{"id":71320,"date":"2016-02-25T23:38:56","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T04:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=71320"},"modified":"2016-02-25T23:38:56","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T04:38:56","slug":"whats-making-news-in-british-columbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/02\/25\/whats-making-news-in-british-columbia\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s making news in British Columbia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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English Bay, Vancouver, BC. Photo by James Z<\/a> via Wiki Commons<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tent city block party interrupted by police<\/strong><\/p>\n

A block party at a homeless camp on the grounds of Victoria’s courthouse got off to a rough start as police cars arrived with sirens blaring.<\/p>\n

Campers are staging the block party as they face eviction Thursday from a tent city where more than 100 people have been living for months.<\/p>\n

The police officers who arrived were investigating a disturbance at one of the tents at the camp but had no comment about an alleged assault.<\/p>\n

The province gave campers until Thursday to move off the grounds but it’s hoped they will leave voluntarily and go to shelters instead of being forcibly evicted.<\/p>\n

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Lack of maintenance sunk tugboat: TSB<\/strong><\/p>\n

The sinking of a tugboat off B.C.’s Sunshine Coast last spring is being attributed to a lack of adequate maintenance on the vessel.<\/p>\n

The Syringa sank north of Merry Island on March 18 after taking on water while towing a barge, and both of its crew members swam to safety.<\/p>\n

A Transportation Safety Board investigation pointed to several issues, including a lack of preventive measures to stop deck water from flowing into the hull and a life raft that wasn’t serviced a year earlier even though it was mandatory.<\/p>\n

The TSB is calling on Transport Canada to require all marine industry operators to have formal safety management processes, which is not currently required for smaller tugs.<\/p>\n

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Vancouver cop, motorcyclist injured in crash<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vancouver police say an officer has been injured after he was struck by a motorcycle he was trying to stop for speeding.<\/p>\n

It’s alleged the officer was standing beside his own motorcycle when he tried to flag down the driver Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

Police say the motorcyclist then lost control of the bike and crashed on the Knight Street bridge, a major artery in and out of the city.<\/p>\n

Both the officer and the motorcyclist were sent to hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n

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Work halted on Kitimat LNG project<\/strong><\/p>\n

AltaGas says it has stopped work on a liquefied natural gas project near Kitimat due to low prices and an oversupplied market.<\/p>\n

The company said in a conference call today that it had decided to shelve the Douglas Channel project because the consortium behind it had failed to secure any meaningful offtake agreements.<\/p>\n

AltaGas had planned to begin exporting LNG in 2018 but the project was held up over a 25 per cent excise duty being charged on its floating LNG facility.<\/p>\n

While the company says the issue is now resolved and no duty would be charged, unfavourable markets mean it couldn’t continue with the project.<\/p>\n

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Police investigating Chilliwack death<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mounties say homicide investigators are now involved in the case of a Chilliwack woman who was found dead in her home.<\/p>\n

RCMP say officers went to the woman’s home Wednesday night after being called to check on her well-being.<\/p>\n

Police would not release any further details.<\/p>\n

However, they say there’s no evidence to indicate the public is at risk.<\/p>\n

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B.C. Winter Games kick off in Penticton<\/strong><\/p>\n

More than 1,200 of the best young athletes in the province have gathered in Penticton for this year’s B.C. Winter Games.<\/p>\n

They’ll be competing in 17 different sports over the next several days at venues throughout the South Okanagan.<\/p>\n

There will also be competitions for athletes with a disability, including basketball, figure skating and cross country skiing.<\/p>\n

Along with the athletes, more than 330 coaches and about 180 officials will be taking part.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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