Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. government announces changes to graduated drivers' licensing regime
VICTORIA, B.C. - The British Columbia government is making changes to its graduated drivers licensing regime, eliminating the need for a second road test to obtain a full licence. Public Safety Minist...
Apr 16, 2025
B.C. ministers urge residents to have go-bags, insurance before floods and wildfires
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says residents should start preparing for wildfire and flood season with go-bags and insurance, as emergency response officials watch the snowpack and drough...
Apr 16, 2025
Nav Canada warns to expect flight delays at Vancouver International Airport
RICHMOND - The agency that provides air traffic control for Canada's airports is warning travellers at Vancouver's airport of flight delays over what it says are "resource constraints." Nav Canada say...
Apr 16, 2025
BC Health Coalition urges province to end contract with U.S. owner of LifeLabs
VICTORIA - A public health advocacy group is urging the British Columbia government to end a contract with an American company that owns LifeLabs, the province's main provider of outpatient lab servic...
Apr 16, 2025
Green Party disinvited from tonight's federal debate after it 'intentionally' reduced the number of candidates
OTTAWA - The Leaders' Debate Commission says it has rescinded its invitation to the Green Party to participate in the two federal leaders' debates. The decision comes just hours before the French lang...
Apr 16, 2025
Gas firm says a contractor is dead in a gas plant fire near Fort St. John, B.C.
FORT ST. JOHN - A contractor has been killed and another person hurt in a fire in a gas plant north of Fort St. John, B.C. Alberta-based Tourmaline Oil, which runs the Gundy oil and gas extraction fac...
Apr 15, 2025
B.C. changes law to stop employers from asking for 'unnecessary' doctor sick notes
VICTORIA - British Columbia is changing its employment standards legislation to stop employers from asking employees for what the labour minister says are "unnecessary" sick notes. Jennifer Whiteside ...
Apr 15, 2025
B.C. accepting only 1,100 new immigrant applications, nominations to focus on health
The British Columbia government says the odds of new applications from immigrants looking to be accepted into its nominee program this year have dropped to near zero for anyone other than health worke...
Apr 15, 2025
First Nation launches challenge of B.C.'s approval to raise Mount Polley mine dam
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia First Nation has filed a legal challenge over the plan to allow the Mount Polley mine to raise its tailings dam a decade after a similar storage site at the mine gave wa...
Apr 15, 2025
Fraser Valley man, Rajinder Singh Chahal, accused of 3 sexual assaults on transit faces charges
NEW WESTMINSTER - The British Columbia Prosecution Service has approved charges relating to three alleged sexual assaults on Metro Vancouver's transit system against a 55-year-old Fraser Valley man. A...
Apr 15, 2025