership after party's 2017 defeat
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s Liberals turned to a former cabinet minister with a blue blood intellectual pedigree and deep rural roots to lead them Saturday night, as Andrew Wilkinson appealed...
Feb 03, 2018
Four hospitalized following crash with alleged bank robbers: Vancouver police
VANCOUVER - Police say four people were taken to hospital after a car crash in east Vancouver as police investigated two bank robberies. Const. Jason Doucette says none of those who were injured were ...
Feb 03, 2018
Stone campaign clarifies membership issues in B.C. Liberal leadership race
VANCOUVER - A campaign for one of the candidates to lead the B.C. Liberal party says it knew about issues with more than 1,000 membership applications two weeks earlier than it previously disclosed. A...
Feb 03, 2018