Category Archives: British Columbia
HandyDART workers reject contract offer, union weighing options
VANCOUVER - Workers at British Columbia's HandyDART transit service have rejected a final contract offer, and their union says it is now considering its next move. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1724...
Aug 27, 2024
B.C. government launches phone line to provide same-day access to opioid treatment
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is expanding access to drug-addiction treatment by launching a confidential and free phone line offering same-day connections to doctors and health-care pro...
Aug 27, 2024
'Loopy', 'whacky' or a 'big blue tent'? Growing pains for Rustad's B.C. Conservatives
VICTORIA - When BC United staged a news conference in Victoria last week, party officials turned up with a prop - a literal tinfoil hat, emblazoned with a B.C. Conservative Party logo and the words "5...
Aug 27, 2024
B.C. brings in 'bell to bell' school phone ban, as new access rules target protesters
VANCOUVER - Cellphone use will be restricted in all British Columbia school districts when pupils return next week, as the province becomes the latest to curtail the use of the devices in classrooms. ...
Aug 27, 2024
How much microplastic is in your coffee? New device by UBC researchers could tell you
VANCOUVER - Researchers at the University of British Columbia say they've come up with a portable device that can cheaply detect the amount of microplastics in drinks and other liquids. Tianxi Yang, w...
Aug 27, 2024
Ontario teen dies after falling off 50-metre cliff in popular Metro Vancouver park
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - A 17-year-old from Ontario is dead after climbing over a fence and falling off the edge of a cliff in a popular park in North Vancouver, B.C. Dwayne Derban, assistant fire chie...
Aug 27, 2024
B.C. caps rent increases next year at 3 per cent, matching inflation
VICTORIA - The maximum allowable rent increase in British Columbia next year will be 3 per cent, down from the current 3.5 per cent. The Housing Ministry says the new amount, taking effect on Jan. 1, ...
Aug 26, 2024
Crews face tree danger from high winds as B.C. wildfires abate due to precipitation
VANCOUVER - Heavy rain in parts of British Columbia over the weekend has lowered wildfire activity in the southern part of the province, but firefighters say strong winds are creating some tree hazard...
Aug 26, 2024
West Coast Express commuter trains resume Monday as rail staff ordered back to work
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Metro Vancouver's transit authority says the West Coast Express commuter train service shut down last week due to the Canada-wide rail stoppage will resume operations this week...
Aug 25, 2024
BC Hydro begins filling reservoir as Site C dam megaproject nears completion
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - BC Hydro says it has begun filling the reservoir created by the massive Site C dam project in northeastern British Columbia. The provincial electric utility says in a statement t...
Aug 25, 2024