Category Archives: British Columbia
Outdoor store MEC commits to cutting carbon emissions from products, supply chain
VANCOUVER - Canadian outdoor retailer Mountain Equipment Co. has set sweeping new emissions targets for its supply chain, part of what the company is calling a stronger, science-based plan to help add...
Apr 21, 2023
'Our data has never been stored in China,' TikTok CEO tells Ted Talks
VANCOUVER - The CEO of TikTok dropped into a Ted Talks in Vancouver to address concerns over data security on his social media platform. Shou Zi Chew told Chris Anderson, the head of Ted Talks, that T...
Apr 20, 2023
Officer told not to make handwritten notes after death of Myles Gray, inquest hears
BURNABY, B.C. - A Vancouver police officer says a senior member of the force who was acting as a union representative told him not to make any handwritten notes about the confrontation that resulted i...
Apr 20, 2023
B.C. First Nation says 40 unmarked graves found around former residential school
SECHELT, B.C. - The shishalh Nation on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast says ground-penetrating radar has identified what are believed to be 40 unmarked graves of children on or near the site of the ...
Apr 20, 2023
B.C. stores broke privacy laws on facial ID technology, privacy commissioner says
VICTORIA - British Columbia's privacy commissioner says Canadian Tire stores that used facial recognition technology didn't adequately notify their customers and didn't get consent to collect the pers...
Apr 20, 2023
Criminal probe begins after campfire-sparked blaze threatened homes in Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Electricity has been restored to nearly 4,000 homes and businesses in Kamloops, B.C., after a rapidly spreading grass fire swept through an area not far from the city centre. A statem...
Apr 20, 2023
Key shareholder Sumitomo to vote in favour of Teck plan to split business
VANCOUVER - Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd., a key shareholder at Teck Resources Ltd., says it will vote in favour of the company's plan to separate its metals and steelmaking coal operations into two ...
Apr 20, 2023
Vancouver police promise upgrades to psychological testing following inquest
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Police Department is promising to upgrade psychological interviews for potential new recruits and to seek funding for annual psychological check-ins for all officers. The ple...
Apr 20, 2023
B.C. First Nation sues port firm, others for disrupting ancestral remains
VANCOUVER - The Bonaparte First Nation in British Columbia's Interior is suing a shipping port company and several others, claiming railway infrastructure development has destroyed and disturbed its a...
Apr 19, 2023
B.C. enacts regulation to ensure protection of Ozempic supply for diabetes patients
VICTORIA - British Columbia is bringing in a new regulation immediately to ensure diabetes patients don't face a shortage of the drug Ozempic, touted by celebrities for its weight loss side effects. H...
Apr 19, 2023