Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. announces Indigenous cancer strategy built on culturally safe care
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has launched a strategy to prevent, screen and diagnose cancer among Indigenous people, with an aim to increase survival rates. Annette Morgan, president of the B.C. Assoc...
Dec 13, 2017
B.C. premier says pot smokers may face same rules as cigarette smokers
VICTORIA - Marijuana smokers in British Columbia may have to abide by the same public smoking rules as tobacco users when cannabis becomes legal, Premier John Horgan said Tuesday. Horgan said his gove...
Dec 12, 2017
Summer tanager migrates the wrong way, delighting Vancouver bird watchers
VANCOUVER - Bird watchers are flocking to British Columbia’s Lower Mainland after a wayward summer tanager was spotted pecking at peanuts on a south Vancouver balcony over the weekend. Saturday&...
Dec 12, 2017
Construction to go ahead on Site C dam, but cost soars to $10.7 billion
VICTORIA - The B.C. government had no choice but to complete the Site C hydroelectric dam rather than absorb a $4 billion hit to its bottom line by cancelling the project, which would have jeopardized...
Dec 12, 2017
A chronology of events in the Site C dam project in British Columbia
VICTORIA - A chronology of events in British Columbia’s Site C hydroelectric dam project: Late 1950s: The location for a third dam on the Peace River is first looked at after the locations of WA...
Dec 11, 2017
Crown to appeal stay against man accused in 'Surrey Six' murder case
VICTORIA - The Crown is appealing a judge’s decision to stay a murder charge against a man at a trial stemming from the murders of six people in Surrey, B.C. Jamie Bacon was charged with one cou...
Dec 11, 2017
Farm company investigating carbon monoxide exposure that affected 43 workers
DELTA, B.C. - A company says it is investigating to determine if changes are needed in its operations after dozens of workers were exposed to carbon monoxide at one of its farm in Delta, B.C., on the ...
Dec 11, 2017
B.C. coroner says fentanyl detected in most of 1,208 deaths up to October
VANCOUVER - Illicit overdoses have claimed 1,208 lives in British Columbia between January and October this year. The BC Coroners Service says the latest figure compares with 683 deaths during the sam...
Dec 11, 2017
Poor ventilation at B.C. greenhouse blamed for carbon monoxide exposure
DELTA, B.C. - Poor ventilation at a Delta, B.C., greenhouse is to blame for sending dozens of workers to hospital for carbon monoxide exposure, a fire chief said. Delta fire battalion chief Neil Shust...
Dec 11, 2017
Dozens hospitalized after carbon monoxide exposure at Delta, B.C., farm
DELTA, B.C. - Dozens of people were taken to hospital on Saturday after they were exposed to carbon monoxide at a farm in Delta, B.C. BC Emergency Health Services tweeted that 13 ambulances responded ...
Dec 10, 2017