Category Archives: British Columbia

B.C. eyes on coronavirus in Wash., state after deaths; premier, governor speak
VICTORIA - Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says British Columbia is monitoring the deaths of six people from novel coronavirus in Washington state and there is no evidence of widesprea...
Mar 02, 2020

Police and neighbours team up to send prolific Parksville drug dealer to jail
NANAIMO- A man was sentenced to more than nine months behind bars after pleading guilty for his role in a Parksville drug house where numerous weapons and cash were also found.Kyle Andrew Thomsen, 29,...
Mar 02, 2020 Numerous weapons, drugs, drug paraphernalia and cash were found by Oceanside RCMP after a using a search warrant to bust a home on Manse Rd. in Parksville on Nov. 27, 2019 (Oceanside RCMP)

Travel, timeshare scams return to Top 10 fraud list in 2019, says BBB
VANCOUVER - The Better Business Bureau says travel, vacation and timeshare scams topped the list of frauds that cost victims thousands of dollars last year. The Better Business Bureau in mainland...
Mar 02, 2020

Work on Coastal GasLink pipeline to resume following draft agreement
SMITHERS, B.C. - Work is expected to resume today on a natural gas pipeline in British Columbia that has been at the centre of protests that have disrupted both rail and road traffic in...
Mar 02, 2020

Aging, growing population mean more cancer cases in Canada: study
VANCOUVER - A technician holds a mesh bag full of marbles meant to represent breast tissue, pointing out a single black marble among the clear ones. The goal is to explain why a woman's breasts are co...
Mar 02, 2020

ICBC profits should not be used to cover other government costs: NDP
VICTORIA - British Columbia's NDP government wants to prohibit future governments from using profits earned by the province's public auto insurer to cover other expenses. Attorney ...
Mar 02, 2020

There's no 'quick fix' in B.C. pipeline talks: government liaison says
SMITHERS, B.C. - Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs met for a second day with senior government ministers over a pipeline dispute that's sparked protests and economic disruptions, but one p...
Mar 01, 2020

B.C. says woman who travelled from Iran is the province's eighth case of COVID-19
VANCOUVER - The B.C. government has confirmed a new presumptive positive case of the new coronavirus, or COVID-19, in the Vancouver Coastal Health region. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry sa...
Mar 01, 2020

Ministers, Wet'suwet'en chief optimistic as talks continue for third day
SMITHERS, B.C. - A Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief and senior government ministers said Saturday they remained optimistic that talks will break an impasse over a pipeline dispute that has sparked widesp...
Mar 01, 2020

Wet'suwet'en supporters of pipeline don't think their message is being heard
SMITHERS, B.C. - Bonnie George walked out of the Office of the Wet'suwet'en holding her hands up in the air in a triumphant gesture. Just hours earlier, the Wet'suwet'en matriarch and former Coastal G...
Mar 01, 2020