British Columbia

Study finds microplastics in all remote Arctic beluga whales tested

VANCOUVER - A pioneering study of seven belugas in Canada's remote Arctic waters has found microplastics in the innards of every single whale. Researchers from Ocean Wise worked with hunters...

Nov 22, 2019

Services needed for early-onset Alzheimer's disease patients: doctor, advocates

VANCOUVER - Being told he was too young to have Alzheimer's disease would always catch Jim Mann off guard, but it was a nurse's comment dismissing his condition that really stung. "She looked me up an...

Nov 22, 2019

Gas thieves cause sizeable fuel leak at Nanoose golf course

NANOOSE BAY - Thieves who syphoned gas from a fuel container at Fairwinds Golf club caused a significant environmental situation.In the overnight hours of Wednesday, Nov. 20, locks were broken off a f...

Alex Rawnsley Nov 21, 2019 Around 400 litres of gasoline has seeped into drains and waterways at Fairwinds Golf Club following an overnight syphoning of fuel by thieves. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)

B.C. Securities Commission says crypto trader leaves millions owing

VANCOUVER - A receiver appointed to save the assets of the crypto trading platform Einstein Exchange has completed its work and asked to be released by a B.C. Supreme Court judge. The B.C. Securities ...

Nov 21, 2019

Actor's complaint of racial discrimination against Victoria theatre to proceed

VANCOUVER - When Ravi Jain heard about the experience of an actor in Victoria who alleges she was denied an opportunity to audition for a role in "Les Belles-soeurs" (The Sisters-in-Law) because ...

Nov 21, 2019

Trans Mountain received $320M in government subsidies in first half 2019: report

VANCOUVER - The Trans Mountain pipeline received $320 million in subsidies from the Canadian and Alberta governments in the first half of 2019, says a new report by an economic institute that analyzes...

Nov 21, 2019

Oceanside region bracing for pending senior tsunami

PARKSVILLE - Oceanside is preparing for a massive influx of senior citizens over the next twenty years.A local area profile conducted by Island Health showed approximately 7,500 residents over 75 year...

Alex Rawnsley Nov 20, 2019 Oceanside is readying supports and services for a seniors population that is projected to double in the next twenty years (Island Health)

John Mann, singer and songwriter of group Spirit of the West dead at 57

VANCOUVER - John Mann, lead singer and songwriter for Vancouver's beloved Celtic-inflected rock band Spirit of the West, has died. He was 57. Eric Alper, the band's publicist, says Mann died peacefull...

Nov 20, 2019

B.C. politicians view supermodel's transition journey on Transgender Day

VICTORIA - Members of British Columbia's legislature marked Canada's Transgender Day of Remembrance by viewing a documentary that follows a depressed, suicidal female teenager's three-year surgic...

Nov 20, 2019

Closing arguments begin in legal case over private health care in B.C.

VANCOUVER - A lawyer arguing in favour of a two-tier health-care system in British Columbia says the government can't legally justify preventing patients from paying private doctors to alleviate their...

Nov 20, 2019