Category Archives: British Columbia
$500,000 investment to boost safety along busy Qualicum Beach trail
QUALICUM BEACH - Significant new funding means getting around Qualicum Beach without a vehicle will be safer. The ministry of transportation and infrastructure announced Wednesday the Town of Qualicum...
May 29, 2019 The red line follows the school connector route, which links schools at both ends of Qualicum Beach.
B.C. Greens introduce bill to ban conversion therapy; seek all-party support
VICTORIA - A proposed new law in British Columbia would ban the controversial practice of attempting to change a person's sexuality. Green Leader Andrew Weaver tabled legislation Monday that woul...
May 29, 2019
B.C. court hears officer ambushed, shot from behind by accused
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - An Alberta man "ambushed" a police officer moments after he got out of his vehicle, shooting him from behind and then standing over his unmoving body and shooting him again, a ...
May 29, 2019
Union says port workers still on the job in B.C., despite lockout notice
VANCOUVER - The president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union says all of his members are on the job, despite a lockout notice issued by the association representing 55 waterf...
May 29, 2019
B.C. man who scaled Everest says climb is not for 'faint of heart'
VANCOUVER - When Chris Dare stood on the roof of the world he had tears behind his goggles. The British Columbia man has climbed mountains on seven continents in less than 10 ...
May 28, 2019
B.C. post-secondary schools at risk of money laundering: minister
VICTORIA - Post-secondary institutions in British Columbia were warned Tuesday to be on the look out for possible student money launderers in the province's ongoing fight against illegal cash. Advance...
May 29, 2019
Fifth grey whale found dead on B.C. coast, DFO studying link with U.S. deaths
HAIDA GWAII, B.C. - A fifth grey whale has been found dead on British Columbia's coast in what one research biologist says could be a trend towards of record-setting deaths even as the ...
May 28, 2019
Report says government policies weigh on declining B.C. housing market
VICTORIA - A real estate market outlook by Vancouver's Central 1 Credit Union says tougher federal and provincial government housing policies are behind a drop in demand for resale housing i...
May 28, 2019
B.C. Greens introduce bill to ban conversion therapy; seek all-party support
VICTORIA - A proposed law is going before the British Columbia legislature to ban the controversial practice of attempting to change a person's sexual orientation. Green Leader Andrew Weaver...
May 27, 2019
B.C. court hears officer ambushed, shot from behind by accused
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - An Alberta man "ambushed" a police officer moments after he got out of his vehicle, shooting him from behind and then standing over his unmoving body and shooting him again, a ...
May 27, 2019