Category Archives: British Columbia

VANCOUVER - A high-risk sex offender arrested by Vancouver police after a 10-day manhunt earlier this month remains in custody awaiting his next court date. Randall Hopley was to appear in court on Fr...

BURNABY, B.C. - The latest labour market survey for British Columbia says 75 per cent of the one million jobs needed over the next decade will require some level of post-secondary education or trainin...

VANCOUVER - WorkSafeBC says it received multiple reports of workers killed on the job last month. WorkSafeBC says one forest management worker in northern B.C. was using an all-terrain vehicle on a re...

ABBOTSFORD - In a bid to support British Columbia's farmers grappling with escalating costs, a new initiative is being launched for the agriculture industry. The B.C. On-Farm Technology Adoption Progr...

VANCOUVER - Rogers Sugar Inc. says it has asked for mediation to help bring an end to an eight-week long strike at its Vancouver refinery. The company says it has applied to the British Columbia Labou...

MONTREAL - Canadian aerospace companies are pushing back against the idea that a Bombardier Inc. contract win to replace aging military patrol planes would be best for the sector, saying that a deal b...

RICHMOND, B.C. - Police in Richmond, B.C., say multiple charges have been laid against a 34-year-old man allegedly involved in a September 2022 home invasion where thieves made off with $10 million in...

PENTICTON, B.C. - The City of Penticton, B.C., says it's lifting an evacuation order for 25 homes in a mobile home park that were threatened by a potential rock slide. The city says a retaining wall h...

VICTORIA - A British Columbia cabinet minister says a memo she mistakenly dropped contained notes she sent for herself about a "big and shiny" affordability measure for the next budget, but the paper ...

SURREY, B.C. - Surrey's mayor says it's "outrageous" that a sex offender who abducted and assaulted an 11-year-old girl in 2004 has been released in the city, which she says has more children per capi...