Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. to install earthquake warning sensors to give life-saving notice
VICTORIA - Up to 50 earthquake early warning sensors are being installed around British Columbia as part of a larger plan to protect people and infrastructure in a big quake. The sensors will be conne...
Jan 26, 2023
House post returning to First Nation after 138 years, and decades in Harvard storage
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - A First Nations house post is being returned to its home in British Columbia after 138 years, including spending the last two decades in storage at Harvard University in Massachu...
Jan 26, 2023
Latest Canfor restructuring affects nearly 500 mill workers in northern B.C.
VANCOUVER - Canfor Corporation says as many as 157 employees face layoffs in one northern British Columbia town, but the company says it's too early to estimate job losses in a second community as the...
Jan 26, 2023
Sawmill permanently closing as Canfor restructures B.C. operations
VANCOUVER - Canfor Corporation says it is "restructuring" its operations in British Columbia, permanently closing one sawmill and shuttering another for an extended period amid plans to build a new wo...
Jan 25, 2023
Coastal GasLink fined again for sediment, erosion in pipeline work
VICTORIA - The company that is building a natural gas pipeline across northern British Columbia has been fined for a third time as a result of failure to comply with the requirements of its environmen...
Jan 25, 2023
B.C. valley of ancient trees, rare animals preserved in deal with forest firm
VICTORIA - A valley of intact forests, lakes and wetlands in southeastern British Columbia nearly 200 times the size of Vancouver's Stanley Park is being preserved in an agreement with governments, In...
Jan 25, 2023
Drivers urged man in mental health crisis on bridge to 'take action': B.C. police
DELTA, B.C. - Police say drivers on the Alex Fraser Bridge outside Vancouver honked and yelled at a man in a mental health crisis standing outside the safety rail, with some encouraging him to "take a...
Jan 25, 2023
Results to be released after second search for graves at B.C. residential school
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A First Nation in central British Columbia is ready to announce results from the second phase of an investigation of grounds around the former St. Joseph's Mission residential sc...
Jan 25, 2023
Luxor Capital still opposed to Ritchie Bros. deal to buy IAA despite changes
VANCOUVER - Investment firm Luxor Capital Group LP remains opposed to Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc.'s deal to buy IAA Inc. despite changes to the agreement. Luxor, which holds a 3.6 per cent stake in...
Jan 25, 2023
Resist urge to 'tickle' the snowpack as slide risk increases, avalanche survivor says
VANCOUVER - Twenty years after he survived being buried in a deadly avalanche in British Columbia's backcountry, Ken Wylie is urging people to be cautious and aware while dealing with a similarly unst...
Jan 25, 2023