Category Archives: British Columbia
Sales soar for marijuana advent calendars as health experts issue warning
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver cannabis company is scrambling to keep up with a flood of orders for marijuana-filled advent calendars, but the novel take on a popular Christmas tradition has some health expe...
Nov 26, 2017
Convicted child abductor Randall Hopley still at risk to reoffend: parole board
VANCOUVER - A convicted child abductor will stay behind bars after a parole board determined he is still likely to harm a child if released from prison. A federal parole board decision issued earlier ...
Nov 25, 2017
Highway 1 Opened Following Slide
Traffic is moving again along a busy stretch of Highway 1 between Vancouver and the southern Interior, but officials say crews still need more time before the road can be fully reopened following a se...
Nov 25, 2017
UBC develops new technique to identify unwanted animal products in ground beef
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia has good news for anyone who’s been a little nervous about sinking their teeth into a juicy hamburger ever since horse meat was found in European b...
Nov 25, 2017
False killer whale is latest cetacean to die at Vancouver Aquarium
VANCOUVER - A false killer whale has died at the Vancouver Aquarium, becoming the fourth cetacean to die at the facility in the past year. The aquarium said in a statement that Chester’s behavio...
Nov 24, 2017
Online cannabis dispensaries join in on Black Friday sales
Online cannabis dispensaries are the latest to cash in on the holiday shopping frenzy, with some offering dramatic markdowns or novelty products as the season known for consumer spending gets underway...
Nov 24, 2017
Oxford Dictionaries sends video message to Victoria boy who invented 'levidrome'
VICTORIA - An editor at Oxford Dictionaries in the United Kingdom has sent an encouraging response to a six-year-old Victoria boy who created a buzz by inventing a word. Levi Budd came up with levidro...
Nov 24, 2017
Black Friday enthusiasm wanes as some consumers, retailers shun practice
VANCOUVER - Chaotic images of people clamouring to be the first through the doors to get their hands on hot deals have become synonymous with Black Friday in recent years. However, the one-day shoppin...
Nov 24, 2017
B.C. New Democrats invite public input on electoral reform; Liberals cry foul
VICTORIA - British Columbians are invited to help shape a referendum planned for next fall that could reform the province’s voting system in time for the next election in 2021. Attorney General ...
Nov 23, 2017
B.C. conservation officers free deer of hammock tangled in antlers
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - Hammy the deer is no longer wearing the latest in antler adornments after conservation officers in Prince Rupert, B.C., caught up with the animal on Thursday. The adult buck earn...
Nov 23, 2017