Category Archives: British Columbia
Last-minute negotiations ahead of possible Vancouver transit strike
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia says it is preparing for the effects of a potential transit strike next week on students' ability to get to campus.The school says it won't close if a st...
Jan 20, 2024
That tune coming from an old mine in B. C.? It's probably a bat, singing a love song
VANCOUVER - The high-pitched tweets, trills and chirps sound like the chorus of birds in the treetops. But the songs documented in new research emanate from sites including abandoned mines in British ...
Jan 20, 2024
Human remains found after Osoyoos mobile home fire, RCMP say
OSOYOOS - Mounties in Osoyoos say first responders have found human remains at the scene of a mobile home fire in the British Columbia Interior city. They say Osoyoos Fire Rescue and the RCMP were cal...
Jan 19, 2024
B.C. trawlers dump thousands of salmon, depleting orcas' food source: wildlife group
VICTORIA - A British Columbia wildlife protection group says tens of thousands of chinook salmon are being dumped overboard or turned into compost by a commercial fishery that is threatening a primary...
Jan 19, 2024
B.C. bus drivers won't cross picket line in event of strike by supervisors: union
VANCOUVER - A potential strike by more than 180 transit supervisors seeking a new contract in British Columbia's Lower Mainland could have a major effect on commuters next week, with the bus drivers' ...
Jan 19, 2024
Toronto Public Library gradually recovering from hack, more services back in Feb
TORONTO - Canada's largest public library system says more of its services are gradually being restored after an October cyberattack that brought down its website and likely exposed sensitive employee...
Jan 19, 2024
Metro Vancouver bus union warns of service shutdown without deal with employer
VANCOUVER - The union representing transit supervisors in British Columbia's Lower Mainland says it will be "withdrawing all services" on Monday if an agreement with Coast Mountain Bus Company isn't m...
Jan 18, 2024
Winter weather shuts schools in B.C. again after Vancouver's snowiest day since 1996
VANCOUVER - Another blast of winter weather hit southern British Columbia Thursday, a day after Vancouver saw its snowiest day in almost three decades, with schools shut for a second day and freezing ...
Jan 18, 2024
Four children with strep A have died in B.C. in the past month, disease centre says
VANCOUVER - Four children under the age of 10 who had streptococcal infections have died since mid-December, in what the BC Centre for Disease Control says is part of a surge in such infections. A bul...
Jan 18, 2024
B.C. Coroners Service reports 36 outdoor deaths to start year, 5 on cold Jan. 12
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Coroners Service is reporting the outdoor deaths of 36 people during the early days of January when the province was in the grip of a record-breaking cold snap. Coroners ...
Jan 18, 2024