A four month session of the Legislature has come to an end in Victoria with the last-minute passage of several major bills. "Motion carried." A unanimous vote for the bill that will transform the HST back to the PST next April. Several other bills were pushed through today after the Lberal government used time allocation to limit … [Read more...]
Hansen anniversary relay ends Tuesday
May 21, 2012 by
Premier Christy Clark will be among the crowd as the "Man in Motion" officially marks the 25th anniversary of the end of his world tour Tuesday.Rick Hansen will end his journey outside BC Place stadium, where he finished his first quest back in 1987.Hansen says the 273 day anniversary tour has brought back a flurry of memories. "This was way before … [Read more...]
Hazmat call ends in Coquitlam
May 18, 2012 by
RCMP have now tested a Coast Mountain bus and say there was no hazardous material on board. The incident shut down the Coquitlam Centre bus loop for much of the afternoon. The whole thing started when a driver and two passengers apparently said they didn't feel well, and there may have been some kind of white substance at the back of the bus. The … [Read more...]
Okanagan standoff ends peacefully
April 27, 2012 by
A man armed with a gun and a knife has surrendered peacefully to local police in the Okanagan community of Chase, east of Kamloops. The man in his 50's entered the local Royal Bank branch, he allowed all customers and staff to exit safely. Cpl. Dan Moskaluk says they still don't know what his motives were, "With respect to who this individual is, … [Read more...]
Toddler saved by Mountie after car ends up in ditch
February 3, 2012 by
Words can’t describe how grateful Alyse McDonald is but she hopes a big hug gets the message across. The mother of two is desperately seeking a reunion with an off-duty police officer and his wife after they helped save her family from a horrific accident in Delta. On Wednesday, McDonald was driving down Highway 17 with her two-year-old daughter, … [Read more...]
Fall legislative session ends
November 24, 2011 by
The provincial legislature is now shut down until the New Year. Here's a shock: the NDP and Liberals have a dramatically different take on the fall session. Opposition leader Adrian Dix says his party highlighted problems like cuts at Community Living BC, pointing that’s "in contrast to a government at the end of its mandate that seems … [Read more...]
Another Amber Alert ends successfully
September 28, 2011 by
The centre of Tuesday night's Amber Alert is now safely at home with his mother. Surrey RCMP issued an Amber Alert about 9:40 Tuesday evening. They believed the 4 year old boy, Jacob McBeath, had been taken by his father Benjamin. Police had reason to believe there was an altercation between the father and mother and the boy was … [Read more...]
Reign as most livable city ends
August 31, 2011 by
Melbourne has supplanted Vancouver as the world’s most livable city, according to The Economist’s Livability Index. The change interrupts Vancouver’s multi-year string of No. 1 rankings in the survey, which measures political stability, health care, culture, the environment, education and infrastructure. Vancouver is now ranked No. 3, behind the … [Read more...]
