Category Archives: British Columbia

Mom of slain girls tells court her life is like a nightmare she never wakes from
VICTORIA - A mother of two murdered girls says her life has become a living nightmare from which she never awakes. Sarah Cotton told a B.C. Supreme Court sentencing hearing for her...
Dec 19, 2019

Ottawa's consultation with Indigenous groups on pipeline was meaningful: Lawyer
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for the Canadian government say it conducted a new round of consultations with Indigenous groups about the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion that was reasonable, adequate...
Dec 19, 2019

First Canadian guideline urging family doctors to treat alcohol-related issues
VANCOUVER - Family doctors in British Columbia are being urged to annually screen every patient starting at age 12 to prevent addiction to alcohol, a leading cause of soc...
Dec 19, 2019

B.C. labour minister 'disappointed' as talks collapse again in forestry strike
VICTORIA - British Columbia Labour Minister Harry Bains is not ready to step into a long-running strike at Western Forest Products but he says he's willing to meet with both sides. Bains made the...
Dec 19, 2019

B.C. father who killed his daughters, aged 4 and 6, to be sentenced
VICTORIA - A father convicted of murdering his two daughters on Christmas Day in 2017 is scheduled to be sentenced today by a B.C. Supreme Court judge in Victoria. A...
Dec 19, 2019

Canfor shares dive after Great Pacific calls off privatization deal
VANCOUVER - Shares in Canfor Corp. fell more than 20 per cent after Great Pacific Capital Corp. failed to win the approval of the company's minority shareholders and called off its plan to take the lu...
Dec 19, 2019

B.C. board launches public effort to rename school named after 'racist' federal MP
VICTORIA - A Vancouver Island school district is embarking on what could be a difficult exercise to rename an elementary school named after a long-serving, controversial former municipa...
Dec 18, 2019

Simon Fraser University reports arrest, investigation in exam cheating case
BURNABY, B.C. - RCMP and Simon Fraser University are investigating an allegation of cheating during recently completed final exams. The registrar of the university based in Burnaby, B.C., sent an...
Dec 18, 2019

Dad convicted of killing his two daughters still says he didn't do it: lawyer
VICTORIA - A father found guilty of killing his daughters on Christmas Day two years ago still says he didn't commit the crimes, a B.C. Supreme Court judge was told Monday. Andrew Berry was convi...
Dec 18, 2019

First Nation alleges Ottawa withheld info during Trans Mountain consultation
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for a British Columbia First Nation is accusing the federal government of withholding key information about oil spills until after the latest consultation on the Trans Mountain pi...
Dec 18, 2019