Category Archives: British Columbia
About 1,500 checked bags remain unclaimed in Vancouver after holiday travel chaos
RICHMOND, B.C. - About 1,500 checked bags remain unclaimed at Vancouver International Airport after winter storms wrecked havoc on holiday travel last month. Robyn Fant says her family recovered their...
Jan 03, 2023
B.C. government increases homeowner grant limit as home values rise by 12 per cent
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is boosting the homeowner grant threshold to $2.125 million for this year as average property values increase by 12 per cent. The government says in a statem...
Jan 03, 2023
B.C. becomes first province to require 3-day contract waiting period for homebuyers
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has become the first province in Canada to require a three-day waiting period for buyers after they've signed an agreement to purchase a home. The new homebuyer protection...
Jan 03, 2023
'Big year' for pharmacists with new prescriptive powers, drug shortages: association
VANCOUVER - In a year when pharmacists have stickhandled children's drug shortages and an extra-busy flu shot season, you'd think they might balk at the news in Ontario and B.C. that their prescriptiv...
Jan 02, 2023
Premiers' New Year's messages talk economic improvement, health care, cost of living
VANCOUVER - Premiers across the country used their New Year's messages to emphasize everything from housing and affordability to healthy lifestyles. In his first New Year's message as premier of Briti...
Jan 01, 2023
B.C. poised for drug decriminalization experiment, but will it help stem deadly tide?
VANCOUVER - People living in tents along about eight blocks of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside roam around on a chilly afternoon as some in the throes of addiction are hunched over on the sidewalk near ...
Jan 01, 2023
Man arrested in Victoria assaults where women were splashed with chemical liquid
VICTORIA - Police in Victoria are looking for more potential victims or witnesses after a man was arrested for a series of assaults in the city's downtown where women were allegedly splashed with a bu...
Dec 31, 2022
B.C.'s Health Minister supports COVID-19 testing for travellers from China
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's health minister says he supports Ottawa's decision to temporarily require people flying from China, Hong Kong and Macao to test negative for COVID-19 before leaving for ...
Dec 31, 2022
Mounties at Vancouver International Airport investigate threat on Edmonton flight
RICHMOND, B.C. - Mounties at Vancouver International Airport are investigating a threat made to a passenger aboard a flight from Edmonton. The RCMP says officers from its YVR detachment responded to a...
Dec 31, 2022
Steam pipe ruptures and injures two workers at Victoria General Hospital
VICTORIA - Health authorities in British Columbia say two workers were injured this morning when a pipe carrying steam ruptured at Victoria General Hospital. Island Health says in a statement that the...
Dec 30, 2022