Category Archives: British Columbia
Bad weather and boat modifications led to capsizing off Haida Gwaii, TSB says
RICHMOND, B.C. - Poor weather and modifications to a passenger boat led to its capsizing and sinking off the coast of Haida Gwaii two years ago. A Transportation Safety Board report about the sinking ...
Sep 12, 2024
Dry conditions mean increased wildfire risk in B.C. through the fall
VANCOUVER - An expert with the BC Wildfire Service says relentless drought conditions for much of British Columbia sets the stage for more fire activity this fall. Neal McLoughlin, superintendent of p...
Sep 12, 2024
A timeline of harassment claims at Canada's spy agency
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service has recently faced a series of revelations about allegations of workplace harassment and assault. Here is a timeline about the situation. July 2019: A B.C.-b...
Sep 12, 2024
Documents show dozens of harassment, violence cases at CSIS. It deemed only 8 founded
VANCOUVER - When Canada's spy chief wrote a secret letter to the public safety minister last December - the week after a report emerged that two young women in the service had been sexually assaulted ...
Sep 12, 2024
Talks on today over HandyDART strike affecting vulnerable people in Metro Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Mediated talks between the union representing HandyDART workers in Metro Vancouver and its employer, Transdev, are set to resume today as a strike that has stopped most services drags into...
Sep 12, 2024
Mounties say there's no evidence Lytton, B.C., wildfire was arson, cause unknown
LYTTON, B.C. - Mounties in British Columbia say there's no evidence that the devastating fire that swept through the community of Lytton more than three years ago was arson. Police have concluded thei...
Sep 11, 2024
Man hiking near Fairy Creek, B.C., wrongfully arrested by Mounties, review finds
OTTAWA - The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP says police officers acted unreasonably when they arrested a man who was hiking in British Columbia's Fairy Creek area in 2021 aroun...
Sep 11, 2024
B.C. family doctors call for sick days, pensions ahead of October election
VANCOUVER - Organizations representing family doctors in British Columbia say physicians need paid sick days, vacation coverage, extended health and dental benefits and a pension plan. The BC College ...
Sep 11, 2024
'Concerning' number of impaired drivers arrested in roads in Saanich, B.C.: police
SAANICH, B.C. - Police on southern Vancouver Island say they've arrested almost as many impaired drivers in the first eight months of this year than they did in 2023 in a concerning trend of people ge...
Sep 11, 2024
One jellyfish arrived in B.C. decades ago. Thousands of clones spread to 34 waterways
VANCOUVER - Some time more than 30 years ago, a single Chinese peach blossom jellyfish made its way into a lake in British Columbia. Exactly how it arrived is not clear, researchers say - perhaps it w...
Sep 11, 2024