Category Archives: British Columbia
Vancouver to fund plans to renew its embattled Chinatown neighbourhood
Vancouver councillors have unanimously approved funding for its Uplifting Chinatown Action Plan, in an attempt to revive the historic neighbourhood. The plan focuses on enhanced cleaning and sanitatio...
Jan 17, 2023
RCMP investigating after two bodies found inside Coldstream, B.C., home
VERNON, B.C. - An RCMP major crime unit has been called in to investigate after the discovery of two bodies inside a home in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley. A police statement says North Okanagan ...
Jan 17, 2023
B.C. promises $90M for innovative projects for forest-dependent communities
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - The British Columbia government is promising up to $90 million over three years to support new industrial and manufacturing projects in communities hurt by the downturn in the fo...
Jan 17, 2023
ICBC president Nicolas Jimenez leaves to take the top job at BC Ferries
VICTORIA - The president and CEO of the Insurance Corporation of B.C. is leaving to take on the same job at BC Ferries. The insurance corporation says in a news release that Nicolas Jimenez has been w...
Jan 17, 2023
Newborn baby is one of three killed in highway crash in B.C.'s Interior
CASTLEGAR, B.C. - A newborn baby is among three people who died in a highway crash near Castlegar in southeast B.C. on Monday. RCMP Staff Sgt. Kris Clark says in a news release that police were called...
Jan 17, 2023
Residential school records needed to answer 'hard questions': special interlocutor
VANCOUVER - The woman appointed to work with Indigenous communities as they search for unmarked graves around former residential schools says additional records must be shared in order to answer "hard...
Jan 17, 2023
Officer who survived deadly avalanche making 'incremental progress': City of Nelson
NELSON, B.C. - The City of Nelson, B.C., says a police officer who suffered critical injuries in an avalanche that killed a colleague last week is making "incremental progress" but faces a long road t...
Jan 16, 2023
Tentative contract reached for thousands of health support workers in B.C.
VICTORIA - Thousands of health-care support workers in British Columbia have a tentative contract agreement after a year of talks. The BC General Employees' Union and Health Employers Association anno...
Jan 16, 2023
First Quantum Minerals releases preliminary production for 2022 and guidance
VANCOUVER - First Quantum Minerals Ltd. says it expects copper and gold production for 2022 to be down from 2021, at 4.9 per cent and 8.3 per cent respectively, while it expects nickel production to b...
Jan 16, 2023
B.C. tenants ordered to pay $500,000 after unit in 'near-hoarding state' catches fire
VANCOUVER - Two Vancouver tenants have been ordered to pay more than $500,000 following a November 2017 apartment fire that a judge ruled was "foreseeable." B.C. Supreme Court Justice Matthew Kirchner...
Jan 16, 2023