Category Archives: British Columbia
No time for 'games': B.C. solicitor general gives deadline for Surrey policing report
VICTORIA - British Columbia's solicitor general accuses the City of Surrey of playing games around its decision to retain the RCMP as its policing agency. Mike Farnworth issued a statement saying he b...
Jun 19, 2023
Temple leader who supported separate Sikh state is shot dead in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY, B.C. - The general secretary of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Society in Surrey, British Columbia, confirms the president of the gurdwara was fatally shot in an attack just outside the temple. ...
Jun 19, 2023
Possible snowfall expected on B.C. Interior highways: Environment Canada
KELOWNA, B.C. - After a month of above-normal temperatures across British Columbia, Environment Canada is warning about possible snowfall on the province's southwest Interior highways. The agency issu...
Jun 18, 2023
Evacuation order for B.C.'s West Kiskatinaw wildfire rescinded, alert remains
The Peace River Regional District says the evacuation order for the One Island Lake community in the northeast corner of British Columbiahas been cancelled and residents can return home. But it says a...
Jun 18, 2023
Denialists tried to dig up suspected unmarked graves at Tk'emlups: report
WARNING: This story contains details that may be distressing to some.KAMLOOPS - Residential school denialists tried to dig up suspected graves of children outside of the former Kamloops Indian Residen...
Jun 18, 2023
Government changes curb out of province purchases of diabetes drug
VANCOUVER - The number of B-C's online prescriptions for the diabetes drug Ozempic filled by Americans have fallen by 99 per cent after the province introduced laws restricting foreign sales in April....
Jun 17, 2023
Home and camper on the wish list for Victoria, B.C., couple after $35M lotto win
VANCOUVER - A couple from Victoria, B.C., are $35 million richer after claiming the whopping sum at a B.C. Lottery Corp. celebration in Vancouver. Lahsen Rezrazi and Debbie Ramsay say they plan on buy...
Jun 16, 2023
Renewable diesel refinery is first in Canada, completed in B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Construction has been completed on a stand-alone renewable diesel refinery in British Columbia, the first of its kind in Canada. Officials, including Premier David Eby, were in P...
Jun 16, 2023
99% drop in Ozempic shipments to U.S. residents after B.C. introduces restrictions
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says there's been a 99 per cent drop in the number of online Ozempic prescriptions filled by Americans from pharmacies in that province since it introduced r...
Jun 16, 2023
African descent advisory group feels lied to over police return to Vancouver schools
VANCOUVER - Members of the African descent advisory committee for the Vancouver Police Department say they feel they were lied to over the process to reinstate a program that deploys armed officers to...
Jun 16, 2023