British Columbia

Iowa City student killed in B.C. bus crash remembered as kind soccer talent

VICTORIA - One of two 18-year-old students who died when a tour bus crashed on Vancouver Island is being remembered by his former principal as a friend to everyone at the Iowa high school wh...

Sep 18, 2019

Court allows appeal on pipeline certificate, says B.C. needs to reconsider

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has been ordered by the province's highest court to reconsider its environmental assessment certificate allowing the expansion of the Trans M...

Sep 17, 2019

UVic opens counselling services after deadly bus crash kills two students

VICTORIA - University of Victoria students are grappling with the sudden deaths of two of their peers in a bus crash Friday evening en route to a marine research centre. Forty-five students and two te...

Sep 17, 2019

Gathering of support and reflection at UVic following fatal bus crash

VICTORIA - Students, faculty and staff at the University of Victoria were to gather for an hour of reflection and support Tuesday as they cope with the aftermath of last Friday's bus cr...

Sep 17, 2019

Fewer trees, higher costs blamed for devastating downturn in B.C. forestry

VANCOUVER - High log prices and dwindling timber supply are driving the crisis in British Columbia's forestry industry that has devastated communities and kneecapped the provincial economy, observers ...

Sep 17, 2019

Scheer would restore Harper's child fitness and arts tax credits Liberals axed

LAKE COUNTRY, B.C. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer wants to revive two more of Stephen Harper's boutique tax credits axed by the Trudeau Liberals. Scheer was at a park in Kelowna, B.C., ...

Sep 16, 2019

B.C. Green leader reduces workload after illness, full recovery expected

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Green party leader is reducing his work schedule while he recovers after recently being diagnosed with labyrinthitis. In a statement, Andrew Weaver says he ...

Sep 16, 2019

Students from Manitoba and U.S., killed in Vancouver Island bus crash: Coroner

VICTORIA - Two 18-year-old students, a woman from Manitoba and an American man, have been identified as the victims of a fatal bus crash on Vancouver Island. The British Columbia Corone...

Sep 16, 2019

Nine month jail sentence for Parksville prolific offender

NANAIMO - A prolific offender from Parksville has been sentenced to nine months in jail for break and enter, stealing a vehicle and fleeing police.Justin Joseph Kloss, 26, learned his punishment recen...

Alex Rawnsley Sep 15, 2019 26-year-old Justin Kloss was sentenced to nine months in jail on Thursday Sept. 12 in provincial court in Nanaimo. He'll serve another six months behind bars due to credit for time served, along with one year probation and a one year driving ban. (File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW).

Conservatives promise tax cut that they say will address Liberal increases

SURREY, B.C. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer continued making a pitch to voters via their pocketbooks Sunday with the promise of a new tax cut. Scheer says the cut would apply to the lowest income...

Sep 15, 2019