Category Archives: British Columbia
Crown says it was reasonable for border screening to precede Meng's arrest
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Canada's attorney general says it was entirely reasonable for border officers to question Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou before her arrest in 2018. Diba Majzub told the B.C. Su...
Mar 24, 2021
Justice Len Marchand Jr. appointed to B.C. Court of Appeal
A Kamloops-based B.C. Supreme Court judge has earned a promotion. Federal Justice Minister David Lametti announced the appointment of Len Marchand Jr. to the B.C. Court of Appeal Wednesday (Mar. 24). ...
Mar 24, 2021
New affordable housing projects announced for southern Vancouver Island
VICTORIA - More than 90 new, affordable homes are coming to southern Vancouver Island, after the B.C. and federal governments announced $13.1 million in funding for the initiative. The homes will be s...
Mar 24, 2021
30 years after Victoria's Michael Dunahee vanished, a new sketch is released
VICTORIA - It has been 30 years since Michael Dunahee disappeared from a playground in Victoria in a case that became one of the largest missing child investigations in Canada. The Victoria Police Dep...
Mar 24, 2021
B.C. Premier John Horgan to announce partnerships in COVID immunization plan
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier John Horgan and Dr. Penny Ballem, the lead on the provincial COVID-19 immunization team, are to reveal more information today on the vaccine rollout. A government r...
Mar 24, 2021
B.C. accelerates vaccine timeline for extremely clinically vulnerable, seniors
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it is accelerating the timeline for the COVID-19 vaccine once again, allowing people who are "extremely clinically vulnerable" and some seniors to book ...
Mar 23, 2021
B.C. Covid cases up by 682; 40 new cases in Interior Health
B.C.'s COVID-19 case count has grown by 682 new cases Tuesday (Mar. 23), including 40 new cases within Interior Health. The numbers are included in an update to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control onl...
Mar 23, 2021
Homeless shelter future fuels simmering dispute between province, Penticton council
PENTICTON, B.C. - The future of a homeless shelter at the centre of a dispute between the British Columbia government and the City of Penticton was debated by council today without any immediate chang...
Mar 23, 2021
Judge blocks admission of new evidence on 'loan loss' in Meng case
VANCOUVER - Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has lost a bid to admit additional evidence in her extradition case showing no risk of loan loss by the international bank at the centre of the fraud allegati...
Mar 23, 2021
B.C. pilot study to allow electric kick scooters to operate legally in six cities
VANCOUVER - A newly approved pilot project will allow electric kick scooters to legally cruise the streets and bike paths of six British Columbia municipalities. The Ministry of Transportation says in...
Mar 23, 2021
