Category Archives: British Columbia
Sun and warm weather prompts special weather advisory for B.C. residents
VANCOUVER - Special weather alerts and warnings have been posted for most areas of British Columbia as a heat wave moves into the province. Environment Canada says sun and very warm air are in the for...
Jun 18, 2018
Timely tide attracts another pod of transient orcas to Victoria harbour
VICTORIA - A pod of orcas has made a brief visit to Victoria Harbour, the second excursion by a group of killer whales in as many weeks. Jackie Cowan, who lives on a boat in the harbour and is also a ...
Jun 18, 2018
Indigenous protesters in Washington declare Trans Mountain won't be built
VANCOUVER - Cedar George-Parker remembers the moment he decided to devote his life to defending Indigenous people and their traditional territories. It was the one-year anniversary of a shooting at hi...
Jun 18, 2018
Search continues for three missing fishermen off coast of Tofino, B.C.
TOFINO, B.C. - The search continues for three missing First Nations fishermen whose boat sank off the coast of Tofino. While the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre has scaled back its search and handed...
Jun 17, 2018
From marijuana beer to pot cookies, Canadian companies creating cannabis edibles
VANCOUVER - Beer brewed with marijuana, baking mixes concocted to bring out the unique flavours of cannabis oil and good, old-fashioned pot cookies: Canadian companies are creating them all, but it...
Jun 17, 2018
Search for missing Tofino boaters scaled back, handed over to RCMP
TOFINO, B.C. - Jae Valentine woke to the sound of wolves howling and cries for help early Friday morning after a boat sank off the coast of Tofino, B.C., prompting an exhaustive search for three missi...
Jun 16, 2018
Second murder charge filed against Wash. man in 1987 death of Victoria couple
SNOHOMISH, Wash. - A second murder charge has been filed against a Washington State man accused in the death of a Canadian couple 31 years ago. William Earl Talbott is facing two charges of aggravated...
Jun 16, 2018
B.C. lawyer awarded $1 in suit against client who posted negative online review
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia lawyer has been awarded $1 in damages after suing a former client for posting a negative review online, raising questions about the balance between free expression and d...
Jun 15, 2018
Salmon farm protester yells at B.C. premier to protect wild stocks
VICTORIA - A heckler interrupted Premier John Horgan’s news conference on protecting British Columbia’s wild salmon by shouting the province is allowing the aquaculture industry to continu...
Jun 15, 2018
Transport Canada says it wasn't feces that fell onto people and cars in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Transport Canada says a substance that fell from the sky and onto vehicles and people in two British Columbia communities was not human feces from aircraft, but one woman believes the foul...
Jun 15, 2018