Category Archives: British Columbia
Driver speeding in bus lane in North Vancouver is issued $1,500 fine
VANCOUVER - RCMP in North Vancouver say a $1,500 fine was handed out to a driver caught speeding down a bus lane. Police credit the discreet and quick actions of an officer on a motorcycle for nabbing...
Feb 20, 2024
It's 'obvious' that rules weren't followed with ArriveCan development, Trudeau says
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it's "obvious" contracting rules weren't followed during the development of the controversial ArriveCan app. Trudeau says the app was developed at the st...
Feb 20, 2024
RCMP see no foreign interference as two teenagers charged over Surrey shooting
SURREY, B.C. - RCMP say two teenagers have been charged over a shooting at a home in Surrey, B.C., and investigators have found no links to foreign interference. A group advocating for Sikh independen...
Feb 20, 2024
RCMP ask prosecutors to consider charge in B.C. crane collapse that killed 5
KELOWNA, B.C. - Mounties say they have asked prosecutors to consider charges in the collapse of a construction crane that killed five people in Kelowna, B.C., in June 2021. Police say a report has bee...
Feb 20, 2024
Federal government scales back carbon price rebates for small businesses
OTTAWA - The federal government is cutting the amount of money small- and medium-sized businesses will be given from carbon pricing revenues so it can increase the amount of money rebated to rural fam...
Feb 20, 2024
Lisa Beare fills B.C. portfolio vacated by Selina Robinson, who quit over Gaza remark
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby has named a new post-secondary education minister to replace Selina Robinson, who recently resigned over comments about the Middle East. Eby says in a sta...
Feb 20, 2024
Commercial production at new Methanex plant in Louisiana delayed after problems
VANCOUVER - Methanex Corp. says commercial production at its new methanol plant in Louisiana has been delayed due to complications during the late stages of its initial startup process. The company sa...
Feb 20, 2024
B.C. New Democrat government delivers throne speech, budget on way in election year
VICTORIA - The political agenda for British Columbia Premier David Eby's NDP government heading into an election this fall will take shape today with the delivery of a throne speech starting the sprin...
Feb 20, 2024
Prime Minister in Vancouver Tuesday to make housing announcement alongside Eby, Sim
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Vancouver today, set to make a housing-related announcement alongside Premier David Eby and Mayor Ken Sim. Trudeau's public itinerary says he'll make th...
Feb 20, 2024
Suspect sought after officer injured in hit and run in Delta
BURNABY - A routine traffic stop took a dangerous turn on Saturday (Feb. 17) when an officer with BC Highway Patrol - Burnaby was struck by a fleeing suspect on Highway 91 southbound at 72nd Ave in De...
Feb 19, 2024