Category Archives: British Columbia
Two taken to hospital after suspicious fire shakes Parksville
PARKSVILLE - A blaze and possible explosion has sent two people inside a Parksville cabin to hospital. The fire broke out at the River Green Resort on Hwy. 19A near the Orange Bridge around 9:30 p.m. ...
Jun 07, 2019 A blaze fully consumed a cabin at Parksville's River Green Resort Thursday night. Two people inside were taken to hospital. (submitted)
West Coast voyage explores remote sites visited by Spanish explorers in 1770s
VICTORIA - Two British Columbia kayakers are set to depart from a remote Vancouver Island beach known as Rugged Point on Sunday for a month-long voyage retracing the passage Spanish explorers took in ...
Jun 07, 2019
Extradition hearing for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou set for early next year
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Supreme Court has accepted a plan by the defence team for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that would see her extradition hearing begin Jan. 20, more than a year after she ...
Jun 06, 2019
Trudeau says carbon tax can help deal with extreme weather, Alberta fires
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal carbon tax will help deal with weather disasters such as fires in northern Alberta. Speaking in Vancouver, Trudeau said Canadi...
Jun 06, 2019
Trudeau accepts inquiry finding of genocide, but says focus must be on response
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday he accepts the finding that Canada's treatment of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls amounts to genocide. Debate has erupted over th...
Jun 06, 2019
Victoria officials confirm kitten tossed in trash ingested methamphetamine
VICTORIA - Animal control officers in Victoria now know why a kitten had balance and other issues after being found zipped in a small bag and tossed in the trash at a mall. Ian Fraser, senior animal c...
Jun 06, 2019
Avoid screen-use battles by setting rules early and before kids gets phones: doc
VANCOUVER - Parents should prioritize healthy habits such as physical fitness, nutrition and sleep over screen time long before kids reach their teenage years when arguments over d...
Jun 06, 2019
Hatred of women creeping into public debate, Trudeau tells equality conference
VANCOUVER - Gender equality is under attack and, in the age of social media, it's never been easier to taunt and spread abhorrent views, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a global conference on ...
Jun 05, 2019
DFO investigates sixth dead grey whale found off British Columbia coast
TSAWWASSEN, B.C. - A sixth dead grey whale has been found off the coast of British Columbia amid an unusually fatal year for the animals. Department of Fisheries and Oceans crews spotted the dead...
Jun 05, 2019
Aging Haida totem comes down during ceremony outside Royal B.C. Museum
VICTORIA - An aging totem pole that told the story of a murdered woman was lowered during a ceremony outside Victoria's Royal British Columbia Museum. Dancers circled the replica Haida mortuary pole, ...
Jun 05, 2019