http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/britishcolumbia/ en-us Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:27:37 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386173/posts The Canadian Press VANCOUVER — SNIPPET: "Khaled Nawaya, a flight instructor, was arrested by Canada Border Services agents when they found $800,000 in gold coins and other currency in his car and pockets on Oct. 6, as he crossed into Surrey, B.C., near Vancouver." SNIPPET: "He'd been living in the U.S. since he was 17 and had gained approval for permanent residency in Canada. Besides the gold, Canadian agents found a ring bearing the insignia of Hezbollah, which has been listed as a terrorist organization by the Canadian government since 2002. They also seized 9/11 conspiracy theory-themed DVDs and a... CTVBC.ctv.ca - THE CANADIAN PRESS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386173/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:27:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366329/posts SNIPPET: "Would-be migrants who were found aboard a vessel headed for British Columbia may have each paid $45,000 for the trip. The men, believed to be Tamils from Sri Lanka, remain in custody as Immigration Canada determines their identity. The ship, called the Ocean Lady, was seized by RCMP last Friday. Another vessel carrying Sir Lankans was caught off the coast of Australia last week, and the passengers said they had paid smugglers $15,000 to board the ship. One man told a reporter about the Ocean Lady, and said he had wanted to board that vessel instead, but it was... CTV.ca http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366329/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:34:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2364292/posts Just starting... get interested! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2364292/posts#comment Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:04:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352079/posts Health Care Systems: A return to private health care is rising from the grass roots north of the border. While we rush headlong toward socialized medicine, Canadians are saying, "No, thanks — been there, done that." We recently told the story of Ava Isabella Stinson, born 13 weeks premature at St. Joseph's hospital in Hamilton, Ontario. She weighed all of two pounds and had no time to be put on a waiting list. But there were no open neonatal intensive care beds for her at St. Joseph's or anywhere else in the entire province of Ontario it seems. Canada's perfectly... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352079/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 00:54:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320894/posts Medical Care: A leaked report shows that Vancouver's health authority is considering cutting thousands of surgeries to balance the budget. However organized, government-run health care inevitably leads to rationing.Defenders of ObamaCare continually point out that their plan is not like Canada's, that holding that country's system up as an example of impending medical doom is invalid. Canada's system is different. Instead of having a single national plan, Canada's national health insurance, a kind of public option, is composed of 13 interlocking provincial and territorial plans, all framed under the Canada Health Act. But based on a report leaked to the... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320894/posts#comment Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:19:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282876/posts Health Reform: A critically ill premature baby is moved to a U.S hospital to get the treatment she couldn't get in the system we're told we should emulate. Cost-effective care? In Canada, as elsewhere, you get what you pay for.Ava Isabella Stinson was born last Thursday at St. Joseph's hospital in Hamilton, Ontario. Weighing only two pounds, she was born 13 weeks premature and needed some very special care. Unfortunately, there were no open neonatal intensive care beds for her at St. Joseph's — or anywhere else in the entire province of Ontario, it seems. IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282876/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 00:13:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351401/posts Note: Photo included. "2 Canadians slain in Mexico tied to drug trade: police 3 gunmen believed responsible for shootings" Last Updated: Monday, September 28, 2009 | 9:56 PM ET The Associated Press SNIPPET: "Gang investigators in British Columbia say two men gunned down in Mexico were involved in the drug trade, and had been on the radar of gang investigators before they were found shot to death in a Puerto Vallarta condo complex." (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) CBC.ca - Canada - THE CANADIAN PRESS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351401/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:49:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351390/posts SNIPPET: "SPOKANE -- Authorities in North Idaho are reporting that sometime early Tuesday morning a small airplane was stolen from the Boundary County Airport. The Boundary County Sheriff confirms they received a report regarding the theft of a 2005 Cessna T182T aircraft around 7 AM Tuesday morning. The aircraft, with tail number N2183P, is a white and blue fixed wing single engine aircraft. It is believed the aircraft was taken from the airport around 5:45 Tuesday. They're not sure in what direction the plane was flown from the airport." SNIPPET: "Authorities are working to confirm if the theft is related... KXLY.