Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. grapples with future of Site C, as Premier Horgan sends ministers north
VICTORIA - The fate of the largest public project in British Columbia’s history, the Site C hydroelectric dam, will be the focus of intense scrutiny this week as provincial cabinet ministers tra...
Nov 12, 2017
Review board urged to take away 'false hope' of leave for man who killed kids
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - Giving a British Columbia man who killed his three children during a psychotic break the false hope of escorted outings from a psychiatric facility will interfere with his recov...
Nov 10, 2017
Service to be held Nov. 19 for Abbotsford, B.C., officer killed while on duty
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A public service will be held on Nov. 19 for an Abbotsford, B.C., police officer who was killed while on duty. The celebration of life ceremony for Const. John Davidson will begin w...
Nov 10, 2017
Man sentenced to 4 years for harassing ex-wife through revenge website
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man convicted of criminally harassing his ex-wife through a revenge website that maligned her as a white supremacist, drug addict and child abuser has been sentenced to ...
Nov 10, 2017
Crocs, Dawgs decade-long legal battle over clogs moves to Canadian courts
VANCOUVER - A legal battle between the maker of ubiquitous plastic clogs and a Saskatchewan footwear company escalated as both filed lawsuits against the other in Canada, moving a decade-long dispute ...
Nov 10, 2017
Service to be held Nov. 19 for officer killed while on duty in B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A public service will be held Nov. 19 for the police officer killed while on duty Monday in Abbotsford, B.C. The celebration of life ceremony for Const. John Davidson will begin wit...
Nov 10, 2017
Man remembers slain officer as an 'incredible person' after he was pulled over
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Warren Banks was driving home on Halloween wearing his costume - a brown cultist robe - when he was pulled over by a police officer in Abbotsford, B.C. It led to an encounter Banks ...
Nov 10, 2017
British Columbia boosts drug-checking service in fight against overdose deaths
VANCOUVER - A shoe box-sized machine is powering a one-year pilot project with the hope of cutting British Columbia’s soaring overdose death rate. The specialized portable machine costs $60,000 ...
Nov 10, 2017
Chinese-Canadian veterans fought in secret WWII unit and helped changed laws
VANCOUVER - Giant monkeys in the jungle are what Ronald Lee remembers most about his Second World War “adventure” in Burma as part of a dangerous and secret British-led operation. “T...
Nov 10, 2017
More than 1,100 overdose deaths in B.C. in nine months as death toll climbs
VICTORIA - The unprecedented overdose death toll in British Columbia means it may be time to have a “courageous conversation” about decriminalizing the drugs that are killing so many peopl...
Nov 10, 2017