Category Archives: British Columbia
Oliver is B.C.'s most popular name in 2024, as century of data show names come and go
VICTORIA - Oliver was the most popular name for babies in British Columbia in 2024, taking over from Noah, but both still have a long way to go to catch up with the most popular name of the past 100 y...
Dec 31, 2024
Rare cougar sighting reported in urban Vancouver, far from wilderness
VANCOUVER - A rare cougar sighting has been reported in Vancouver's urban Dunbar neighbourhood. The BC Conservation Officer Service says in a statement that the big cat was reported on Dec. 26 around ...
Dec 31, 2024
B.C. police find 'ghost gun' in car after driver said she couldn't remember name
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - Police say a woman in northeastern British Columbia who told an officer she couldn't remember her name during a traffic stop has been arrested after an untraceable "ghost gun" wa...
Dec 31, 2024
B.C. ringing in new year with new rules, including 20 per cent home-flipping tax
VICTORIA - A maximum 20-per-cent home-flipping tax is among a number of new regulations coming into effect in British Columbia starting Jan. 1. The previously announced tax, to be levied against non-e...
Dec 31, 2024
'It isn't a future thing.' Climate change is taking a toll on Canada's lighthouses
HALIFAX - For more than 150 years, the stout and tidy Walton Harbour lighthouse in Nova Scotia has stood watch from a cliff overlooking the upper Bay of Fundy. But in recent years, coastal erosion lef...
Dec 31, 2024
Vancouver's Bench Accounting to be acquired by California-based HR tech company
VANCOUVER - A California-based HR tech company says it will acquire a Vancouver-based bookkeeping service that abruptly halted operations last week. Bench Accounting announced its sudden closure on Fr...
Dec 30, 2024
B.C. police watchdog looks into injury of man arrested for urinating on RCMP station
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's police watchdog is seeking witnesses after a man was arrested for urinating on an RCMP station then found to have sustained an injury. The Independent Investigations ...
Dec 30, 2024
Vancouver Island police investigate car in ditch, find driver with gunshot wounds
VANCOUVER - Police on Vancouver Island say an early morning report of a car in a ditch took a turn when they discovered the driver had been shot multiple times. West Shore RCMP say officers were respo...
Dec 30, 2024
Rogers activates new cellular towers on B.C.'s Highway of Tears to boost 911 access
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Telecom giant Rogers Communications says it has activated five new cellular towers along British Columbia's Highway of Tears, marking the "substantial completion" of efforts to i...
Dec 30, 2024
B.C. labour board approves service reductions as inland ferry strike escalates
VANCOUVER - Inland ferry services that are crucial to several small communities in southeast British Columbia face being further cut from today as a labour dispute on Kootenay Lake escalates. The West...
Dec 30, 2024