Category Archives: British Columbia
Airplane makes emergency landing on B.C.'s Coquihalla Highway near Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - Motorists driving on B.C.’s Coquihalla Highway were treated to a bizarre sight this afternoon when a small airplane landed on the highway median. Debra Sharkey was driving from V...
Apr 22, 2018
Victoria teen's accidental overdose started with prescription drugs, parents say
VICTORIA - The parents of a Victoria teen who died Friday from an accidental overdose say they felt trapped by a medical system that didn’t give them a say in their son’s painkiller prescr...
Apr 21, 2018
Victoria naturopath criticized for treating boy with rabid-dog saliva remedy
VANCOUVER - Health Canada is launching an investigation after concerns were raised over a Victoria naturopath who treated a four-year-old boy with a rabid-dog saliva remedy. The probe comes after Brit...
Apr 20, 2018
B.C. man accused of killing student not fit to stand trial: court
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A schizophrenic man accused of murdering a high school student in Abbotsford, B.C., may never be well enough for the court case to go ahead, his lawyer says. B.C. Supreme Court...
Apr 20, 2018
Regional district in B.C. wonders 'Where Are U Now,' Justin Beaver
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A toothy teaching tool has vanished from a park in British Columbia, and educators working there hope the fluffy stuffie will be returned. Justin Beaver, a nearly 10-kilogram, taxid...
Apr 20, 2018
Funeral for Victoria officer who spent 30 years mostly unresponsive after crash
VICTORIA - A Victoria police officer who lay in an unresponsive state for 30 years after an on-duty collision is finally at peace, a funeral service heard Thursday. Const. Ian Jordan was injured in a ...
Apr 20, 2018
Canada given one year to sort out B.C. First Nations commercial fishery: court
VANCOUVER - A group of West Coast First Nations has won the right to harvest and sell fish commercially after a 12-year court battle. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Mary Humphries has ruled Fisheries and ...
Apr 19, 2018
B.C. communities await marine spill compensation years after incidents
VANCOUVER - Despite “polluter pay” laws in Canada, local governments and agencies are still waiting to recover costs incurred during two significant fuel spills off British Columbia’...
Apr 19, 2018
BC Government Phasing Out Liquor Servers Wage By 2021
VICTORIA - A worker’s rights group says it’s happy that the BC government plans to close the wage gap between liquor servers and the province’s minimum wage, but it would prefer the ...
Apr 19, 2018
External investigation of ex-police chief's conduct can go ahead: B.C. court
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s Court of Appeal has ruled an external investigation into the conduct of Victoria’s former police chief can go ahead, but it notes the probe may not be in the...
Apr 19, 2018