Category Archives: British Columbia
Cutting-edge antibody therapy firm, AbCellera, to lay off 10 per cent of workforce
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver-based company that helped develop the first antibody therapy treatment for COVID-19 has announced layoffs amounting to 10 per cent of its workforce. AbCellera Biologics Inc.,...
Nov 29, 2023
Tortoise Frank the Tank, found wandering bok choy field, gets a new home in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Adoption requests came from as far away as New Zealand, but Frank the Tank, a 17-kilogram tortoise found wandering in a Richmond bok choy field last month, will be staying in British Colum...
Nov 28, 2023
Auditor general raises concerns about B.C.’s bookkeeping for 16th time
VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general is repeating himself over concerns about the way the provincial government keeps its books, just as the Ministry of Finance's quarterly report projects a ...
Nov 28, 2023
Coastal GasLink pipeline mechanically complete before year-end deadline
VANCOUVER - The Coastal GasLink pipeline that stretches across northern B.C. is mechanically complete ahead of the company's year-end deadline. A statement from TC Energy Corp. says history has been m...
Nov 28, 2023
Pilot dies in small plane crash in B.C.'s East Kootenay region, RCMP say
BRISCO, B.C. - RCMP say the pilot of a plane is dead after it crashed in British Columbia's East Kootenay region on Friday. Columbia Valley RCMP say in a news release that they received a report of a ...
Nov 28, 2023
B.C. growth forecast drops to one per cent for 2023, but deficit projection improves
VICTORIA - British Columbia's economy is forecast to grow one per cent in 2023, a drop from the 1.2 per cent predicted earlier by the Ministry of Finance. The ministry's second quarterly report also f...
Nov 28, 2023
Tories bristle at Liberal charge they're deserting Ukraine with vote against bill
OTTAWA - Federal Conservatives are pushing back against Liberal accusations that they're abandoning Ukraine, after Tory MPs voted against a bill that implements an update to a Canada-Ukraine trade dea...
Nov 28, 2023
B.C. mother, stepdad plead guilty to manslaughter in death of 6-year-old Dontay Lucas
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - The mother and stepfather of six-year-old Dontay Lucas have pleaded guilty to his manslaughter, more than five years after the boy was found in medical distress in the woman's hom...
Nov 27, 2023
Conservative deputy calls MP 'unhinged' for linking Poilievre and Winnipeg killings
SURREY, B.C. - Federal Conservative deputy leader Melissa Lantsman is calling a Metro Vancouver MP "unhinged" for a social media post that questioned if there was a connection between Pierre Poilievre...
Nov 27, 2023
AG blames B.C. Conservatives after SOGI protest tractor crash, IIO investigates
SURREY, B.C. - The police watchdog is investigating a B.C. highway chase involving a tractor flying a protest banner against sexual orientation and gender identity programs in schools, something the p...
Nov 27, 2023