Category: British Columbia

Business Group Offers $100,000 Reward Over Attack on Coastal GasLink Site

The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C. is offering a $100,000 reward for information about an attack on Coastal GasLink employees at a northern work site in February. RCMP say a group of about 20 people armed with axes attacked security guards and smashed vehicle windows at the site near Houston, wrecking heavy machinery…


Former Kelowna, BC, Mayor Colin Basran Charged With Sexual Assault

Former Kelowna mayor Colin Basran has been charged with one count of sexual assault stemming from an alleged incident in May while he was still in office. Basran is set to make his first appearance related to the charge in Kelowna provincial court on Jan. 24. A statement from the British Columbia Prosecution Service says…


BC Finance Minister Replaced in Premier David Eby’s Cabinet Shuffle

British Columbia Premier David Eby has upended his cabinet, bringing in new faces from the backbench and replacing senior cabinet ministers, including finance minister Selina Robinson. Katrine Conroy, the former forests minister, will take over the finance portfolio, while Robinson moves to post-secondary education and future skills. Robinson announced just last month that the government had…


BC Premier David Eby to Reveal New Cabinet With Health, Safety, Housing Priorities

British Columbia Premier David Eby will appoint a new cabinet today in a move pundits are saying will be a blend of old and new faces, and could also start the countdown towards an early election. Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin is scheduled to swear in Eby’s cabinet during a ceremony at Government House in Victoria. Since…


Kamloops, BC, Company Slays Industry Giants to Win Acoustic Guitar of the Year

Growing up in a family-run music store, Mike Miltimore was comfortable as a preteen pulling apart guitars, understanding how they worked and putting them back together. He has fond memories of flipping through the Musical Merchandise Review magazine to see what products industry insiders from across North America picked as the best each year. “We…


Slain RCMP Const Yang Cleared of Wrongdoing in Shooting: BC Police Watchdog

British Columbia’s police watchdog has cleared a slain Burnaby RCMP constable of wrongdoing after she shot a man in the altercation that led to her death. The Independent Investigations Office says after a review of all available evidence its chief civilian director determined that there are no reasonable grounds to believe Const. Shaelyn Yang committed…


Snowfall Gridlock in Metro Vancouver Turns 45-minute Commute Into 12-hour Frustration

When Bharanisai Madhusudhan stopped at the grocery store on his way home from work Tuesday afternoon, he expected the trip home to Surrey, B.C. to take him about 45 minutes. Instead, it would be nearly 12 hours before he arrived home. “If I had walked to my home, I would have reached there about four…


Dutch Man Who Harassed BC Teenager Amanda Todd Returned to the Netherlands

The man convicted of harassing and extorting British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd has been returned to the Netherlands, where the prosecution office says a judge will decide if he serves any of his 13-year Canadian sentence. Canada’s Justice Department says Aydin Coban was taken back to his home country on Nov. 24, where he will…


BC Ready to Cancel Surgeries as Respiratory Cases Flood Overcrowded Hospitals

Plans to make room for patients with respiratory illnesses by cancelling surgeries are in place in British Columbia hospitals, says Health Minister Adrian Dix, as parents worry about long emergency room waits with sick children. But the province has yet to reach the point of scrapping operations, said Dix Thursday, as he faced Opposition calls…


Carol Todd Worries Dutch Man Who Harassed Daughter Amanda May Not Serve Sentence

Carol Todd is worried the Dutch man convicted of harassing and extorting her teenage daughter, Amanda, who later died by suicide, may not serve any of the 13-year sentence handed to him by a British Columbia court last month. Todd said she knew at the start of the B.C. Supreme Court trial for Aydin Coban last…