Category Archives: British Columbia

B.C. 'ammonia' leak spurs evacuations, road closure, turns out to be carbon dioxide
PORT MOODY, B.C. - Police in Port Moody, B.C., say a gas leak from a truck that shut down a major road and triggered evacuations is believed to involve carbon dioxide, and not toxic ammonia as first s...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 24, 2024

Ripe avalanche conditions for parts of B.C. expected to persist this week: forecaster
A forecaster says ripe avalanche conditions are expected to persist across much of British Columbia for the rest of the week. Large swaths of the province, stretching from the coast to the Alberta bou...
Dec 24, 2024

Police warn of fake banker scam after B.C. senior defrauded of $9K
BURNABY, B.C. - Mounties in Burnaby are asking for the public's help identifying a suspect believed to have defrauded a senior of thousands of dollars by posing as a bank employee. Police say they rec...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 24, 2024

One storm moving inland, two to go, in B.C.'s Christmas week battering
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada says the first of a series of Christmas week storms forecast for British Columbia's coast is moving inland, after bringing 140 km/h winds to some exposed coastal areas. ...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 24, 2024

YVR janitors suspend strike escalation after tentative deal
VANCOUVER - Striking janitors at the Vancouver International Airport say they have suspended a planned Christmas Eve escalation after reaching a tentative deal with their employer Alpine Building Main...
Dec 24, 2024

Trudeau could stay or go. Either way, Canadians should brace for a spring election
OTTAWA - Canada appears to be barrelling toward a spring election now that the NDP is vowing to vote down the government early next year - whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stays on or not. Politi...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 24, 2024

Quebec doing better job at retaining immigrants, Atlantic Canada still struggling
MONTREAL - Immigrants are increasingly choosing to stay in Quebec, according to a new report from Statistics Canada, but the same isn't true in the Atlantic region, which continues to lose newcomers t...
Dec 24, 2024

Court rules B.C. law to push through Vancouver housing project is unconstitutional
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Court of Appeal says a law passed by the provincial government to stave off opposition to a supportive housing development in the Vancouver neighbourhood of Kitsilano is unconstit...
Dec 23, 2024

Union for striking aviation fuel workers in Vancouver says aging pipeline poses risk
BURNABY, B.C. - A union representing striking aviation fuel workers in British Columbia is warning that diversion of the fuel to get around the industrial action could pose an environmental hazard. IL...
Dec 23, 2024

B.C. man charged over tractor crash with police during 2023 anti-SOGI protest
SURREY, B.C. - Mounties say a Chilliwack, B.C., man has been charged with three criminal offences after a crash between a tractor and BC Highway Patrol vehicle during a 2023 protest. They say the 54-y...
Dec 23, 2024