Category Archives: British Columbia
Victoria 'embraces adventure,' for top spot on Condé Nast list of world's best cities
VICTORIA - An award-winning travel magazine said British Columbia's capital city tops its 2023 list of the world's best cities. Cond Nast Traveller, a luxury and lifestyle travel magazine, said Victor...
Oct 05, 2023
B.C. police complaint commissioner calls public hearing into woman's 2019 death
VICTORIA - B.C.'s Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner has called a public hearing into the death of a woman who was struck by plastic bullets fired by Victoria police on Christmas Day 2019. A...
Oct 05, 2023
B.C. sets out law to ban use of illegal drugs in many public places
VICTORIA - British Columbia is setting out new rules as it attempts to navigate a way to curb the overdose crisis with drug decriminalization. Possession of small amounts of many illicit drugs was dec...
Oct 05, 2023
Self-employment pulls back as younger Canadians shy away from entrepreneurship: RBC
TORONTO - Younger Canadians don't want to be their own bosses, intensifying the slowdown in entrepreneurship in Canada, according to a new RBC report. The decline in the self-employment rate is also b...
Oct 05, 2023
Long-necked marine reptile from 80 million years ago to become B.C.'s fossil emblem
VICTORIA - A large, fierce-looking marine reptile with huge teeth that swam 80 million years ago in waters over what is now Vancouver Island could soon be British Columbia's fossil emblem after a five...
Oct 04, 2023
Vancouver housing market more balanced after spring and summer slowdown: board
VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says a jump in new listings is helping to bring some balance back to the region's housing market. The board says September sales totalled 1,926, ...
Oct 04, 2023
Halifax waives property taxes owed by residents of historically Black community
HALIFAX - The Halifax region has waived back taxes owed by three property owners in North Preston, a predominantly African Nova Scotian community where Black settlers weren't given clear title to thei...
Oct 04, 2023
Accident at Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver kills heavy equipment operator
VANCOUVER - An industrial accident at the Cypress Mountain Resort in West Vancouver has killed one person. West Vancouver police say it happened Monday. They say the operator of a front-end loader was...
Oct 04, 2023
Funeral for B.C. Mountie Rick O'Brien, 51, killed while serving search warrant
LANGLEY, B.C. - A regimental funeral, including a procession and final salute, will be held for RCMP Const. Rick O'Brien today in Langley, B.C. O'Brien, who was 51, died Sept. 22 while he and other of...
Oct 04, 2023
Newfoundland RCMP say phone service resumed for 911 service, detachments
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - RCMP in Newfoundland say phone service has been restored for police detachments and the province's 911 service. Early Wednesday morning the Mounties reported that "technical difficu...
Oct 04, 2023