Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. Court of Appeal rejects private health care, says Charter breach OK
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has unanimously upheld a lower court's dismissal of a Vancouver surgeon's challenge of the Medicare Protection Act, saying bans on extra billing and pr...
Jul 15, 2022
Crews still checking Vancouver building for possible victims after roof collapse
VANCOUVER - Eight people have been rescued from office space located below a collapsed rooftop parking lot in east Vancouver, but fire officials say it's still too early to tell if everyone is account...
Jul 15, 2022
BC Wildfire Service responds to blaze near fire-ravaged Lytton
LYTTON, B.C. - An aggressive fire was spreading Thursday just west of Lytton, B.C., the same community all but wiped out by a blaze last year. BC Wildfire Service reported the fire was about 1.7 kilom...
Jul 15, 2022
CP NewsAlert: Man acquitted in Air India bombing, shot dead: media reports say
SURREY, B.C. - Ripudaman Singh Malik, the man acquitted in the 1985 Air India terrorist bombing, appears to have been killed in a shooting in Surrey, B.C., according to several media outlets. Vancouve...
Jul 14, 2022
Surrey-Langley SkyTrain project approved, expected to be completed by 2028
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's transportation minister says the business plan and funding for the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain project has been officially approved. Rob Fleming says the project is expec...
Jul 14, 2022
Overdose deaths for May reach new heights in B.C., says chief coroner
VICTORIA - The British Columbia chief coroner says the province is on pace to lose another record number of people to toxic drugs this year. There were at least 195 deaths from overdoses in May, the h...
Jul 14, 2022
Old computer technology points the way to future of quantum computing
VANCOUVER - Researchers have made a breakthrough in quantum technology development that has the potential to leave today's supercomputers in the dust, opening the door to advances in fields including ...
Jul 14, 2022
City of Kamloops, B.C., says crews responding to CP Rail train derailment
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The City of Kamloops says crews are investigating a train derailment in the B.C. Interior community. The city says in a tweet that CP Rail has confirmed there were no hazardous goods ...
Jul 13, 2022
Haida village of Queen Charlotte, B.C., gets its ancestral name back
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has confirmed that the village of Queen Charlotte on Haida Gwaii will be renamed back to its former ancestral name. The village council submitted a proposal ...
Jul 13, 2022
Bank of Canada raises policy interest rates 100 basis points to 2.5 per cent
CHILLIWACK - The Bank of Canada announced today that it has increased its target for the overnight rate to 2.5 per cent, marking an increase of 100 basis points and the biggest policy rate hike in 24 ...
Jul 13, 2022