Hotel forgives guest whose room was trashed by hungry seagulls


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Measles outbreak in B.C. reaches 300-plus, tied to 4 U.S. cases

More than 300 people in B.C. are now estimated to have contracted measles in the current outbreak, and officials south of the border in Washington state say the number of B.C.-linked measles cases has also grown.

Dr. Greg Stern, a health officer with Whatcom County, says four members ( Read more... )

B.C.'s new Family Law Act is the first to allow birth certificates with more than 2 parentsA Vancouver baby has just become the first child in British Columbia with three parents listed on a birth certificate ( Read more... )

THOSE WHO TAKE US AWAY: Abusive Policing and Failures in Protection of Indigenous Women and Girls in Northern British Columbia, Canada

SummaryOn December 5, 2012, a man walking his dog found the murdered body of 16-year old Summer Star (C.J.) Fowler in a ravine near the British Columbia (BC) town of Kamloops. The Gitanmaax teenager from Hazelton ( Read more... )

Potty training, as all parents know, can be a tall task.Convincing a child to own the throne takes a lot of persuasion, and the prospect of wearing big boy/big girl underwear often does the trick ( Read more... )

A B.C. Supreme Court has ruled the laws banning doctor-assisted suicide are unconstitutional.

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Lynn Smith declared the laws invalid, but also suspended her ruling for one year to give Parliament time to draft legislation with her ruling in mind.

Smith also granted Gloria Taylor an exemption in her ruling, allowing the ailing ( Read more... )

A woman sits in a doorway, feet apart and leaning forward with her elbows on her knees, posed like an athlete taking a break on the bench. She's had an injury ( Read more... )

No charge against Vancouver officer who shot man
Const. David Chipperfield said he did not know man had been disarmed

A Vancouver police officer who repeatedly fired at a man and killed him with a shot to the head nearly five years ago will not be charged.

Police Complaint Commissioner Stan Lowe said Monday that extensive investigations have not ( Read more... )

The B.C. government is floating a proposal to fly people on social assistance north and give them accommodation and training to fill vacant jobs in the booming oil and gas sector.

Finance Minister Kevin Falcon first suggested the plan at a business meeting in Kamloops on Tuesday.

On Wednesday Kamloops Liberal MLA Terry Lake told CBC News the plan is ( Read more... )

B.C. legislation to remove teachers' right to strike
BCTF calls legislation 'the height of political cynicism'

B.C.'s 40,000 teachers have been granted the right to strike by the Labour Relations Board, but the government has introduced legislation that could take away that right and impose a six-month cooling-off period and a mediator to settle the ( Read more... )