Category Archives: British Columbia
Unidentified Capsules Found In Multivitamin Bottle
Health Canada is advising the public that a Flintstones Plus Iron multivitamin bottle for children was found containing unidentified capsules instead of chewable tablets. The opened bottle had the saf...
Jan 12, 2018
Sisters found dead on Christmas Day symbolized by butterflies at funeral
VICTORIA - The deaths of two sisters at Christmas have left many people confused, vulnerable and grasping for answers about why their young lives were cut short, a funeral service heard Friday. More t...
Jan 12, 2018
More cases of influenza B detected this flu season: health officials
VANCOUVER - More Canadians are coughing, sniffling and sneezing though what health officials say is a flu season with higher than normal activity. The flu season began in December and the Public Healt...
Jan 12, 2018
B.C. minor hockey association sued for alleged damages and flooding at hotel
VANCOUVER - A lawsuit has been filed against a minor hockey association, a team representative and 60 unidentified players and parents alleging more than $200,000 in damage was caused at a hotel in Sq...
Jan 12, 2018
McDonald's pulls radio ad encouraging fast food over museum visits
McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada has apologized and pulled a national radio ad that encouraged people to buy its fast food offerings rather than visit a museum after Canadian museums pushed back...
Jan 12, 2018
Prison staff in B.C. foil pre-Christmas drone delivery of drugs, cigarettes
MATSQUI, B.C. - Vigilant staff members at a federal prison in British Columbia have seized a package of contraband they say was being smuggled into the institution by drone. Gordon Tanner, the assista...
Jan 12, 2018
B.C.'s 2017 home sales below 2016 record, but far above average says BCREA
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Real Estate Association says fewer homes were sold across the province in 2017 compared with the year earlier, but it says prices were up and sales remained above 100,...
Jan 12, 2018
Ex-B.C. health minister says pot promising substitute for opioid addiction
VANCOUVER - Terry Lake, the former British Columbia health minister who oversaw the declaration of a public-health emergency amid the deadly fentanyl crisis, is urging more research on the effects of ...
Jan 12, 2018
High School Completion Rates On The Rise
Education Minister Rob Fleming is welcoming news that high school completion rates are on the rise in BC. The greatest gains are among Indigenous and special needs students, but Fleming says more work...
Jan 11, 2018
B.C. man accused of threatening woman with a gun appears in court
VERNON, B.C. - A British Columbia man accused of threatening a woman with a gun wants a trial by a Supreme Court judge. Curtis Sagmoen is facing seven charges including pointing a firearm, uttering th...
Jan 11, 2018