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351390/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:53:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2293917/posts A toddler has miraculously survived after he drove his toy jeep into a river and then floated nearly eight miles downstream. Demetrius Jones, who turned three yesterday, let himself out of his grandmother's holiday trailer while his family slept and took his battery-operated truck down to the Peace River in British Columbia, where he was swept away by the current. The red miniature Chevrolet Silverado truck flipped over but the boy - who was only wearing a nappy and T-shirt - floated on it, along swirling waters. When his family woke up and realised he was missing police were called... The Daily Mail UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2293917/posts#comment Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:19:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292575/posts Three cougars that appeared to be stalking people were shot in Princeton, B.C., during the last two weeks, and a veteran conservation officer says he's never seen anything like it. The first cougar was spotted lurking near a campground in the southern Interior town on July 3... B.C. conservation officer Al Lay shot the big cat out of concern it may have been stalking people. "It was close to residences and campsites on the other side, and it was just one of those situations where it is better safe then sorry.… We just can't take the chance of someone being... CBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292575/posts#comment Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:23:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292966/posts PRINCETON, British Columbia, July 15 (UPI) -- Three cougars shot in the past two weeks after being spotted apparently stalking people is a rare occurrence in Canada, a conservation officer says. One of the big cats was killed by a conservation officer July 3 near a campground in Princeton, British Columbia, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Tuesday. The second was shot by a Princeton area man after being seen following two girls tubing down a river. The next day, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer killed a third cougar spotted hanging around a softball tournament. United Press International http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292966/posts#comment Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:21:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/963837/posts Vancouver — Two citizens of Pakistan, one of whom had a British Columbia driver's licence, are being held by U.S. authorities in Seattle after their names showed up on an antiterrorist "no-fly list" when they tried to book one-way flights to New York. They were nabbed at the Sea-Tac International Airport on Saturday night, less than 12 hours after a curious incident in Vancouver in which a drug suspect plunged to his death from a seventh-floor apartment balcony as he tried to flee a police raid. The RCMP confirmed yesterday that its antiterrorism unit is investigating whether the dead man... Globe and Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/963837/posts#comment Thu, 14 Aug 2003 06:59:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219460/posts Mounties have shot a woman in a wheelchair dead after she gunned down two people inside a Gibsons nursing home. One of the woman's victims is dead and the other has been taken to St. Paul's Hospital by helicopter. The incident occurred at about 4:30 p.m. at Good Samaritan Christensen Village nursing home after two employees approached the wheelchair-bound resident. The woman allegedly shot them with a rifle. She may have also had a handgun on her, according to witnesses. Residents identified the woman to The Province as Linda, 40. They said she had been acting erratically after being served... Vancouver Province http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219460/posts#comment Wed, 1 Apr 2009 02:31:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2207081/posts "On Monday evening Melvina's mother heard an awful racket/strange and loud noise coming from the back of her property. It certainly did frighten her as the sound was so very unusual and the dogs certainly were going wild over what was happening. She contacted her daughter and Melvina came down the next day to look into what took. She put on a set of snow shoes and headed out into the forest. In the open areas, (not under any trees) the snow would have been approximately a foot and a half in depth. Under the trees the snow pack was... americanchronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2207081/posts#comment Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:08:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170537/posts January 23, 2009 Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel09/fugitive012309.htm Possible Sighting of FBI Fugitive in British Columbia The FBI is working with Canadian authorities to confirm the possible sighting of one of its Domestic Terrorism fugitives. Last November, the Bureau announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of four eco-terrorists known as “The Family.” Rebecca Rubin, one of the four fugitives, was spotted by a tipster who may have seen her near her hometown of Vancouver, British Columbia. We received several tips about all of the fugitives as a result of the publicity. Some of... FBI.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170537/posts#comment Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:56:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2143942/posts When dozens of white sturgeon began washing up dead on the banks of British Columbia's Fraser River in the mid-1990s, some feared that North America's largest freshwater fish could be headed toward extinction. Once plentiful in the river, the sturgeon population had dropped below 40,000, and scientists were unable to explain the die-offs of mostly female fish. That's when an alliance of government agencies, environmentalists, aboriginal groups, and commercial and recreational fishers came together to save the sturgeon, spurring a robust recovery of the lower Fraser River population. nationalgeographic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2143942/posts#comment Sat, 6 Dec 2008 10:39:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2137108/posts The teenager behind a "Kick a Ginger" group on Facebook is being investigated by police after reports of attacks on redhead children. Nearly 5,000 people joined the online campaign which urged members to "get them steel toes ready" for a day of booting this week. The