Category Archives: British Columbia
Boyer arrested without incident in Kamloops to end manhunt
KAMLOOPS - Update: Mounties have provided further details regarding the arrest of 41-year-old Kamloops man Michael Shawn Boyer. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says members of Kamloops RCMP General Du...
Nov 06, 2017
Police say girl died after falling from window of highrise in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. - RCMP in the Vancouver suburb of Burnaby say the death of an eight-year-old girl who fell from a highrise is not considered suspicious. Cpl. Daniela Panesar says the child fell from a w...
Nov 06, 2017
Study finds 'alarming rate' of OD deaths among young Indigenous people in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Indigenous drug users in British Columbia are 13 times more likely to die compared with other Canadians of the same age, says a decade-long study calling for cultural connections as a path...
Nov 06, 2017
Federal NDP leader witnesses opioid overdose crisis, break his heart
VICTORIA - Jagmeet Singh says he’s witnessed the devastation of British Columbia’s opioid overdose epidemic and it breaks his heart. The federal New Democrat Party leader said he visited a...
Nov 04, 2017
B.C. NDP premier tells celebratory convention delegates tough decisions ahead
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier John Horgan opened his New Democratic Party’s convention on Saturday with an exuberant cheer to celebrate the party’s rise to power after 16 years of Li...
Nov 04, 2017
BC Liberal leadership candidates debate rural development, opioid crisis
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - BC Liberal leadership hopefuls touted their ideas for bolstering the resource sector and tackling the province’s opioid overdose crisis in an appeal to northern voters duri...
Nov 04, 2017
Bella Coola Drowning
A Bella Coola man who lived in a floating home went missing yesterday. Local RCMP arrived at where the home was docked and found it completely destroyed. There was no sign of the man. He was believed ...
Nov 03, 2017
Economic Growth in Western Canada to Lead the Way
According to the BMO Blue Book, Western Canada remains on pace to lead economic growth in the country. If the trends in real estate and consumer spending continue in Alberta and B.C., the combined gro...
Oct 30, 2017
Indigenous Peoples paradox: Aboriginals younger, but getting old, census finds
OTTAWA - A high fertility rate and a growing sense of self are fuelling an explosion in the ranks of Indigenous Peoples, according to fresh census numbers that lay bare the demographic challenges faci...
Oct 25, 2017
Low wages, small workforce leaves booming B.C. restaurants without chefs
VANCOUVER - The restaurant industry may be booming in British Columbia, but a combination of the high cost of living, tight profit margins and a shrinking workforce has made it difficult for kitchens ...
Oct 16, 2017