Category Archives: British Columbia
'They are violent:' Nanaimo RCMP hunt for accused jewelry store robbers
NANAIMO - Warrants have been issued for a pair of people accused of violently robbing a jewelry store in Nanaimo.Three people smashed into Sonny's Jewellers on Oct. 2, attacked the owner with bear spr...
Dec 21, 2024
88-year-old music maker creates unique horn section, with moose antler bass guitar and cello
HOPE - Eighty-eight-year-old Lorne Collie has been making musical instruments for more than three decades, creations that dazzle for their unique materials as much as their sound. There's a hefty bass...
Dec 21, 2024
B.C. mayor gets calls from across Canada about 'crazy' plan to recruit doctors
The mayor of the suburban Victoria community of Colwood says he's getting calls from municipal leaders across Canada who have heard about his community's "out-of-the-box" plan to recruit family doctor...
Dec 20, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces new lieutenant-governor for B.C.
VICTORIA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the appointment of longtime businesswoman and philanthropist Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia as British Columbia's 31st lieutenant-governor. Trudeau says i...
Dec 20, 2024
BC Civil Liberties Association calls for review of MAID legislation
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association is calling on the provincial and federal governments to review medically-assisted dying legislation to ensure proper safeguards are in plac...
Dec 20, 2024
Nurse impersonator sentenced to four more years in prison by B.C. Supreme Court
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has sentenced a woman with an extensive criminal history of impersonating nurses in several provinces to four years in prison, tacking on more time t...
Dec 20, 2024
Former B.C. premier Glen Clark has been appointed as the new BC Hydro chair
VICTORIA - Former B.C. premier Glen Clark is returning to the public eye, two years after leaving his high-profile position as president of Jim Pattison Group. The provincial government has announced ...
Dec 20, 2024
B.C. repeals public drug use law after challenge and Ottawa's similar changes
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has repealed a law it passed last year to restrict drug use in some public areas because successful court challenges prevented it from being brought into for...
Dec 19, 2024
Landslide on tracks stops Amtrak passenger runs between Seattle and Vancouver
WHITE ROCK, B.C. - A landslide that blocked railway tracks has stopped Amtrak passenger service between Vancouver and Seattle. Amtrak says in a statement Thursday that the landslide near White Rock, B...
Dec 19, 2024
Family says man received MAID on psychiatric day pass, files wrongful-death lawsuit
VANCOUVER - The family of a 52-year-old man who received medical assistance in dying while on a day pass from a Vancouver psychiatric hospital has launched a constitutional challenge to the procedure'...
Dec 19, 2024