Category Archives: British Columbia
Deaths of women, 3 stabbings are 'deeply unsettling,' Vancouver mayor says
VANCOUVER - A suspect is in custody after three apparent random stabbings in Vancouver, where police are also investigating the deaths of two women, a series of events the city's mayor calls "deeply u...
Jul 23, 2024
Team chosen to design eight-lane replacement for B.C.'s Massey tunnel
RICHMOND, B.C. - A team has been selected to design a new eight-lane tunnel to replace the aging George Massey Tunnel under the Fraser River in Metro Vancouver, with British Columbia's transportation ...
Jul 23, 2024
B.C., Ottawa ink $426M deals to support care assistants, drugs for rare diseases
VANCOUVER - Ottawa is providing $426 million to support heath care in British Columbia. A statement from Health Canada says $232 million will flow through an "aging with dignity agreement" to help pay...
Jul 23, 2024
Adventure-seeking B.C. couple were victims found on Nova Scotia island: relative
HALIFAX - The British Columbia couple whose remains recently washed ashore on Nova Scotia's remote Sable Island have been identified as 70-year-old James Brett Clibbery and his 54-year-old wife, Sarah...
Jul 23, 2024
Advocate warns of impending 'crisis' in B.C. child welfare staffing
VICTORIA - The representative for children in British Columbia says the provincial child welfare system is either in a state of crisis or close to it with understaffing and unmanageable workloads. A r...
Jul 23, 2024
Bodies of two women found near beaches along Vancouver's English Bay: police
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say they are investigating the discovery of the bodies of two women found near beaches along the city's English Bay within two days. A statement from Sergeant Steve Add...
Jul 23, 2024
Legal tech firm Clio smashes Canadian software financing record with US$900M raise
BURNABY, B.C. - Clio has raised a US$900-million round of funding that the legal tech firm says is the largest software raise in Canadian tech history. The Burnaby, B.C.-based company says the Series ...
Jul 23, 2024
High winds, large hailstones and high temperatures challenge B.C. wildfire crews
The B.C. Wildfire Service says a significant change in the weather could ramp-up fire activity, as Environment Canada warns of severe thunderstorms in several parts of the province following weeks of ...
Jul 23, 2024
Canfor Corp. CEO Don Kayne to step down at the end of 2024
VANCOUVER - Canfor Corp. says its president and CEO is retiring at the end of the year. The Vancouver-based company says Don Kayne has held the role since 2011, and has been with the company for 46 ye...
Jul 22, 2024
K'omoks First Nation signs draft treaty with B.C., federal governments
COURTENAY, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Officials with the K'omoks First Nation and the B.C. and federal governments have signed a draft treaty in a step toward the nation's self-governance. K'omoks Chief Ken P...
Jul 22, 2024