Category Archives: British Columbia
$115 M funding deal could help build 40,000 homes in Vancouver over decade: Trudeau
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government has reached a funding deal with the City of Vancouver that could see more than 40,000 new homes built over the next decade. Trudeau, atten...
Dec 15, 2023
Rogers Sugar strike at impasse, company says as it pauses talks with union
VANCOUVER - Rogers Sugar Inc. says it is pausing negotiations after the union representing striking workers at its Vancouver refinery rejected the company's latest offer. Workers at the refinery have ...
Dec 15, 2023
52 commerical and backyard flocks in B.C. have been infected with bird flu
VANCOUVER - More than 50 poultry farms in British Columbia have been infected with avian flu since October, but animal health officials say that rate is slowing as the fall migration of wild birds end...
Dec 14, 2023
British Columbia sets tougher penalties for trucks that hit overpasses
DELTA, B.C. - The British Columbia government is stepping up penalties for truckers who crash into highway overpasses after a rash of such incidents in recent years. Transportation Minister Rob Flemin...
Dec 14, 2023
Death toll among B.C.'s homeless rising, hits 342 people last year: Coroner's report
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Coroners Service says there's been a sharp increase in deaths among people experiencing homelessness. A statement from the coroners service says the deaths of 342 people ...
Dec 14, 2023
Study shows colonials forced Indigenous woolly dogs into extinction
VANCOUVER - For thousands of years, a breed of white, woolly dog played an important and cultural role for Coast Salish people in Western Canada but when colonists moved in the animal quickly became e...
Dec 14, 2023
B.C. approves health research centre construction at new St. Paul's Hospital
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's provincial government says it is going ahead with the construction of a $638-million "state-of-the-art" research centre at the new St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver. Prem...
Dec 14, 2023
Amazon delivery drivers accused of stealing packages in Metro Vancouver
BURNABY, B.C. - Three delivery truck drivers in Metro Vancouver are facing possible charges for allegedly stealing packages and trying to sell the contents online. Mounties say the cases of porch pira...
Dec 14, 2023
Vancouver passes motion to ask province to amend charter, remove elected Park Board
Vancouver's municipal council has passed a motion aimed at removing the city's elected Park Board. At a meeting last night, council passed a motion by Mayor Ken Sim to ask the province to amend the Va...
Dec 14, 2023
Hierarchical police, military and CSIS in need of harassment reckoning: professor
VANCOUVER - Bonnie Robichaud's ordeal started in the late 1970s when she got a unionized job as a cleaner on a military base in Ontario, and a Department of National Defence employee began sexually ha...
Dec 14, 2023