Category Archives: British Columbia
Employers want arbitrator for maintenance issues as talks resume in B.C. port strike
VANCOUVER - Talks between the two sides in an ongoing port strike in British Columbia have resumed, ending a days-long stretch away from the negotiating table. The BC Maritime Employers Association is...
Jul 08, 2023
B.C. police watchdog called in after death in Surrey following 'medical distress'
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating after a man died in Surrey Friday night while in custody. The Independent Investigations Office of BC says RCMP received a call about...
Jul 08, 2023
Government makes changes around disposal rule of toxic household waste
VANCOUVER - The B-C government says it's changing the rules to make it easier for people to properly dispose of toxic household waste. Environment Minister George Heyman says British Columbians, regar...
Jul 08, 2023
Rally planned in support of striking port workers
VANCOUVER - The Canadian branch of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union says it's gearing up for a rally on Sunday at downtown Vancouver's Jack Poole plaza.The union says it anticipates a l...
Jul 08, 2023
Spallumcheen, B.C., orders evacuation for 18 properties as lightning triggers fire
SPALLUMCHEEN, B.C. - The Township of Spallumcheen in the southern B.C. interior has opened an emergency operations centre after ordering 18 properties evacuated due to an out-of-control wildfire. The ...
Jul 07, 2023
B.C. RCMP announce corruption, drug trafficking charges against former constable
SURREY, B.C. - The B.C. RCMP says a former probationary constable at the force's Surrey detachment has been charged with multiple offences after a months-long corruption investigation. Mounties say th...
Jul 07, 2023
Francophonie ministers stress collaboration on official languages action plan
VANCOUVER - Ministers have wrapped up a meeting in Vancouver with the hope of increasing francophone immigration and addressing the decline of French across Canada. The Ministers' Council on the Canad...
Jul 07, 2023
Family of Jared Lowndes sue RCMP over 2021 shooting death in Campbell River
VANCOUVER - Family members of a man shot and killed by the RCMP have filed a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court, the day before the two-year anniversary of his death. Relatives of Jared Lowndes say in a no...
Jul 07, 2023
B.C. mass-stabbing killer apologizes to victims, cites 'enormous' drug use
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The man who committed a deadly mass stabbing at a library in North Vancouver, B.C., two years ago, has apologized to each of his victims by name at his sentencing hearing. Yann...
Jul 07, 2023
Lack of staff forces Saanich, B.C., hospital to close ER overnight for two months
NORTH SAANICH, B.C. - Island Health says a lack of staff has forced it to begin overnight closures of the emergency room at a small Victoria-area hospital. A statement from the health authority says c...
Jul 07, 2023