Category Archives: British Columbia
Judge probes eight-month wait in federal minister's owl protection recommendation
VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge says he's "wrestling" with why the minister responsible for protecting the northern spotted owl waited eight months to recommend an emergency protection order to cabi...
Oct 19, 2023
Atmospheric river passes in southern B.C., but area rivers still rising
VANCOUVER - Rainfall warnings across Vancouver Island and the inner south coast have lifted in most areas, but the effects of British Columbia's first atmospheric river of autumn could take a little l...
Oct 19, 2023
Tentative deal ends job action by teaching support staff at Simon Fraser University
BURNABY, B.C. - The union representing instructors, teaching assistants and other education support workers at Simon Fraser University says it has reached a tentative agreement, ending a strike that b...
Oct 19, 2023
Escalating theft and violence aside, London Drugs not considering closures: president
VANCOUVER - London Drugs president Clint Mahlman says the company has no plans to close stores due to escalating violence and theft, though the issue has reached a "crisis point" for Canadian retailer...
Oct 18, 2023
RCMP say 12-year-old killed while biking to school in Pitt Meadows, B.C.
PITT MEADOWS, B.C. - Police in Metro Vancouver say a 12-year-old was hit and killed by a recycling truck while biking to school this week. The RCMP say they're investigating the collision that occurre...
Oct 18, 2023
Environmental group challenges federal action on protecting endangered spotted owl
VANCOUVER - An environmental group is in Federal Court in Vancouver challenging what it describes as Ottawa's failure to protect the endangered northern spotted owl despite an "imminent threat" to its...
Oct 18, 2023
Archeology work the latest roadblock to rebuild Lytton, B.C.: Mayor
LYTTON, B.C. - Former Lytton, B.C., residents are rallying to protest continual delays that they say have hampered their ability to rebuild more than two years after a devastating wildfire tore throug...
Oct 18, 2023
REVIEW: 'Wonder' brings Super Mario back to his roots, with a few twists
TORONTO - Super Mario is returning to his old stomping grounds for the first time in more than a decade. The mustachioed plumber is best known as the prototypical hero of Nintendo's popular two-dimens...
Oct 18, 2023
First atmospheric river of fall deluges parts of B.C. south coast, southern Interior
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's south coast is weathering its first atmospheric river of the fall and the province's Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness says residents should prepare...
Oct 18, 2023
National Business Book Award finalists include top Bay Street names, ex-BoC governor
TORONTO - The former governor of the Bank of Canada and several top Bay Street names are among the three finalists for the National Business Book Award 2023. Stephen Poloz, who served as a governor of...
Oct 18, 2023