Category Archives: British Columbia
Twin port shutdowns risk more damage to Canadian economy: business groups
Business groups are raising concerns about the broad effects of another round of labour disruptions in the transport sector as Canada faces shutdowns at its two biggest ports. Canadian Manufacturers &...
Nov 11, 2024
Environment Canada warns of possible damage as 'intense' storm approaches B.C. coast
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada says heavy rain and winds could cause power outages on Vancouver Island as an "intense" storm system is set to hit the B.C. coast today. The weather agency has issued wi...
Nov 10, 2024 Environment Canada says heavy rain and winds could cause power outages on Vancouver Island as an "intense" storm system is set to hit the B.C. coast today. People walk along Gorge Rd. during rainshowers in Victoria, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Liberals to face third test in federal byelection in British Columbia next month
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced voters in Cloverdale-Langley City will pick their next member of Parliament on Dec. 16. The byelection in British Columbia will be a third test for the...
Nov 10, 2024
Port employers 'refusing to bargain,' cut off talks in less than an hour: Union
VANCOUVER - The union for locked-out port workers in British Columbia says the BC Maritime Employers Association cut off talks in less than an hour Saturday, refusing to budge on a final offer that th...
Nov 10, 2024
Port workers' union accuses BC Maritime Employers Association of ending talks early
A labour dispute continues to paralyze cargo shipping at British Columbia ports, and the union for locked-out workers is accusing employers of abruptly ending contract talks early. The International L...
Nov 10, 2024
Museum to honour Chinese Canadian troops who fought in war and for citizenship rights
VANCOUVER - Former B.C. judge Randall (Bud) Wong remembers getting out of bed early one morning when he was five to greet his uncle at the train station in Vancouver at the end of the Second World War...
Nov 09, 2024
Talks to resume in B.C. port dispute in bid to end multi-day lockout
VANCOUVER - Contract negotiations resume today in Vancouver in a labour dispute that has paralyzed container cargo shipping at British Columbia's ports since Monday. The BC Maritime Employers Associat...
Nov 09, 2024
B.C. police officer stabbed during arrest in stolen vehicles investigation
SURREY, B.C. - Police say an officer in Surrey, B.C., was stabbed during an arrest linked to a vehicle theft investigation. RCMP say officers working on a number of alleged motor vehicle thefts found ...
Nov 08, 2024
B.C. forecaster downgrades north coast flood risk after atmospheric river event
KITIMAT, B.C. - British Columbia's River Forecast Centre has downgraded a flood warning for the province's north coast after what it describes as a strong atmospheric river event this week. A high str...
Nov 08, 2024
Parts of B.C. parks closed after storms damage roads, trails, campsites
SOOKE, B.C. - Large sections of provincial parks in southern British Columbia remain closed after recent heavy rain and wind storms that caused flooding and damaged trails, campsites and roads. The Mi...
Nov 08, 2024