Category Archives: British Columbia
CannabisWise program to ease consumer concerns ahead of legalization
VANCOUVER - Marijuana consumers are likely to have a flood of options when pot becomes legal next summer and now a not-for-profit group is stepping in to help determine which products to trust. The Na...
Dec 24, 2017
Homeless man returns mistakenly donated diamond ring to B.C. woman
NANAIMO, B.C. - A cherished diamond ring has been returned to a woman in British Columbia, thanks to the dogged work of a homeless man on Vancouver Island. Trinda Gajek was visiting Nanaimo last week ...
Dec 23, 2017
A by the numbers look at B.C.'s record setting 2017 wildfire season
VANCOUVER - The 2017 wildfire season in British Columbia set records as the most destructive in the province’s recorded history. Here is a look at the season by the numbers: 12,164 square kilome...
Dec 23, 2017
Court rules family of B.C. woman who stole from health authority is liable
VANCOUVER - A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled a widower is liable for repaying nearly a quarter million dollars his wife stole from the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority before she died. Court doc...
Dec 22, 2017
Bail hearing wraps for Jamie Bacon as B.C. Supreme Court judge reserves decision
VANCOUVER - A bail hearing ended Friday in the British Columbia Supreme Court for Jamie Bacon, who is accused of counselling the murder of an individual. Bacon’s lawyer, Kevin Drolet, said outsi...
Dec 22, 2017
Fernie, B.C., celebrates opening of outdoor rink following deadly ammonia leak
FERNIE, B.C. - Snow and bone-chilling cold could not dampen the enthusiasm of a British Columbia community as residents opened an outdoor ice rink Thursday night and took another step in their recover...
Dec 22, 2017
B.C. health official wants to put safe and common opioid in vending machines
VANCOUVER - Making a safe opioid available in vending machines may be the next harm reduction tool to fight the deadly overdose epidemic, says the executive medical director of the B.C. Centre for Dis...
Dec 22, 2017
Bitumen spill would harm swimming performance of migrating B.C. salmon: study
VICTORIA - Salmon migrating through rivers and streams in British Columbia use all their strength, but new research says even tiny amounts of diluted bitumen weakens their chances of making it back to...
Dec 22, 2017
Former Scouts Canada troop leader sentenced for shooting scout with pellet gun
CALGARY - A former leader of a Scouts Canada troop has received a conditional community sentence for shooting a 12-year-old scout four times with a pellet gun. Todd Robertson, who is 49, had pleaded g...
Dec 21, 2017
Murder charges laid in the deaths of mother and two daughters in Kelowna, B.C.
KELOWNA, B.C. - A mother and her two daughters are dead and murder charges have been laid after the RCMP discovered three bodies at a home in Kelowna, B.C. Court documents show Jacob Daniel Forman, wh...
Dec 21, 2017