Category Archives: British Columbia
Discussion On Poverty Reduction
Discussions on how to reduce poverty will begin at the end of the month. The B.C. government’s Poverty Reduction Strategy will allow communities across the province to come together, to share th...
Nov 21, 2017
Man who sought refuge in B.C. church loses another attempt to clear his name
VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge in Vancouver has dismissed another application from an El Salvadoran refugee who says his name has been tarnished by the Canadian government over allegations of past ...
Nov 21, 2017
Mother of slain children lives in fear over father's possible escorted outings
COQUITLAM, B.C. - The mother of three children who were killed by their father says she lives in constant worry for her safety following a board’s decision over escorted outings for Allan Schoen...
Nov 21, 2017
Word-flipping Victoria boy gets William Shatner's support for invented word
VANCOUVER - When six-year-old Levi Budd saw the word stop on a sign, he created the word pots. Before long, he was imagining words backwards and coming up with rats from star and pets from step. The i...
Nov 21, 2017
UBC denies mishandling sex assault complaints in response to human rights cases
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia has denied mishandling sexual assault reports in documents filed with the province’s human rights tribunal. History graduate Glynnis Kirchmeier and...
Nov 20, 2017
Doctors at B.C. hospital question why police eavesdrop on suspects in ER
Imagine taking a doctor into your confidence in a hospital emergency room, only to discover that someone else is recording the conversation on a smartphone. One of British Columbia’s busiest hos...
Nov 20, 2017
Man and woman charged with manslaughter in July homicide in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. - Manslaughter charges have been laid against a man and woman after a 22-year-old man died following an altercation at a busy Starbucks coffee shop in Metro Vancouver. Police say Michael...
Nov 20, 2017
Abbotsford, B.C., officer didn't like guns, but didn't hesitate when call came
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - An Abbotsford, B.C., police constable killed in the line of duty was remembered as dedicated and caring, a man who had a gut-busting sense of humour and a dislike for guns. Thousand...
Nov 20, 2017
What is a digital currency and how does cryptocurrency mining work?
VANCOUVER - Cryptocurrency is a digital currency with no physical form or intrinsic value, but is an increasingly hot commodity as Bitcoin, its most well-known iteration, flirts with a record high. Bi...
Nov 19, 2017
The rise of cryptojacking: How hackers hog computer CPUs to make money
VANCOUVER - Anyone casually surfing the internet at home can be deployed as an unwittingly productive member of a hacker’s workforce, a practice known as “cryptojacking” that is on t...
Nov 19, 2017