Category Archives: British Columbia

B.C. health officials say spread respect and tolerance, not COVID-19 at protests
VICTORIA - Health officials in British Columbia are asking people to spread the message of respect and tolerance, not COVID-19 when they gather at any anti-racism protests. Provincial health...
Jun 03, 2020

Discipline of Vancouver officer to be reviewed by retired judge: commissioner
VICTORIA - The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner of B.C. has ordered a review of the findings of a discipline investigation against a Vancouver police officer. The independent office that en...
Jun 03, 2020

Horgan calls for national anti-racism program; will pitch idea to PM, premiers
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier John Horgan says he will push for a national anti-racism program this week during a conference call with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his fellow premiers. Horgan says...
Jun 03, 2020

Meng hearing schedule to expand; lawyers ask for 'referee' in case
VANCOUVER - Legal arguments at the B.C. Supreme Court in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou may stretch into next year. Crown lawyer Robert Frater told the court...
Jun 03, 2020

Video of officer seen punching driver to be investigated: Kelowna, B.C., RCMP
KELOWNA, B.C. - A video circulating on social media that appears to show a Mountie punching a combative driver doesn't tell the full story, the Kelowna, British Columbia, detachment's top officer...
Jun 02, 2020

One in three students back in classrooms in British Columbia: minister
VICTORIA - Education Minister Rob Fleming says about one third of students returned to classrooms in British Columbia yesterday and he expects those numbers to rise. Fleming says in cou...
Jun 02, 2020

Climate change threatens glass sponge reefs unique to Pacific Northwest: study
VANCOUVER - Warming ocean temperatures and acidification caused by climate change are threatening the survival of glass sponge reefs unique to the waters of the Pacific Northwest, a new study from res...
Jun 02, 2020

Metro Vancouver homes sales fall 44 per cent in May, but prices are high as ever
VANCOUVER - Home sales in the Greater Vancouver area continued their steep year-over-year drop last month amid confinement measures and physical distancing requirements. The Real Estate Board of Great...
Jun 02, 2020

Wolf killed near Prince Rupert B.C. after rare attack on a human
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - Conservation officers in northwestern British Columbia have captured and killed a lone wolf that may have been responsible for a rare attack on a human. A social media post ...
Jun 02, 2020

Schools across B.C. reopen but questions remain about turnout
VICTORIA - Schools across British Columbia are reopening today, but questions remain about how many students will attend. Schools were closed in March due to the novel coronavirus but are reopening on...
Jun 01, 2020