website appears to have been inspired by a recent episode of the cartoon South Park, in which a young character called Cartman describes people with red hair as evil and soulless. Dozens of children left messages on the page claiming to have carried out attacks on "National Kick a Ginger Day" on Thursday,... The Telegraph, London, UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2137108/posts#comment Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:21:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2103122/posts British Columbia Harry had a large UFO incident which took place on August 31, 2008 at approximately 1:30 a.m. when he was on a week's holiday. All of a sudden the object jumped from a stationary position it appeared to rise up and drop down again. He said the object went from a stop, then made about a 20 foot jump into the air in a split second, it jumped again and this time it made an estimated jump of approximately 50 to 60 feet and then it kept jumping at greater distances. americanchronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2103122/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:10:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100090/posts Having tolls removed from a major route in British Columbia, Canada, has taken some of the sting out of the cost of operating a trucking business in that province, but there’s still plenty of sting to go around. In late September, the government removed a $20 truck toll and $10 passenger vehicle toll from the Coquihalla Highway, which connects the city of Hope to Kamloops, B.C., in the Canadian West. Provincial officials said that truckers were pleased with the move, and they were. “Given the price of fuel, truckers are very happy with this,” Bridgitte Anderson, spokeswoman for British Columbia... Land Line Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100090/posts#comment Wed, 8 Oct 2008 02:20:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080142/posts Bear jumps on boat, mauls man Published Thursday September 11th, 2008 A7 By SCOTT SUTHERLAND The Canadian Press VICTORIA - Salmon fishermen are no longer throwing fish guts on shore for black bears around Port Renfrew, B.C. after one climbed onto a dock, jumped into a man's boat and mauled him. "All the bears in Port Renfrew are pretty docile," said fire Chief Dan Tennant. "They're more afraid of people than people are of them and normally turn and high-tail it when they see people.'' He said he first thought the bear attack call received by his department and an... Canadian Press via The Daily Gleaner, Fredericton, NB http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080142/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:39:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2044499/posts I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Canada is a cultural dichotomy. We are a collection of very singular and – dare I say? – distinct peoples who have very little in common, yet are feebly tied together through pseudo-patriotic themes such as beer commercials and donut shops. Confederation, that wonderfully impossible concept of complete and total Canadian national unity, has never worked and never will. One trip to a different part of the country proves that unequivocally. That is what became apparent to me during my camping venture in British Columbia..... The Moderate Separatist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2044499/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:51:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041012/posts Parents seek to stop candy throwing at parades Some British Columbia in are trying to end the practice of throwing candy from floats during parades.   DAWSON CREEK, B.C. — Some British Columbia in are trying to end the practice of throwing candy from floats during parades.The campaign in Dawson Creek is the latest effort by people concerned about children bolting into the parade to scoop up the sweets. Efforts to end candy tossing have been adopted in Kamloops, Prince George and Fort St. John.A Fort St. John town council member and parade marshal, Larry Evans, says float drivers... The Seattle Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041012/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:49:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2038942/posts How are thing? I mean, really – how are things going for you? I’ve been hearing some…well, disturbing things lately and I just wanted to touch base and see if you were okay..... The Moderate Separatist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2038942/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 02:37:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037302/posts  Human rights complaint over comic's lesbian remarksUpdated Thu. Jun. 26 2008 11:13 PM ETCTV.ca News StaffA Toronto comedian facing a B.C. Human Rights Tribunal hearing says offensive comments he made to two Vancouver lesbians were simply an attempt to stop them from heckling him on stage."I don't hate anybody based on their sexual orientation, or whatever, but I do hate hecklers and sometimes I get a little vehement," Guy Earle says in a radio interview posted on YouTube.Earle said he was hosting a weekly open-mic night in a restaurant on March 22, 2007 when the two women moved up... CTV News (Canada) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037302/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:00:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995081/posts Turbaned Sikhs in B.C. contest mandatory hard hat rule at sawmill Posted by Michael Rollins, The Oregonian April 01, 2008 06:59AM   Kalwant Singh Sahota Sikhs in Canada have won several key battles over religious attire. For example, Sikhs can wear turbans instead of the familiar Royal Canadian Mounted Police hats. But what about a sawmill? Isn't this easily a safety issue? It might be, except the two Sikhs who filed a human rights complaints have been working there for years without hard hats and have suddenly been required to don them. The Vancouver Sun's Kim Bolan is expert... The Oregonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995081/posts#comment Tue, 1 Apr 2008 20:17:24 GMT