Category Archives: British Columbia
New B.C. museum policy highlights return of Indigenous remains, artifacts
VANCOUVER - Letters to Scotland sent by a woman from the small settlement of Victoria around 1850 gave Dianne Hinkley more insight into why the bones of her ancestor...
May 18, 2019
Former B.C. polygamous leader guilty in taking child bride to United States
CRANBROOK, B.C. - There's "no room for doubt" that a former leader in a religious sect that practises polygamy in Bountiful, B.C., knew that an underage girl who he removed from Canada to be...
May 19, 2019
B.C. legislature clerk retires; report says benefits wrongly claimed
VICTORIA - A spending scandal that shook British Columbia's legislature came to a partial conclusion Thursday with the abrupt retirement of the clerk and the suspended sergeant-at-arms asking for...
May 18, 2019
B.C. woman dies with husband and brother in Alaska float plane crash
VANCOUVER - A Metro Vancouver woman died with her husband and brother in a float plane crash in Alaska on Monday, and friends and family are remembering them as driven, passionate people who will...
May 17, 2019
Major slides rip away north face of Joffre Peak near Pemberton, B.C.
PEMBERTON, B.C. - For the second time in a week, a major rock slide has occurred on Joffre Peak, just east of Pemberton, B.C. Earthquake seismologist John Cassidy says the latest slide happened a...
May 17, 2019
B.C. to hold public inquiry into money laundering; final report due May 2021
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan launched a public inquiry into money laundering Wednesday, saying the depth of the criminal activity in British Columbia runs far deeper than previously believed. Money ...
May 17, 2019
Decision expected today in case of child bride from Bountiful, B.C.
CRANBROOK, B.C. - The B.C. Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision today in the case of a former leader in a fundamentalist Christian sect that practises polygamy in Bountiful, B.C. James Oler i...
May 17, 2019
Tilray revenue soars nearly 200 per cent, net loss grows in first quarter
NANAIMO, B.C. - Tilray Inc. expects Canada's cannabis supply could become balanced within the next two years, while the cannabis producer ramps up its production and manufacturing footprint in the cou...
May 16, 2019
B.C. legislature clerk retires; report says benefits wrongly claimed
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top legislative official has retired after a report by a former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada says he improperly claimed benefits ...
May 16, 2019
Planned back burns help contain aggressive wildfire near Osoyoos, B.C.
OSOYOOS, B.C. - Crews say they are making good progress taming a wildfire that has prompted evacuation alerts for several properties in British Columbia's southern Okanagan. The BC Wildfire Servi...
May 16, 2019