Category Archives: British Columbia
BC Ferries drops all-you-can-eat buffets from voyages; launches customer survey
VICTORIA - Buffet meals on BC Ferries, put on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic, will no longer be available on voyages between the mainland and Vancouver Island. The company says in a statement the a...
Jun 07, 2023
Vancouver Island road closed, campfire bans, as drought raises wildfire risks in B.C.
VANCOUVER - A small but aggressive wildfire on Vancouver Island is burning beside the only major highway linking Port Alberni, Tofino and Ucluelet to the rest of British Columbia. The route is closed ...
Jun 07, 2023
Font gives fresh look to B.C. Indigenous languages while working on reconciliation
VANCOUVER - A new font to typeset Salish Indigenous languages means so much more than just the words that it will be used to write, one of the people behind its creation says. Vanessa Campbell, a Musq...
Jun 07, 2023
Industry, conservationists welcome Ottawa's delay on B.C. salmon farm transition plan
VICTORIA - The federal government's decision to delay its ruling on a planned transition away from open-net salmon farms from British Columbia coastal waters is being welcomed by opponents on both sid...
Jun 06, 2023
Vancouver Island scuba divers spot sixgill shark in rare shallow-water sighting
NANAIMO, B.C. - A group of British Columbia scuba divers on Vancouver Island spotted a bluntnose sixgill shark on a recent dive in Alberni Inlet, capturing what they say is rare footage of the animal ...
Jun 06, 2023
Job action at Capilano U in B.C., as contracts inked with staff at five other schools
VANCOUVER - Job action has halted all classes at Capilano University in North Vancouver. A statement on the university's website says classes are suspended at its main campus and its Sechelt campus on...
Jun 06, 2023
Teck Resources receives indications of interest for steelmaking coal business
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. says it has received a number of indications of interest regarding potential transactions involving the company's steelmaking coal business as it works to split the ope...
Jun 06, 2023
B.C. officials push back on safe supply critics, seeing 'no sign' drugs are diverted
VICTORIA - British Columbia officials have rebutted claims that drugs prescribed through the province's safe supply program aimed at curbing overdoses are being re-sold to young people, helping fuel t...
Jun 05, 2023
Northeast wildfire now the third largest in B.C's history: BC Wildfire Service
The BC Wildfire Service says the Donnie Creek wildfire has grown into one of the largest blazes over the last century in the province. The fire, which is burning north of Fort St. John, is currently e...
Jun 05, 2023
June means trouble for B.C. wildfires with hot, dry forecast set to compound drought
Underlying drought, unseasonably warm temperatures last month and hot, dry conditions in the June forecast mean "the table has been set" for significant wildfire activity this summer, an official with...
Jun 04, 2023