Category Archives: British Columbia
Upset vehicle owners have route to lodge ICBC complaints
B.C.'s Ombudsperson is reminding vehicle owners that his office can investigate complaints about ICBC if drivers feel they are not being treated fairly.Jay Chalke is advising owners to take a close lo...
Aug 29, 2019
Oklahoma opioid ruling could pressure pharma companies to settle in BC: experts
VANCOUVER - An Oklahoma court ruling that found Johnson & Johnson helped fuel the state's opioid crisis and ordered the company to pay US$572 million could persuade drug manufacturers to...
Aug 29, 2019
Ottawa, B.C. to push electrification of gas industry to cut carbon emissions
SURREY, B.C. - The federal and British Columbia governments want to power the production of the natural gas industry in the province using electricity. As part of an agreement announced Thursday, the ...
Aug 29, 2019
Tilray Inc. signs deal to acquire Alberta cannabis retailer Four20
NANAIMO, B.C. - Cannabis producer Tilray Inc. says it has signed a deal to acquire Alberta cannabis retailer Four20 in an agreement valued at up to $110 million. Calgary-based Four20 owns and operates...
Aug 29, 2019
Anti-gang units target 10-year-olds amid middle-class gang problems
SURREY, B.C. - Sgt. Mike Sanchez didn't expect to find himself working in elementary schools as a senior officer with the RCMP's gang enforcement unit in Surrey, B.C. But when he looks aroun...
Aug 29, 2019
About 56,000 fish now upstream of landslide in B.C.'s Fraser River
LILLOOET, B.C. - About 56,000 fish have made it past a disastrous landslide in British Columbia's Fraser River as crews continue to work to clear debris and find other ways to transport salmon to...
Aug 28, 2019
The unusual suspects: British Columbia's middle-class gang problem
SURREY, B.C. - At the end of a tranquil cul-de-sac in a pleasant neighbourhood, a tall stucco house overlooks a well-kept lawn and lush flowerbeds. The home is in the Metro Vancouver city of Surr...
Aug 28, 2019
Court orders women accused of defaming author to share emails, online posts
VANCOUVER - A B.C. Supreme Court judge has awarded author Steven Galloway access to emails between a woman who accused him of sexual assault and staff at the University of British Columbia in&nbs...
Aug 28, 2019
B.C. father accused of killing daughters denies stabbing self in throat, chest
VANCOUVER - The Crown suggested Tuesday that a Vancouver Island father accused of killing his daughters on Christmas Day in 2017 hesitated before stabbing himself in the throat. Crown attorn...
Aug 28, 2019
Hong Kong: Split emerges in Chinese-Canadian community amid protests
VANCOUVER - Images of police using rubber bullets and tear gas against protesters in Hong Kong in early June spurred Joel Wan to pick up the phone and call the United Nations human rights office from ...
Aug 28, 2019

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