Parents of B.C. newborns named Liam and Emma not alone
Parents naming their newborn baby Liam and Emma are not alone according to the 140th edition of the British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency Annual Repor. Liam and Emma are the most popular names for B.C. babies born in 2011 according to the annual report from the British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency. The most widely selected […]
The winter driving season is a challenge for all drivers
Sadly, an average of 34 people are killed and 7,110 injured in 4,740 crashes every December on B.C. roads, making it one of the highest months of the year for crashes. Now that the winter season has kicked into full swing on road conditions across B.C. driving can be both challenging and unpredictable. Which is […]
Elderly woman dies on Via Rail train travelling from Toronto to Vancouver
Via Rail confirmed on its website that an elderly woman died Saturday of flu-like symptoms on a train travelling from Vancouver to Toronto. The website said at approximately 5 a.m. Saturday, Train 2, which was travelling between Vancouver and Toronto, was delayed several hours near Parry Sound, Ontario, due to a medical...
Growing Forward program extended for B.C. agriculture
Canada and B.C. targeted funding to support business development, innovation, food safety, and sustainability under the Growing Forward agreement in the first quarter of 2012-13. Growing Forward is a five-year framework that co-ordinates federal, provincial and territorial agricultural policy. Between April 1 and June 30,...
How Grinch-like governments make our holiday travel costly
Mark Milke, The Fraser Institute Question: Have you ever felt annoyed at a restaurant when your bill arrived with a mandated tip, thus removing your (monetary) ability to comment on the service? If so, that’s about how governments act vis-à-vis travel costs for Canadians, this when governments prevent full competition which...
COMMENT: Forsaken on Highway 16
Wally Oppal’s long awaited report commissioned in the wake of the conviction of serial killer Robert Pickton holds a surprise. Something had gone tragically wrong with law enforcement. How else could one individual have murdered dozens of women in one location over more than a decade without being caught? That Oppal’s report...
Surrey cops credit citizen for helping nab Christmas Grinch
Surrey RCMP is crediting an alert citizen for helping them successfully arrest a Grinch. On Dec. 15 around 12 p.m., the Surrey RCMP were dispatched to a report of a suspicious person going door to door in the area of 126th Street and 67B Avenue. The complainant called police after a male came to her door […]
Keep safe during the holiday season
During the holiday season fire causes significant injury and cause thousands of dollars in property damage to British Columbians. Since many of these fires are preventable, the Office of the Fire Commissioner and the Ministry of Justice are offering some basic fire safety tips, so British Columbians can enjoy a fire-safe holiday season. Candle safety […]
Search called off for missing Clearwater woman
RCMP has called off search efforts for missing Clearwater school teacher Courtney Buck, who is missing and presumed drowned in the Clearwater River after a car accident Sunday (December 9). Courtney Buck was travelling with husband Skye Buck on their way home when their vehicle lost control on Highway 5 and then crashed into the […]
B.C.'s Grade 4 students among world's top readers
Things are looking up in the education system after B.C.’s Grade 4 students were graded the world’s top readers at their grade level and had the highest average score in Canada, according to a just-released international report. In 2011, 45 countries and nine Canadian provinces took part in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study […]
