Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. Nisga'a totem on display at Scotland museum since 1930 is heading home
VICTORIA - The National Museum of Scotland says it will return a memorial totem pole taken nearly a century ago from the Nisga'a Nation in British Columbia. The museum says its board of trustees appro...
Dec 01, 2022
Icy cold, wind and chance of more snow forecast for parts of B.C.: Environment Canada
VANCOUVER - A high pressure system over British Columbia is pushing arctic air and bitter cold to several areas of B.C. along with the potential for snow and wind on Friday. Environment Canada says an...
Dec 01, 2022
Richard Wagamese's novel 'Ragged Company' secures film adaptation
WHISTLER, B.C. - Richard Wagamese's novel "Ragged Company" is being turned into a feature film. British Columbia-based Sea to Sky Entertainment and Grinding Halt Films say they have acquired the right...
Dec 01, 2022
B.C. teachers strongly approve three-year contract with pay boost, added benefits
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's public school teachers have ratified a new three-year contract. Nearly 50,000 members of the BC Teachers' Federation were eligible to cast a ballot and a statement from ...
Dec 01, 2022
Calls for expanded safe supply as B.C. counts another 179 overdose deaths
VICTORIA - British Columbia's coroner says the overdose death toll for October reached 179 people, prompting a renewed call for Premier David Eby to introduce a widely accessible safe supply of drugs....
Nov 30, 2022
Vancouver police investigating two homicides on Downtown Eastside in span of one week
Vancouver police say they're investigating the deaths of two men in their 60s who died a week apart on the city's Downtown Eastside. Police are not linking the two deaths, but both are being investiga...
Nov 30, 2022
Over 1,800 B.C. residents have died from toxic drugs this year
VICTORIA - The B.C. government announced Wednesday (Nov. 30) that over 1,800 B.C. residents have died in the first 10 months of 2022 from toxic, illicit drugs.And it shows no signs of abating at all. ...
Nov 30, 2022
Western Forest Products to temporarily reduce lumber production levels in December
VANCOUVER - Western Forest Products Inc. says it will temporarily reduce its lumber production levels for the rest of the year. The Vancouver-based forest products company says the reduction will amou...
Nov 30, 2022
Traffic mayhem, power outages, plane off taxiway as snow hits B.C. south coast
VANCOUVER - The first major fall snowstorm to hit British Columbia's south coast paralyzed traffic, cut power to thousands of homes and even affected Vancouver International Airport as a plane skidded...
Nov 30, 2022
RBC to buy HSBC Bank Canada in $13.5 billion acquisition
CHILLIWACK - The Royal Bank of Canada, which has two retail branches in Chilliwack, has come to terms on a proposed $13.5 billion acquisition of HSBC Bank Canada. Under the terms of the agreement, RBC...
Nov 29, 2022