Category Archives: British Columbia

Real estate market notches downward amid climbing interest rates, association says
VANCOUVER - British Columbia real estate sales and prices bumped up slightly in October compared with a year ago in what is being described as a balanced market. Figures from the B.C. Real Estate Asso...
Nov 14, 2023

CAE profits leap by a third as demand for pilot training takes off
MONTREAL - CAE Inc. continued to ride the tailwinds of a resurgence of commercial air travel last quarter, boosting its profits by 31 per cent year over year. CEO Marc Parent said Tuesday that the fli...
Nov 14, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Vancouver police say sex offender Randall Hopley arrested
Vancouver police say wanted sex offender Randall Hopley has been arrested. A statement from police says Hopley was picked up at about 6 a.m. on the city's Downtown Eastside and he is now in custody. M...
Nov 14, 2023

BBC says 2 more people have come forward to complain about Russell Brand's behavior
LONDON (AP) - The BBC said Tuesday two more people have come forward to complain about Russell Brand since the broadcaster launched a review into the actor and comedian's behavior. The BBC was giving ...
Nov 14, 2023

Teck Resources agrees to sell steelmaking coal business
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. has agreed to sell its steelmaking coal business in a series of deals that value the operations at US$9 billion that will see Swiss commodities giant Glencore acquire a...
Nov 14, 2023

Publicly funded genetic test for suitable antidepressants would save health-care costs: study
VANCOUVER - Loss. That's the word that comes to mind when Linda Riches thinks of the debilitating depression that robbed her of the ability to fully care for her son, advance in her career and pursue ...
Nov 13, 2023

Wiley wolf-dog, dubbed WD-40, gives rescuers the slip on Vancouver Island
COOMBS, B.C. - Residents in southeastern Vancouver Island are being asked to keep an eye out for a large wolf-dog mix-breed that has been wandering around for nearly two months but skilfuly avoiding a...
Dave Barry Nov 13, 2023

B.C. housing minister tells people not to help 'desperate scammers' with Airbnb fraud
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's minister of housing is warning people not to take part in short-term rental scams as the province moves to limit the hotel alternatives to increase housing stock. Ravi K...
Nov 13, 2023

Measurements reveal ferociousness of weekend storm across Fraser Valley and the rest of southern B.C.
VANCOUVER - The small Sunshine Coast community of Port Mellon got the most rain in the province during the significant storm that moved through southern B.C. on Friday and SaturdayA summary of the sto...
Dave Barry Nov 13, 2023

Power restored to 99 per cent of customers left in the dark after storm: BC Hydro
VANCOUVER - BC Hydro says almost all of the thousands of customers who lost power during a windstorm that swept across southern British Columbia have had their power restored. The utility says crews h...
Dave Barry Nov 12, 2023