Category Archives: British Columbia
Fire on bus carrying school children cuts road and power in Chilliwack, B.C.
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A bus carrying elementary school students on a field trip has caught fire on a road in Chilliwack, B.C., spreading to a nearby structure and cutting power to the area before being e...
Jun 08, 2023
Rate hike prompted by higher risk of sticky inflation: BoC's Beaudry
VICTORIA - Bank of Canada deputy governor Paul Beaudry says recent economic data suggests the risk of sticky inflation has gone up, prompting the central bank's decision to raise interest rates on Wed...
Jun 08, 2023
Working smoke alarm in just 45% of 2022 home fires in B.C.: report
VICTORIA - A report from British Columbia's fire commissioner says there were 86 deaths due to fires in the province last year, a toll that has tripled in three years. The report says there were more ...
Jun 08, 2023
B.C. government taps veteran mediator to resolve Fraser Valley bus strike
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has appointed veteran mediator Vince Ready to help resolve what it says is an "incredibly challenging" bus strike in the Fraser Valley. CUPE Local 561 has be...
Jun 08, 2023
Showers likely for southern B.C., as wildfires cut air quality, challenge control
VANCOUVER - For the first time this year, air quality advisories are posted for part of Vancouver Island and a large section of the Lower Mainland as smoke from several wildfires wafts over the region...
Jun 08, 2023
Loblaw-owned T&T Supermarkets to open U.S. flagship store in Bellevue, Washington
RICHMOND, B.C. - T&T Supermarkets, the largest chain of Asian grocery stores in Canada, is expanding into the U.S. with a store in Bellevue, Washington, set to open next summer. The Richmond, B.C....
Jun 08, 2023
Vancouver's Chinatown provides a shifting backdrop for divisive condo proposal
VANCOUVER - The nondescript parking lot at the centre of debate about the future of Vancouver's historic Chinatown is unchanged in the six years since plans to build a condo tower there were shot down...
Jun 08, 2023
B.C. First Nation buys back 140-year-old robe, paying almost $40,000 to bring it home
ATLIN, B.C. - A man who is helping return a 140-year-old Tlingit robe to the British Columbia First Nation where it was created says it's as if the regalia called out to its people and they are bringi...
Jun 07, 2023
Patients, staff struggle over 'chronic issues' at Surrey, B.C., hospital: minister
SURREY, B.C. - Chronic issues for patients and staff at one of British Columbia's largest hospitals have prompted an immediate and long-term expansion plan to ease tensions. Health Minister Adrian Dix...
Jun 07, 2023
Logging truck failure set off crash that killed 3 in Cranbrook, B.C.: RCMP
CRANBROOK, B.C. - Mounties in Cranbrook, B.C., say a mechanical failure of a loaded logging truck set off a crash east of the community that killed three people in an oncoming vehicle. The crash on Hi...
Jun 07, 2023