Category Archives: British Columbia
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
B.C. sets stage for 2018 referendum on electoral reform
VICTORIA - The stage is being set for a referendum to determine whether British Columbia will use a form of proportional representation to elect its provincial politicians in time for the next electio...
Oct 05, 2017
Children's representative calls for youth mental health system in B.C.
VICTORIA - A 17-year-old boy who took his own life on the grounds of a children’s hospital in Vancouver didn’t get the mental health treatment he needed from the time he was two years old,...
Oct 05, 2017
Paralympian and politician Michelle Stilwell can't find gold medal in her office
VICTORIA - Former paralympian and politician Michelle Stilwell says one of her gold medals has gone missing from an office at British Columbia’s legislature. The former cabinet minister says whe...
Oct 04, 2017
Vancouver resorting to pressure from family, friends to deter distracted drivers
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver are hoping pressure from family and friends will succeed where fines and penalties have failed in convincing drivers to put down their cellphones when they get behind t...
Oct 04, 2017
RCMP uncover store of cocaine and 40,000 fentanyl pills in Metro Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Mounties have announced charges against two Metro Vancouver residents in connection with police uncovering a large shipment of cocaine and 40,000 fentanyl pills. Police say they were alert...
Oct 03, 2017