B.C. News

OTTAWA — The federal government would be more sensitive to the fentanyl-overdose crisis if the people were dying on Parliament Hill’s doorstep instead of in distant B.C., provincial Health Minister Terry Lake said Wednesday.

The securities regulator of B.C. has permanently banned a Victoria man from the province’s capital markets after he defrauded a family friend by purporting to sell her shares he never owned.

An invasion of snow geese this fall is creating spectacular viewing opportunities in unexpected places around Metro Vancouver, but also raising concerns about fast-growing flocks posing problems for farms, parks and airports.

A number of Chinese investors and B.C. real estate professionals are suing Richmond lawyer Hong Guo, alleging $2.1 million in losses, after Guo says more than $7.5 million was stolen from her trust account.

VANCOUVER — A man dressed in a dark green hunting jacket and carrying a rifle was shot dead after stabbing an employee and a police officer at a Canadian Tire store in East Vancouver on Thursday. The violent scene began to unfold around 3 p.m.

A Courtenay man who has refused to reveal the location of at least 30 missing firearms was sentenced to more than three years in prison on Monday for a dozen gun-related convictions. B.C.

Shaw Communications Inc. is laying off 200 employees across the country, 100 in B.C. “We’ve combined two roles into one,” Shaw representative Chethan Lakshman said.

The Coal Harbour penthouse is 8,010 square feet with a panoramic view of Vancouver, four bedrooms, five bathrooms, a private seven-vehicle garage — and it can all be yours for just a smidgen under $59 million.

An investigation is continuing after 107.5 kilograms of what appeared to be cocaine was seized at the Pacific Highway truck crossing at the U.S.-Canada border.

Yet another B.C. advocate of the “natural person” theory of tax evasion faces possible jail time for teaching hundreds of Canadians a fraudulent scheme for dodging the tax man.