Category Archives: British Columbia
3 people kicked out of Canada in extortion probe in B.C., border agency says
VANCOUVER - The Canada Border Services Agency says it has removed three people from the country as part of its work within the B.C. Extortion Task Force. The agency says in a statement that it is also...
Nov 07, 2025
Biggest landowner in Cowichan area wants Aboriginal title case reopened, in rare move
A company that says it is the biggest private landowner in the Cowichan Tribes' Aboriginal title area in Richmond, B.C., said it will ask the British Columbia Supreme Court to take the rare step of re...
Nov 07, 2025
Carney tells business crowd a new pipeline project is 'going to happen'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney came close to telling a Bay Street audience Friday that he will secure a new pipeline for Alberta, offering his strongest endorsement of the idea yet. During an arm...
Nov 07, 2025
B.C. government workers voting through to Thursday on tentative agreement
BURNABY - Members of the British Columbia General Employees' Union have begun voting on the tentative agreement reached last month with the provincial government. The union says in a statement that vo...
Nov 07, 2025
West Fraser to shut mill in 100 Mile House, B.C., amid market challenges
100 MILE HOUSE - West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. will permanently close its mill in 100 Mile House, B.C., by the end of this year, putting roughly 165 people out of work. It says in a statement that the m...
Nov 07, 2025
'Couldn't stomach it': Ostriches loaded in bins after shooting cull stuns protesters
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - It had taken more than 10 months before the first gunshots marked the beginning of a cull of hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm that was ordered duri...
Nov 07, 2025
Gunshots at ostrich farm as cull at B.C. farm moves ahead
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - An operation to kill hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm is underway, with numerous gunshots heard on the property overnight. The shots were coming fr...
Nov 07, 2025
B.C. couple who ran bogus anti-tax school lose CRA assessment appeal
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia couple who ran educational seminars promoting the bogus notion that people don't have to pay taxes have lost their appeal against tax bills on $1.4 million in revenue fr...
Nov 06, 2025
Communities shut water intake from B.C. lake after fuel spill reaches 80,000 litres
KAMLOOPS - A local official says small communities on Kamloops Lake in British Columbia have been shutting down their intakes from the waterway after it was revealed that more than 80,000 litres of av...
Nov 06, 2025
Five things to know about ostrich cull case, after court delivers blow to farmers
The cull of hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm is set to begin after the Supreme Court of Canada announced it would not be hearing an appeal by the farm's owners. Here are five things to...
Nov 06, 2025