Category Archives: British Columbia
Dear John: Alberta launches petition to B.C.'s Premier Horgan in pipeline fight
EDMONTON - Alberta is ratcheting up the public relations fight over the Trans Mountain oil pipeline by launching a website and online petition. Premier Rachel Notley is asking Albertans to sign the pe...
Feb 13, 2018
Canada will do what it must to prevent B.C. from stopping pipeline, says Carr
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr says the government will not entertain any attempts by British Columbia to stall or stop the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline. “If that is th...
Feb 13, 2018
Notley says she wants progress within days from feds on B.C. pipeline dispute
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she wants progress within days from Ottawa in resolving a pipeline dispute with British Columbia, or her government will look at further retaliatory measu...
Feb 13, 2018
'Bushman of the Shuswap' dies nearly two decades after dramatic capture in B.C.
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A fugitive who evaded police as the “Bushman of the Shuswap” and later loved playing Santa and ran for mayor in his hometown of Williams Lake, B.C., has died. John Bj...
Feb 12, 2018
Snow camping B.C. teenagers needed rescue when hypothermia took hold
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. - Three teenagers who planned to camp on a mountain near Maple Ridge, B.C., had to be rescued when their equipment turned out to be insufficient for sub-zero temperatures. Ridge Mead...
Feb 12, 2018
B.C. researchers develop cheaper, faster microscope for testing molecules
VANCOUVER - A new, cheaper microscope developed at a university in British Columbia has the potential to rapidly accelerate research on molecules, scientists say. The mini-radio centrifuge force micro...
Feb 12, 2018
Two arrested following alleged food truck robbery attempt in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A late-night attempt to break into a food truck in Vancouver has landed two suspects in police custody. Vancouver police were called around 1 a.m. Sunday for reports of someone using a gri...
Feb 11, 2018
Former B.C. premier Christy Clark says blocking Trans Mountain is 'illegal'
OTTAWA - British Columbia’s efforts to block the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion are illegal and will hurt all of Canada, says the former B.C. premier who originally approved the interprovinci...
Feb 10, 2018
B.C. funds more teaching spaces in effort to ease teachers shortage
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government moved Friday to tackle widespread teacher shortage issues by funding more than 100 new training spaces, but the teachers’ union says that does little t...
Feb 09, 2018
B.C. moves Family Day to third Monday in February, in line with other provinces
VICTORIA - British Columbia is falling into step with the rest of the country by moving its Family Day to the third Monday in February, starting next year. Premier John Horgan says the change is meant...
Feb 09, 2018