Category Archives: British Columbia
Environment Canada issues dust advisory for Houston, B.C., joins Burns Lake
HOUSTON, B.C. - Environment Canada has added a dust advisory for Houston, B.C., in response to "high concentrations of coarse particulate matter" that it says is most prominent near busy roads. The we...
Mar 26, 2024
Need to improve Canadian productivity has reached emergency level, BoC official says
HALIFAX - A senior Bank of Canada official says the need to improve productivity has reached an emergency level as the economy faces a future where inflation may be more of a threat than in the past f...
Mar 26, 2024
Child dies in fall through ice at lake in B.C.'s Cariboo region
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Mounties in Williams Lake, B.C., say a child has died in a plunge through the ice on Tyee Lake, in the province's Cariboo region. Police say it happened Saturday when the utility...
Mar 25, 2024
Time of essence amid efforts to reunite orphaned B.C. orca calf with its pod
ZEBALLOS, B.C. - Intense efforts are underway to reunite an orca calf with its family pod after its mother was stranded and died in a tidal lagoon near the remote northern Vancouver Island village of ...
Mar 25, 2024
Black Press, owner of Chilliwack Progress, closes sale of company and emerges from creditor protection
SURREY, B.C. - Black Press Ltd., the owner of dozens of community newspapers across Western Canada including the Chilliwack Progress, says it has emerged from creditor protection following the restruc...
Mar 25, 2024
New, improved stun gun is accepted for police use in B.C., province says
VICTORIA - British Columbia has approved the use of an updated Taser weapon for officers around the province to use as a less-lethal weapon during police confrontations. A statement from the Ministry ...
Mar 25, 2024
Group asks Vancouver for more time over Crab Park homeless site cleanup
VANCOUVER - An advocacy group and others are making a final plea to the City of Vancouver to hold off on its second phase of a plan to clean up the site of a homeless camp in Crab Park. The group call...
Mar 25, 2024
Taseko Mines signs deal to consolidate its ownership of the Gibraltar mine
VANCOUVER - Taseko Mines Ltd. has signed a deal to buy the 12.5 per cent interest in the Gibraltar mine it does not already own from Dowa Metals & Mining Co. Ltd. and Furukawa Co. Ltd. The company...
Mar 25, 2024
B.C. e-bike company shares evidence on social media after brazen container theft
DELTA, B.C. - Police in Delta, B.C., say they're investigating a theft of a shipping container that contained thousands of dollars worth of electric bicycles. Delta Police say a pair of suspects showe...
Mar 24, 2024
Middle East conflict likely to create more traffic at Port of Vancouver
CHILLIWACK - The CEO of the Port of Vancouver says attacks on cargo vessels in the Red Sea could push more vessel traffic to the city's ports. Peter Xotta says the attacks are causing ships to be rero...
Mar 24, 2024