Category Archives: British Columbia

Rewards for good behaviour part of school-violence prevention: teachers' union
VANCOUVER - Hearing about the stabbing death of a 14-year-old boy outside a school in Hamilton has Darrel Crimeni grappling with questions of bullying and a lack of empathy that may also hav...
Oct 13, 2019

British Columbia premier defends chief of staff over handling of allegations
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan defended how his chief of staff handled allegations made against the former clerk of the B.C. legislature when he first learned of them in July 2018 as the Liberals...
Oct 11, 2019

Girl recalls stabbing that injured her and killed her friend at B.C. high school
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A teenage girl wrote the words "this is amazing grace" on a piece of paper moments before she and her friend were attacked by a man with a knife inside a British Columbia high ...
Oct 11, 2019

Judge finds man guilty of murdering a police officer in Abbotsford, B.C.
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A man accused of gunning down a police officer in Abbotsford, B.C., sat in the prisoner's box without reacting as a judge read out her verdict of "guilty" in his first-degree m...
Oct 11, 2019

Girl recalls stabbing that injured her and killed her friend at B.C. high school
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A teenage girl wrote the words "this is amazing grace" on a piece of paper moments before she and her friend were attacked by a man with a knife inside a British Columbia high ...
Oct 09, 2019

British Columbia premier defends chief of staff over handling of allegations
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan defended how his chief of staff handled allegations made against the former clerk of the B.C. legislature when he first learned of them in July 2018 as the Liberals...
Oct 09, 2019

B.C. SPCA says young boxer found injured and starving is recovering
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A young dog is beginning a long recovery after being found injured and emaciated in Prince George, B.C. Alex Schare with the SPCA's north Cariboo district says the three-yea...
Oct 09, 2019

B.C. Green Leader Andrew Weaver steps aside, party to elect next leader in 2020
VICTORIA - B.C. Green Leader Andrew Weaver, whose party recorded a historic election breakthrough two years ago, is stepping aside and will not seek re-election in the next provincial election. W...
Oct 09, 2019

Police Act report finds retired B.C. sgt-at-arms commits neglect of duty
VICTORIA - British Columbia's recently retired sergeant-at-arms committed neglect of duty and didn't tell the truth during an investigation into misconduct at the provincial legislature, a r...
Oct 08, 2019

Property in Surrey, B.C., searched on suspicion of cock fighting
SURREY, B.C. - The BC SPCA executed a warrant at a Surrey property it believes was connected to cock fighting on Saturday. "We did not seize any birds, but we did seize evidence from the property and ...
Oct 08, 2019