Category Archives: British Columbia
Tropical brown booby seabird found shivering, injured, on Victoria waterfront
VICTORIA - An unlikely visitor to Vancouver Island is recovering at an animal rescue centre after being found, shivering and injured, on the Victoria waterfront. The female brown booby is receiving tr...
Feb 01, 2018
Regulators urged to include so-called grey market in marijuana legalization
VANCOUVER - If it wasn’t for the scent, customers who wandered into Eden Medicinal Society would be forgiven for thinking they had entered a boutique health store rather than a marijuana dispens...
Feb 01, 2018
Canadian space sleuth discovers NASA satellite not a 'piece of space junk'
ROBERTS CREEK, B.C. - An amateur astronomer in British Columbia has made a discovery that has gained the attention of NASA. Scott Tilley, a 47-year-old electrical technologist, sneaks time away from h...
Feb 01, 2018
B.C.'s coroner says over 1,422 people died of illicit drug overdoses last year
VANCOUVER - Illicit drug overdoses claimed 1,422 lives in British Columbia last year, setting a new threshold for the crisis that has been fuelled by the powerful opioid fentanyl. The BC Coroners Serv...
Feb 01, 2018
Former B.C. government aide gets nine-month conditional sentence in vote scheme
VANCOUVER - A former government communications director received a nine-month conditional sentence Wednesday for using his public job to attract ethnic votes for British Columbia’s Liberal party...
Jan 31, 2018
B.C. man in threats case faces new assault charges in separate alleged incidents
VERNON, B.C. - The RCMP say additional charges have been laid against a British Columbia man after allegations were made by female sex workers following a police search of a farm in Salmon Arm where h...
Jan 31, 2018
B.C. to face consequences over plan to ban increased oil shipments: Alberta
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says there will be consequences for British Columbia over the province’s latest attempt to hinder expansion of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain oil pipel...
Jan 31, 2018
Women sue B.C. grocery store over intimate photos allegedly taken in washroom
VICTORIA - Two former employees are suing a grocery store on Vancouver Island, alleging another worker surreptitiously took intimate photos of them and posted them online without consent. Jennifer Bur...
Jan 31, 2018
B.C. First Nation claims Victoria-area island, alleging treaty rights violated
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia First Nation is claiming title to a private island off Victoria that is currently owned by one of the world’s richest men and is valued at more than $54 million. J...
Jan 31, 2018
B.C. Liberals to elect new leader among field of veterans and newcomers
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s Liberals will elect a new leader Saturday with an assignment to ignite and guide the party from an unfamiliar position in Opposition after 16 years in power. An est...
Jan 31, 2018