Category Archives: British Columbia
Canada sending plane to Uganda to help with peacekeeping in Africa
VANCOUVER - A Canadian Forces Hercules plane will be sent to Uganda to take part in a United Nations peacekeeping mission during the next 12 months, transporting troops, equipment and s...
Aug 17, 2019
Hunky Bill, B.C. perogy pioneer, restaurateur, PNE mainstay, dies at 88
VANCOUVER - Bill Konyk, a legendary Vancouver businessman who fought a human rights battle to maintain his nickname Hunky Bill, has died. He was 88. His youngest son, Mark Konyk, says his da...
Aug 16, 2019
Drug deaths drop but fentanyl remains killer
Fentanyl continues to be the main killer in B.C. overdose deaths although the numbers are falling.The BC Coroners Service says the illicit drug was detected in more than four of every five illicit dru...
Aug 16, 2019
Behavioural analysis can help answer the 'why' in B.C. murders: expert
VANCOUVER - A criminal profiler says investigators should find clues about why two men might have killed three people in northern British Columbia and whether there was a leader and a follower. Jim Va...
Aug 15, 2019
Defence minister to announce military will be sending plane to Uganda
VANCOUVER - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is to announce today that a Canadian Forces Hercules transport plane will be sent to Uganda to take part in a United Nations peacekeeping mission. ...
Aug 15, 2019
Boil water notice for Ross and Brentwood Roads in West Kelowna
The City of West Kelowna has issued a precautionary Boil Water Notice for residents in the Ross Road and Brentwood Road areas (see map) due to a watermain tie-in complication. Some residents in these ...
Aug 14, 2019
Police say manhunt suspects killed themselves, guns found near bodies in brush
VANCOUVER - Two British Columbia men who were suspects in the deaths of three people and led police on a manhunt across Western Canada shot themselves, the RCMP said Monday. Police said it a...
Aug 14, 2019
Hunky Bill, B.C. perogy pioneer, restaurateur, PNE mainstay, dies at 88
VANCOUVER - Bill Konyk, a legendary Vancouver businessman who fought a human rights battle to maintain his nickname Hunky Bill, has died. He was 88. His youngest son, Mark Konyk, says his da...
Aug 14, 2019
Lyft says it will launch ride-hailing in Vancouver before the end of the year
VANCOUVER - Ride-hailing company Lyft says it plans to be operating in Vancouver before the end of this year. The Passenger Transportation Board in B.C. has yet to unveil its final ride-hailing regula...
Aug 14, 2019
Cannabis company Tilray reports Q2 loss grew to US$35.1M, revenue up
NANAIMO, B.C. - Cannabis company Tilray Inc. reported a loss in its latest quarter as revenue soared compared with a year ago before legalization of the recreational market in Canada late last year. T...
Aug 14, 2019

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