Category Archives: British Columbia
Spanish skiers rescued after spending three nights in B.C. backcountry
GOLDEN, B.C. - A pair of skiers from Spain have been released from hospital after they spent three nights lost in the British Columbia backcountry. RCMP Const. Spencer Lainchbury says Kicking Horse Mo...
Jan 08, 2018
Chinese ban on foreign recyclables hitting municipal governments
OTTAWA - A Chinese ban on most foreign recycling material is leaving some Canadian municipalities with stockpiles of papers and plastics, much of which may eventually end up in the dump. The ban is al...
Jan 08, 2018
B.C. teen creating app, summer camp to revive First Nations language
VANCOUVER - A 15-year-old high school student in British Columbia is turning to technology to help address a decades-old problem - how to revive an Indigenous language nearly lost to the residential s...
Jan 07, 2018
Girls' deaths in B.C. prompt debate about judges and domestic violence
VANCOUVER - The deaths of two young girls in British Columbia who were previously the subject of a custody dispute have prompted debate about how judges decide cases involving allegations of domestic ...
Jan 07, 2018
Wayward Alaskan eagle monitored by researchers found in Kamloops, B.C.
VANCOUVER - Staff at a bird rehabilitation centre in Kamloops, B.C., typically don’t know where their rescued animals originally came from, but a recently discovered golden eagle was able to rev...
Jan 06, 2018
B.C. cities mixed about revamping ban on self-service gas stations
VANCOUVER - Councillors in two Vancouver-area cities that have long banned self-service gas stations have mixed views on whether the time has come to allow residents to top up their own tanks. Richmon...
Jan 06, 2018
Vancouver performer accused of drug smuggling after arrest in Japan
NARITA, Japan - A Vancouver-area resident is in custody in Japan, accused of smuggling nearly 10 kilograms of drugs into the country. A statement from Tokyo Customs says Daniel Whitmore was arrested a...
Jan 05, 2018
Two B.C. cities soldier on with decades-old ban on self-serve gas pumps
VANCOUVER - Two western Canadian cities that mandate gas stations employ attendants to pump fuel are outliers in a nation where most citizens are accustomed to do-it-yourself fill ups. Richmond and Co...
Jan 05, 2018
Ship grounding off Vancouver Island attributed to poor planning, no lookout: TSB
RICHMOND, B.C. - Insufficient route planning and the absence of a dedicated lookout contributed to a tourist vessel running aground during a bear-watching excursion off Vancouver Island in October 201...
Jan 04, 2018
Booze warning labels worked in U.S., says researcher after Yukon cautions pulled
VANCOUVER - A United States researcher involved in a study on alcohol warning labels in Yukon that was halted after pushback from the liquor industry says caution messages have proven effective elsewh...
Jan 04, 2018