Category Archives: British Columbia
Rescuers end search for plane missing with two aboard in southeastern B.C.
VICTORIA - Rescuers have called off the search for a small plane with two people aboard that disappeared more than a week ago while flying over southeastern British Columbia. The Joint Rescue Co-ordin...
Dec 05, 2017
Kinder Morgan and Burnaby clash in NEB hearing over Trans Mountain project
CALGARY - Kinder Morgan Canada and Burnaby, B.C., clashed in a National Energy Board’s hearing room Monday over the fate of local permitting for the controversial Trans Mountain expansion projec...
Dec 05, 2017
Wrongful conviction award for British Columbia man capped at $8 million
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Court of Appeal says the provincial government will not have to pay the full $8 million in compensation awarded to a man who spent 27 years in prison before he was acquitted of se...
Dec 04, 2017
Five homes evacuated as massive boulder rolls into Fraser Valley community
AGASSIZ, B.C. - Five homes have been evacuated in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley over concerns about the stability of a giant boulder that slid down into a residential community last month. Th...
Dec 04, 2017
UBC astrophysicist honoured for work on determining universe's age, composition
VANCOUVER - Astrophysicist Dr. Gary Hinshaw wasn’t sure what a satellite would find when it launched in 2001. The data it discovered would lead his NASA team to create what Hinshaw describes as ...
Dec 03, 2017
B.C.'s chief coroner denounces 'fear-based' fentanyl campaign by funeral home
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s chief coroner says the agency doesn’t endorse what it calls “fear-based initiatives” after a funeral home launched a campaign to combat the opioi...
Dec 03, 2017
Rescued barge adrift off B.C. coast to be towed to Alaska, First Nation relieved
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - A British Columbia First Nation is breathing a sigh of relief as a barge carrying millions of litres of fuel was removed from its harbour on the central coast. The barge broke away...
Dec 02, 2017
BC Liberal leadership hopefuls on the defence debating plans for party's future
KELOWNA, B.C. - Several of the BC Liberals leadership hopefuls were on the defence as their fellow candidates picked apart their platforms during a heated debate in Kelowna, B.C., on Saturday. Todd St...
Dec 02, 2017
Trudeau campaigns for Surrey, B.C., Liberal candidate ahead of byelection
SURREY, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau campaigned with a Liberal candidate in British Columbia on Saturday amid a tight byelection race in a booming Vancouver suburb. Trudeau attended a campaign...
Dec 02, 2017
Funeral chain creates program to underscore the dangers of fentanyl
LANGLEY, B.C. - A funeral services chain in British Columbia is developing a program it hopes will cut the number of drug deaths related to fentanyl among children and young adults. Alternatives Funer...
Dec 02, 2017