Category Archives: British Columbia
Homicide investigation after three people found dead in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY, B.C. - Three people have been found dead inside a home in Surrey, B.C. A news release from the Surrey RCMP says officers attended the home around noon Monday and found the people deceased. Pol...
Jan 09, 2023
B.C. will pay fees, fund schooling upgrades to get more nurses in health-care system
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government will pay fees for international nurses and help finance former nurses who want to return to health care in a push to get more workers into the system. Premi...
Jan 09, 2023
B.C. pastor accused of sexual charges involving children
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A pastor who was servicing a Metro Vancouver church has been charged with sexual assault and sexual interference against children. Police in New Westminster say they began an i...
Jan 09, 2023
Lululemon raises revenue guidance, but lowers expectations for gross margins
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. raised its revenue guidance for its fourth quarter, but lowered its expectations for its gross margins. The company, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, says it...
Jan 09, 2023
B.C. paramedics, government announce tentative deal after talks with veteran mediator
VANCOUVER - Ambulance paramedics and dispatchers in British Columbia have reached a tentative contract with the provincial government after mediated negotiations. A joint statement Saturday from the H...
Jan 08, 2023
B.C.'s blue box recycling system to accept more items, primarily single-use plastics
VICTORIA - British Columbia is increasing the types of items it accepts for recycling in its residential blue box program. The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change says it is adding more single-...
Jan 07, 2023
Pigeon with meth backpack caught in B.C. prison yard, says officers' union president
ABBOTSFORD - A prison union spokesman says a pigeon carrying a miniature backpack filled with drugs was captured last week at a B.C. correctional institution in Abbotsford. John Randle, Pacific region...
Jan 06, 2023
B.C. to reactivate its COVID emergency operations centres to prepare for more illness
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government will reopen 20 hospital emergency operations centres set up for COVID-19 to deal with an expected surge in flu, respiratory illness and COVID cases. Health ...
Jan 06, 2023
He sleeps in a van but drives a Tesla: life on wheels in Vancouver's camper community
VANCOUVER - At the end of his day, Lucas Philips drives to his home overlooking Spanish Banks Beach in Vancouver, near some of the most expensive real estate in Canada. He climbs out of his black Tesl...
Jan 06, 2023
B.C. yet to see post-holidays spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations: health minister
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's health minister says hospitals haven't yet seen the bump of COVID-19 infections that have been recorded after previous holidays during the pandemic, but the health syste...
Jan 05, 2023