Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. tells feds to back off, stop interfering in Trans Mountain pipeline
VANCOUVER - British Columbia says the federal government needs to back off and stop interfering in an independent review process over the approval of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline. Env...
Nov 30, 2017
Local Builder Creates Tiny Home
The Tiny home craze has caught on in North America. Minimalists, environmentalists and some who cant afford to get into the housing market are turning to the alternative. One local builder who is hopi...
Nov 30, 2017
Crown says B.C. ex-Mountie accused of sexual assault painted woman as instigator
VANCOUVER - A retired RCMP inspector had a mistaken belief that a civilian employee consented to sexual activity in a washroom at the force’s British Columbia headquarters, the Crown says. Miche...
Nov 30, 2017
Ottawa wants conflict resolution panel for Trans Mountain pipeline project
OTTAWA - The federal government wants to see a new process established to resolve conflicts over permits that Kinder Morgan says is delaying construction on its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in Br...
Nov 30, 2017
B.C.'s mental health detention system violates charter rights: report
VANCOUVER - British Columbia needs to overhaul a mental health system that allows psychiatric facilities to detain people with little justification, to deny them access to a lawyer and to take away th...
Nov 30, 2017
Salmon farms spewing untreated bloodwater puts wild fish at risk: advocates
OTTAWA - Environment Canada is investigating allegations that fish plants in British Columbia are spewing virus-laden bloody water from processed, farmed salmon into the water off the coast of Vancouv...
Nov 30, 2017
Police uniforms, vehicles no longer allowed in Vancouver Pride parade
VANCOUVER - There won’t be any uniformed police officers marching alongside the colourful floats in Vancouver’s Pride parade next August. Andrea Arnot, executive director of the Vancouver ...
Nov 29, 2017
Small Businesses In B.C. To Receive Relief For Losses In Wildfires
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government says it is offering eligible small businesses increased relief funds up to a maximum of $18,500 for losses following this summer’s wildfire seaso...
Nov 29, 2017
B.C. court grants a conditional sentence to woman in standoff with police
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A woman shot by police three times in an armed standoff in eastern British Columbia has been given a conditional sentence because the Crown says she was also a victim. A Prince G...
Nov 29, 2017
Producer for Vancouver-shot TV shows fired amid sexual harassment allegations
An executive producer for several Vancouver-shot superhero shows has been fired following a “thorough investigation” into allegations of sexual harassment against him. Warner Bros. Televis...
Nov 29, 2017