Category Archives: British Columbia

B.C. pharmacists welcome new prescription powers, but eye administrative burden
VANCOUVER - Pharmacists in British Columbia are welcoming an expansion of their powers to prescribe drugs and give vaccines, but they also say that how the changes are implemented will matter. Cathy W...
Oct 06, 2022

Opposition BC Liberals seek MLA pay freeze ahead of possible 10 per cent increase
VICTORIA - The Opposition BC Liberals are calling for an all-party pay freeze as a show of solidarity with people struggling to make ends meet during inflationary times. Liberal house leader Todd Ston...
Oct 06, 2022

B.C. ombudsperson posts questionnaire for residents affected by 2021 fires, floods
VICTORIA - British Columbia's ombudsperson is investigating how provincial government programs supported residents forced from their homes and communities during wildfires and floods last year. A stat...
Oct 06, 2022

BC Taxpayers Federation Calls on Premier Horgan to Axe the Gas Tax
PRINCE GEORGE - A string of oil refinery shutdowns across the Western United States is behind the record high gas prices seen in British Columbia this week. With shutdowns spread across states from Oh...
Oct 05, 2022

B.C. Premier Horgan cites 'multi-faceted' crime approach amid debate about arrests
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier John Horgan says the New Democrat government's crime-fighting agenda involves more than increasing arrests of alleged violent offenders. Horgan says he agrees with Attorney Gen...
Oct 05, 2022

Bear expert says B.C. attack on family was likely a rare 'predaceous' incident
VANCOUVER - An expert in bear behaviour says an attack on a family in northeastern British Columbia that left two women with critical injuries appears to have been a rare example of a "predaceous" att...
Oct 05, 2022

B.C. Premier Horgan heads to California for climate deal with West Coast governors
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier John Horgan is travelling to San Francisco for meetings with leaders of U.S. West Coast states, where he expects to sign up to joint action on climate change. Horga...
Oct 05, 2022

Vancouver police probe Komagata Maru vandalism, after smashing of Olympic cauldron
VANCOUVER - Police are investigating the vandalism of the Komagata Maru memorial on Vancouver's downtown waterfront, and whether it's connected to the recent smashing of the nearby Olympic Cauldron. T...
Oct 05, 2022

Man pleads guilty to killing three, including mother and brother in Langley, B.C.
VANCOUVER - The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a man from Langley, B.C., has pleaded guilty to murdering three people in 2020, including his mother and brother. The homicide team says in ...
Oct 04, 2022

How Coal Miner's Daughter Loretta Lynn got her big break in a Vancouver chicken coop
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is a long way from the Appalachian coal fields, but the role that a south Vancouver chicken coop played in the rise of country music legend Loretta Lynn is being recalled ...
Oct 04, 2022