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From the outset of its landmark claim for Aboriginal title, the Quw’utsun (Cowichan) Nation claimed its beef was not with private property owners. In May 2017, lawyers for the Quw’utsun, the federal Crown, B.C and Richmond spent two days in a Victoria courtroom debating the merits of notifying more than …
Read More »Couple weds in Nelson, B.C., with little notice — but great support from community
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. This time last week, Tim Bowman and Leah Fried didn’t know they’d be happily married. The couple had been planning to wed while spending time in B.C. …
Read More »Shelter runs out of naloxone as B.C. community sees 80 drug overdoses in 24 hours
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. A shelter in B.C.’s Cowichan Valley ran out of naloxone last week after the area saw an estimated 80 toxic drug poisonings in a 24-hour period, according …
Read More »MMA gym owners, coaches ID’d at secretive neo-Nazi event in B.C.
Some of the country’s most prominent white supremacist groups gathered in Vancouver this summer for a secretive neo-Nazi conference that also included martial arts gym owners, coaches and trainers. Held at the Scottish Cultural Centre in the city’s south end, the event was organized by a group called Exiles of …
Read More »B.C. man charged in Ontario serial sexual assault cold case
Ontario Provincial Police say a British Columbia man has been charged in connection with a series of violent sexual assaults that happened nearly three decades ago across southwestern Ontario. The OPP say Project Aerial, a multi-jurisdictional investigation launched with Sarnia Police, led to the arrest of Jason Timothy Davidson, 52, …
Read More »‘Significant spike’ in overdose deaths weighs heavy in Campbell River, B.C.
Locals agree there were already too many people dying on the streets of Campbell River, B.C., before 13 people recently overdosed in the space of six and a half weeks. The number is staggering for the small Vancouver Island city, where about 35,000 people live about 220 kilometres northwest of …
Read More »B.C. program offers Indigenous offenders alternative to criminal charges
The B.C. First Nations Justice Council has opened a new Indigenous Diversion Centre in downtown Prince George, B.C., which will offer some Indigenous people who commit minor crimes an alternative to being criminally charged. The organization says it’s the first of its kind in Canada. During a grand opening ceremony on …
Read More »Indian celebrity’s Surrey, B.C., café hit with bullets a 3rd time in suspected extortion-related case: police
Surrey police say an Indian celebrity’s local café twice targeted by gunmen has been hit with bullets once again, in what has become common violence often associated with extortion. The Surrey Police Service (SPS) said officers responded to the city’s Newton area Thursday where there were reports of Kap’s Cafe, …
Read More »Blue Jays fans in B.C. stay optimistic as team heads into Game 3 of ALCS after back-to-back losses
Thanksgiving Monday wasn’t a great day to be a Toronto Blue Jays fan. As turkeys roasted in ovens across the country, supporters watched as Canada’s only Major League Baseball franchise was baked, boiled, stuffed and mashed, losing to the Seattle Mariners 10-3 in Game 2 of the American League Championship …
Read More »CFIA confirms death of ostrich with ‘pre-existing condition’ at B.C. farm
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says an ostrich that was part of a B.C. flock that was recently issued a last-minute stay of a cull order by the Supreme Court of Canada has died. The agency says the bird at Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., had a previous injury and a pre-existing condition that impacted …
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