Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. creates searchable database to track human rights recommendations
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Office of the Human Rights Commissioner is making it easier to learn about human rights and possible solutions. A statement from the office says a new tool has been cr...
Sep 28, 2023
Reconciliation and reckoning as Nisga'a totem pole returns from Scotland museum
VICTORIA - A homecoming celebration for a memorial totem pole after an absence of almost 100 years will resonate far beyond the tiny Indigenous village in northwest British Columbia where it is being ...
Sep 28, 2023
Canadian economy to get 'back on its feet' next year, Deloitte Canada says
TORONTO - Canada's near-term economic struggles will ease next year when growth returns and the Bank of Canada begins cutting its key lending rate, a new forecast from Deloitte Canada said. A better-t...
Sep 28, 2023
Bank records show accused killer was in the same city on day a B.C. girl was killed
VANCOUVER - A senior investigator at Vancouver City Savings Credit Union saysa bank account registered toIbrahim Ali shows transactions in Burnaby, B.C., on July 18, 2017, the same day a 13-year-old w...
Sep 27, 2023
Witness of B.C. Sikh leader's shooting says the gunshots sounded like fireworks
VANCOUVER - The B.C. gurdwara where a Sikh separatist leader was gunned down has launched an investigation into how an American newspaper was able to view security camera footage of the June killing. ...
Sep 27, 2023
Lululemon strikes five-year partnership with Peloton for content, apparel
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. says it has struck a five-year partnership with Peloton Interactive Inc. The deal will make Vancouver-based Lululemon the primary athletic apparel partner of Pelot...
Sep 27, 2023
Bylaw change could allow physician assistants to work in B.C. emergency rooms
VICTORIA - The B.C. Ministry of Health says a proposed bylaw change by the body that regulates doctors could allow physician assistants to work in provincial emergency rooms. The ministry says the Col...
Sep 27, 2023
B.C.'s projected deficit grows to $6.7 billion for 2023-2024 fiscal year
VICTORIA - Higher costs to fight wildfires and lower natural gas prices have forced a $2.5-billion addition of British Columbia's projected deficit for this fiscal year, boosting it to $6.7 billion. T...
Sep 27, 2023
Forestry contractors on helicopter that crashed, killing 2 near Prince George, B.C.
VANCOUVER - Forest products firm Canfor says hired contractors on their way to conduct field survey work for the company were on board a helicopter that crashed outside Prince George, B.C., killing tw...
Sep 27, 2023
Fire danger drops, bans lifting as cooler weather eases B.C.'s wildfire season
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Wildfire Service says the fire danger rating across most of the province has dropped to low or very low as cool, damp fall weather arrives. The wildfire service says t...
Sep 27, 2023