News/Canada/British Columbia (Page 45)

British Columbia Top officials in Canada and the U.S. are pushing to finalize the Columbia River Treaty to manage water flowing between the two countries before Donald Trump becomes president. Trump has referred to the B.C. water system as a ‘very large faucet’ that could be diverted to solve waterContinue Reading

British Columbia Intense rainfall and flooding that hammered British Columbia’s coast last month has led to more than $110 million in insured damage claims.  Bureau calls for feds to fully fund National Flood Insurance Program to reduce disaster assistance costsThe Canadian Press · Posted: Nov 15, 2024 2:42 PM EST | Last Updated:Continue Reading

British Columbia Frontline officers in B.C. got the mozzarella but didn’t get their man in a recent “cheese heist” at a Whole Foods in North Vancouver. RCMP say stopping the theft just another slice of frontline lifeCBC News · Posted: Nov 14, 2024 4:50 PM EST | Last Updated: 2Continue Reading

British Columbia A proposed class-action lawsuit against the Canadian government says Indigenous children removed from their communities and placed in group homes beginning in the 1950s suffered abuse that “was commonplace, condoned and, arguably, encouraged.” Suit filed against Canadian government seeks compensation for those forced into group homes as children Darryl Greer · The Canadian Press · Posted:Continue Reading

British Columbia Avian flu typically spreads between wild and domestic birds but can spread to other animals and people. There have now been more than 40 confirmed human cases in the United States, according to the Centre for Disease Control, most of which have been found in California.  Risk inContinue Reading

British Columbia Mounties say they’ve arrested three men in Surrey, B.C., believed to be tied to a transnational organized crime group connected to Mexican drug cartels, while four others suspected of trafficking large quantities of drugs were arrested in Burnaby, B.C.  Firearms, ammo, kilos of drugs seized in Surrey; anotherContinue Reading

Canada’s public health agency has confirmed the first case of H5N1 avian influenza in the country in a B.C. teenager who is in critical condition. In a statement, the Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed the Richmond resident was infected with that particular strain of the virus which can cause severeContinue Reading

British Columbia Peter Beckett was found guilty of first-degree murder in 2017, but his conviction was overturned in 2020. Laura’s husband was convicted of 1st-degree murder in 2017, but that ruling was overturned in 2020 Courtney Dickson · CBC News · Posted: Nov 13, 2024 9:00 AM EST | LastContinue Reading

British Columbia Former B.C. premier John Horgan has died at the age of 65, CBC News has confirmed. In June this year, Horgan told CBC that he had been diagnosed with cancer for the third time during a routine followup appointment for his previous throat cancer. Horgan was diagnosed with cancer forContinue Reading