Category Archives: British Columbia
Flight Centre fights hundreds of fake sites, as bogus booking costs B.C. man $2,280
VANCOUVER - Ihsan Abdul Salam describes himself as a "loyal" customer of Flight Centre, booking tickets with the international travel company since 1995. But when he went to a Vancouver branch of the ...
Feb 04, 2024
AI brings deepfake pornography to the masses, as Canadian laws play catch-up
VANCOUVER - Underage Canadian high school girls are targeted using AI to create fake explicit photos that spread online. Google searches bring up multiple free websites capable of "undressing" women i...
Feb 03, 2024
Minister sorry for 'crappy piece of land' remark that angered pro-Palestinian groups
VERNON, B.C. - B.C. Premier David Eby saysPost-Secondary Education Minister Selina Robinson needs to "repair the damage" caused by her comments that Israel was founded on a "crappy piece of land," ang...
Feb 02, 2024
Eby 'profoundly disturbed' by attack on B.C. Crown prosecutor near courthouse
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says he was "profoundly disturbed" to hear that a provincial Crown prosecutor had been assaulted in Vancouver. Eby says he's been told the woman is recei...
Feb 02, 2024
First cases of fatal chronic wasting disease found in B.C. deer
VICTORIA - Researchers say a deadly disease starts out slow but has the potential to devastate British Columbia's deer population over time, after the discovery of the first cases in the province. The...
Feb 02, 2024
Lawyer for father of murdered B.C. girl denies client brought gun to Ali verdict
VANCOUVER - A lawyer representing the father of a murdered 13-year-old girl says the man did not bring a gun into a Vancouver courtroom eight weeks ago, on the day Ibrahim Ali was convicted of the kil...
Feb 02, 2024
Judge sets aside ruling that granted U.S. trans woman's refugee status in Canada
VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge has set aside a decision to grant refugee status to an American transgender woman, sending her application back for redetermination. In a decision released this week,...
Feb 02, 2024
B.C. coroner's inquest jury begins deliberations about deadly Winters Hotel fire
VANCOUVER - The jury in a coroner's inquest into the Winters Hotel fire in Vancouver two years ago has been stood down to deliberate its recommendations about the deadly blaze. For two weeks the inque...
Feb 02, 2024
Vancouver home sales rise in January as demand outpaces newly listed properties
VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouversays home sales got off to a strong start in the first month of 2024 but the pace of newly listed properties did not keep up with demand. The boar...
Feb 02, 2024
Shots fired at B.C. home of Sikh activist, an associate of slain Nijjar, group says
SURREY, B.C. - The spokesman for a group advocating Sikh independence says that a Metro Vancouver home hit by gunfire on Thursday belonged to a member of the movement. Surrey RCMP say multiple shots w...
Feb 02, 2024