Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. port union challenges constitutionality of labour minister's back-to-work order
VANCOUVER - The union representing port supervisors in British Columbia is formally challenging the legal and constitutional authority of the federal labour minister to order them back to work. In a l...
Nov 19, 2024
Transportation Safety Board investigating after plane goes off runway in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The Transportation Safety Board says it's investigating after a Boeing 767 cargo jet went off a runway at Vancouver International Airport. The airport says the Cargojet flight went off the...
Nov 19, 2024
Writers’ Trust of Canada to hand out seven book prizes, cash
TORONTO - The Writers' Trust of Canada is set to hand out seven awards and more than $330,000 in prize money at its annual awards bash tonight. Prizes include outstanding debut book by an LGBTQ2S+ eme...
Nov 19, 2024
From atmospheric river to bomb cyclone, here are the ABCs of weather terminology
A series of meteorological terms associated with extreme weather have become popularized in recent years. Here's how some of them are defined by the American Meteorological Society: BOMB CYCLONE A sto...
Nov 19, 2024
A 'bomb cyclone' sounds scary but meteorologist says it's not alarmist
VANCOUVER - The use of terms including "atmospheric rivers" and "bomb cyclones" to describe weather phenomena has moved out of scientific journals and into the mainstream in recent years, but meteorol...
Nov 19, 2024
Border agency says changes to hours at 35 land crossings coming in January
OTTAWA - The Canada Border Services Agency says it will be adjusting hours at 35 land ports of entry in January -- a move it says will allow it to deploy officers at busier land crossings. Only one cr...
Nov 18, 2024
A list of members of B.C. Premier David Eby's new cabinet
VICTORIA - There's been a near total shakeup of British Columbia's government cabinet, with few ministers retaining their jobs and some longtime backbenchers and newly elected members moving in. Here ...
Nov 18, 2024
Two dead after fiery rollover crash on Highway 99 in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY - Mounties in Surrey, B.C., say they are investigating a fiery overnight crash that killed two people and caused a partial shutdown of Highway 99. RCMP say officers responded to a report of a v...
Nov 18, 2024
Fall storm could bring 'hurricane force' winds to B.C.
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada is warning about an intensifying storm that is expected to bring powerful winds to Vancouver Island and the British Columbia coast this week. Matt MacDonald, the lead fo...
Nov 18, 2024
Vancouver Island doctors set up overdose prevention sites without government blessing
Doctors on Vancouver Island say they're setting up unsanctioned overdose prevention sites on the grounds of Nanaimo General and Royal Jubilee hospitals this week because the B.C. government hasn't liv...
Nov 18, 2024