Category Archives: British Columbia

B.C. approves health research centre construction at new St. Paul's Hospital
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's provincial government says it is going ahead with the construction of a $638-million "state-of-the-art" research centre at the new St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver. Prem...
Dec 14, 2023

Amazon delivery drivers accused of stealing packages in Metro Vancouver
BURNABY, B.C. - Three delivery truck drivers in Metro Vancouver are facing possible charges for allegedly stealing packages and trying to sell the contents online. Mounties say the cases of porch pira...
Dec 14, 2023

MP returns from long winter session
Courtenay - Alberni MP Gord Johns is heading home for the holidays after an eventful winter session in Ottawa. He said he's happy his party made progress towards Dental and Pharmacare despite a Conser...
Dec 14, 2023 Voters around the country will cast ballots in the 2019 Federal Election, to win a seat in the House of Commons in Ottawa. (File photo)

ATVs allowed on Log Train Trail
Regional District directors voted yesterday to increase access to the Log Train Trail by ATV's and dirt bikes. Motorized vehicles were previously banned on the district's portion of the trail from Kil...
Dec 14, 2023 Intermountain Forest Service, USDA Region 4 Photography

Vancouver passes motion to ask province to amend charter, remove elected Park Board
Vancouver's municipal council has passed a motion aimed at removing the city's elected Park Board. At a meeting last night, council passed a motion by Mayor Ken Sim to ask the province to amend the Va...
Dec 14, 2023

Hierarchical police, military and CSIS in need of harassment reckoning: professor
VANCOUVER - Bonnie Robichaud's ordeal started in the late 1970s when she got a unionized job as a cleaner on a military base in Ontario, and a Department of National Defence employee began sexually ha...
Dec 14, 2023

B.C. police seek Interpol notice for return of cocaine smuggler who escaped to India
SURREY, B.C. - Police in British Columbia are asking Interpol to post a red notice for the arrest and return of a Surrey man who escaped to India after being convicted of smuggling cocaine into Canada...
Dec 13, 2023

Grocery code launch being held back by dissent from some retailers: board report
After two years of work, the group responsible for developing the grocery code of conduct says its launch is being held back by a lack of support from all the major grocers. The interim board sent a p...
Dec 13, 2023

B.C.'s chief coroner exits, frustrated and disappointed with government's OD response
VICTORIA - British Columbia's chief coroner Lisa Lapointe says she's a hopeful person, but she is leaving her office frustrated and disappointed. Angry, even. Lapointe has been at the forefront of the...
Dec 13, 2023

Vancouver police arrest man after claim of gun in Ibrahim Ali murder trial courtroom
Vancouver Police say a man was arrested after lawyers for Ibrahim Ali said someone brought a loaded gun to the final day of their client's trial last week, where he was convicted of murdering a 13-yea...
Dec 12, 2023