Category Archives: British Columbia
BoC expected to take its time with interest rate cuts after January's job gain
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada will be in no rush to cut interest rates after Statistics Canada reported a larger-than-expected employment gain last month, economists say. The federal agency's labour for...
Feb 09, 2024
Telus reports Q4 profit and revenue up from year earlier
VANCOUVER - Telus Corp. reported fourth-quarter net income attributable to common shares of $288 million, up from $248 million a year earlier. The company says the profit amounted to 20 cents per shar...
Feb 09, 2024
Progressive, LGBTQ+ groups excluded from Vancouver Chinatown's Lunar New Year parade
VANCOUVER - Progressive and LGBTQ+ groups say they've been excluded from Vancouver's Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown this weekend, with one of their representatives saying they were told it was bec...
Feb 09, 2024
No layoffs or closures says buyer of 21 Bell radio stations in B.C.
COURTENAY, B.C. - The president of the company buying 21 B.C. radio stations from Bell Media says there won't be any closures or layoffs. Vista Radio president Bryan Edwards says the stations have a t...
Feb 08, 2024
Puberty blockers can't be started at 18 when youth have already developed: experts
VANCOUVER - Puberty blockers have been in the spotlight since Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced plans last week to ban the medications for children 15 and younger, unless they have already star...
Feb 08, 2024
Non-profit buys two B.C. co-ops, using $71 M grant from affordable housing fund
COQUITLAM, B.C. - Premier David Eby says the first purchase using the government's Rental Protection Fund will save 290 affordable rental units in two housing co-ops that have expired leases and were ...
Feb 08, 2024
B.C. snowpack about 40% below normal, as Eby worries of 'dramatic drought conditions'
COQUITLAM, B.C. - B.C.'s average snowpack is almost 40 per cent lower than normal, raising concerns about what Premier David Eby says are "some of the most dramatic drought conditions that have been s...
Feb 08, 2024
Tory MP walks back comments on First Nations water plants amid criticism
OTTAWA - A Conservative MP is walking back his comments after saying earlier this week that First Nations are burning down water treatment plants because of the federal government. Saskatchewan MP Kev...
Feb 08, 2024
When the sun goes down, a swarm of rats emerges in downtown Vancouver
VANCOUVER - When the sun goes down, the rats of Vancouver's Burrard Skytrain Station emerge, in a scurrying blur of fur and whipping tails. Dozens of them, large and small, scamper around a park in fr...
Feb 08, 2024
B.C.'s premier says Selina Robinson offered to quit twice over Middle East comment
VANCOUVER - B.C. Premier David Eby says his former post-secondary education minister offered her resignation twice before her exit from cabinet over comments she made about the Middle East. Selina Rob...
Feb 07, 2024