Category Archives: British Columbia

The B.C. government has launched an upgrade on the provincial hydro system in an effort to increase the power supply by another seven per cent. Energy Minister Adrian Dix announced the improvements on...

OTTAWA - Canada will take a harder stance on intimate partner violence after a Conservative MP's private member's bill became law Wednesday. The Criminal Code will soon be updated to allow the killer ...

CULTUS LAKE - The agency that oversees safety at B.C. amusement parks says investigators have found "electrical non compliances" at Cultus Lake Waterpark where a group of 12 schoolchildren suffered el...

OTTAWA - A new poll released Wednesday suggests 90 per cent of people in B.C. support local water restrictions. Leger surveyed 1,512 Canadians between June 12 and June 15, including 206 residents of B...

VICTORIA - B.C. has turned up access to hearing aids. The provincial government says in a statement that adults with mild to moderate hearing loss can now buy over-the-counter hearing aids without a p...

KAMLOOPS - West Kelowna fire chief Jason Broland says that for better or worse, residents and emergency responders of the community in British Columbia's Okanagan region now have a "deep understanding...

VANCOUVER - Former U.S. Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem has joined B.C. mineral exploration company NovaRed Mining Inc. in a strategic advisory role. The company says Noem, who is special envo...

SURREY - A 22-year-old man is facing criminal charges after allegedly trying to abduct a child playing in a driveway in Metro Vancouver. Police in Surrey say the alleged abduction attempt happened Sat...

Mayor Denise O'Connor concedes that Lytton, B.C., looks "pretty empty" these days, aside from the homes of about 75 residents and a couple other buildings. It's almost five years since a wildfire kill...

TORONTO - Dr. Ellen Wiebe has never been one to shy away from risk. It started with the very first patient she provided with a medically assisted death: Hanne Schafer, a 66-year-old Calgary psychologi...