Category Archives: British Columbia
Retailers struggle to keep popular cannabis extract CBD on shelves in Canada
VANCOUVER - Retailers across Canada are struggling with a shortage of all cannabis, but there’s one product they’re especially desperate to keep on shelves: cannabidiol or CBD, a non-intox...
May 06, 2019
Green party targets use of tax money for political attack billboards
VANCOUVER - Green party Leader Andrew Weaver is calling for a ban on the use of taxpayer money for political attack ads after the B.C. Liberals bought billboards blaming Premier John Horgan for a spik...
May 05, 2019
Police killed both man and woman in Surrey hostage situation: IIO
SURREY - A man and a female hostage died of gunshots fired by police after officers entered a home following an overnight standoff in March, says British Columbia’s police watchdog. The Independ...
May 02, 2019
Alberta's 'turn-off-taps' law makes gas prices jump and shortages real
VICTORIA - Get ready for higher gasoline prices and shortages in British Columbia and a supply surplus on the Prairies if Alberta Premier Jason Kenney uses a newly proclaimed law to restrict fuel expo...
May 02, 2019
Prolific offender sentenced, RCMP officer suffered broken ankle during arrest
NANAIMO - A chronic offender was sentenced to three months in jail after a police pursuit in Parksville led to a broken ankle for an RCMP officer. Thomas Donald Chambers, 23, pleaded guilty to resisti...
May 02, 2019
RCMP investigating possibly drunk driver in fatal Bowser crash
BOWSER - Police are investigating if drunk driving was the cause of a fatal crash in Bowser which killed a motorcyclist. A 67-year-old man was hit and killed in the intersection of Highway 19A and Mar...
May 01, 2019
B.C. takes Alberta to court on law that could see gasoline exports cut
EDMONTON - The British Columbia government is taking Alberta to court over a law that could reduce the export of gasoline west. In a statement of claim filed in Calgary, B.C. said the law, proclaimed ...
May 01, 2019
Costco parking lot dispute ends with machete confrontation
LANGFORD - The RCMP are reminding the public not to engage in road rage after a woman allegedly pulled out a machete during a dispute over a parking spot in Langford, B.C. Police received a report fro...
May 01, 2019
Former minor hockey player charged in B.C. child-grabbing incident
KELOWNA, B.C. - A former minor-league hockey player has been charged after a child-grabbing incident in downtown Kelowna, B.C., on Sunday. Thirty-year-old Harold Giffen Nyren of Calgary appeared in a ...
Apr 30, 2019
Vancouver man pleads 'not guilty' to all charges in college admissions scandal
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver businessman has pleaded not guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering for his alleged role in a college admissions scandal in the United States. David Sidoo&#...
Apr 30, 2019