Category Archives: British Columbia
Jury retires in Ibrahim Ali's marathon B.C. murder trial
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court jury has retired to deliberate in the first-degree murder trial of Ibrahim Ali, more than eight months after he pleaded not guilty to killing a 13-year-old...
Dec 07, 2023
Lululemon earns US$248.7 million in third quarter, revenue rises to US$2.2 billion
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. says its net income for the third quarter was US$248.7 million, compared with US$255.6 million a year earlier. The Vancouver-based apparel company says net revenue...
Dec 07, 2023
B.C. housing plans could deliver 293,000 new units over next decade, says premier
VANCOUVER - Premier David Eby says the New Democrat government's ambitious homebuilding agenda could result in up to 293,000 new housing units over the next decade. Eby provided details of the housing...
Dec 07, 2023
Hiker missing for a year near Sooke, B.C., found dead
SOOKE, B.C. - The remains of a hiker who disappeared near Victoria a year ago have been found. Sooke RCMP say the remains of 38-year-old Melissa McDevitt have been located, and police do not believe c...
Dec 07, 2023
Surge in newcomers putting pressure on inflation via housing demand: BoC deputy
WINDSOR, Ont. - A senior Bank of Canada official warns the recent surge in newcomers has propped up rent and home prices, adding pressure to inflation. In a speech in Windsor, Ont., deputy governor To...
Dec 07, 2023
Political shift underway in B.C., says confident Conservative Leader John Rustad
VICTORIA - B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad says Premier David Eby and Opposition BC United Leader Kevin Falcon are both looking over their shoulders at the political gains being made by the new k...
Dec 06, 2023
B.C. chief coroner Lisa Lapointe retiring, saddened by overdose crisis policy
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe has announced she is leaving her post after 13 years, deeply saddened the province has been unable to reduce the "tragic impacts" of toxic dru...
Dec 06, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim moves to axe elected Park Board
VANCOUVER - Mayor Ken Sim says he's moving to abolish Vancouver's elected Park Board, which is the only such body in any British Columbia city. Sim says at a news conference in City Hall that he'll be...
Dec 06, 2023
Bank of Canada to announce interest rate decision today, expected to hold at 5%
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is set to announce its interest rate decision this morning as forecasters widely expect the central bank to continue holding its key rate steady. The Bank of Canada opted t...
Dec 06, 2023
Coast Guard investigates oily sheen covering Vancouver's False Creek
VANCOUVER - The Canadian Coast Guard says it's trying to identify the source of a diesel smell and sheen covering Vancouver's False Creek. It says it received a report of the apparent pollution around...
Dec 05, 2023