Category Archives: British Columbia
In an RV outside Walmart, a senior dreams of housing as 'dramatic reversal' plays out
VANCOUVER - Seventy-seven-year-old Keith Light is back at home in a recreational vehicle outside a Walmart in East Vancouver, having recently been discharged from hospital after an accident. He's glad...
Jan 27, 2024
Atmospheric rivers roll over B.C., melting snow and triggering flood warnings
VANCOUVER - Balmy weather and a series of rainstorms forecast for British Columbia's South Coast have set off flood advisories for rivers, streams and low-lying areas. Environment Canada says a series...
Jan 27, 2024
Parts of B.C. under flood watch as atmospheric rivers wash over South Coast
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has improved its warning systems since the last flooding disaster in B.C., and Premier David Eby says it will be on top of the latest series of atmospheric rivers rollin...
Jan 26, 2024
Killer Ibrahim Ali to be moved from psychiatric hospital to detention centre: judge
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled that Ibrahim Ali should be removed from the forensic psychiatric hospital where he has been held throughout his first-degree murder trial. ...
Jan 26, 2024
B.C. Health Minister announces appointment of new seniors advocate
VICTORIA - B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix says the province's new seniors advocate is Dan Levitt, an adjunct professor of gerontology at Simon Fraser University and the head of a non-profit long-term...
Jan 26, 2024
B.C. to restrict cellphones in schools to protect kids from online harm
VICTORIA - British Columbia is moving to restrict the use of cellphones in schools as part of measures Premier David Eby says will help protect young people from online threats.Eby said the government...
Jan 26, 2024
CP NewsAlert: B.C. to restrict cellphones in schools to protect kids from online harm
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia is moving to restrict the use of cellphones in schools as part of measures that Premier David Eby says will help protect young people from online threats. Eby says the ...
Jan 26, 2024
Rogers Sugar reaches tentative deal with Vancouver refinery workers
VANCOUVER - Rogers Sugar Inc. says it has reached a tentative agreement with the union representing workers at its Vancouver refinery. Details of the tentative deal were not immediately available. The...
Jan 26, 2024
B.C. Centre for Disease Control reports fourth flu-related death of child under 10
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Centre for Disease Control is reporting another influenza-related death of a child under 10. In its latest weekly update, the centre says the death was reported during the week of...
Jan 25, 2024
Eby announces 180 free treatment beds for people with addictions in B.C.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says he's disturbed by the record number of people who died in the province last year of illicit drug overdoses and recognizes they aren't doing enough t...
Jan 25, 2024