Author Archives: Greg Fry
Staff at lodge for LNG workers approve strike, potentially disrupting Kitimat project
KITIMAT, B.C. - Employees at a lodge housing workers for LNG Canada's gas facility in Kitimat, B.C., have authorized strike action, potentially disrupting construction of the massive project. The unio...
Jul 10, 2023
West Fraser Timber selling pulp mill in Hinton, Alta., to Mondi Group
VANCOUVER - West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. has signed a deal to sell its unbleached softwood kraft pulp mill in Hinton, Alta., to Mondi Group, an integrated packaging and paper company. Mondi says it is ...
Jul 10, 2023
In the news today: Premiers meet to discuss new health care money, Trudeau in Latvia
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today ... Premiers meet to discuss use of new health dollars ... Provincial and territor...
Jul 10, 2023
Heat warnings in place in six provinces, two territories
The ongoing heat wave gripping most of Canada is showing no signs of letting up, with heat warnings in place in six provinces and two territories. In Atlantic Canada, only Newfoundland and Labrador av...
Jul 09, 2023
Mackenzie Elementary School to be demolished soon
MACKENZIE - School District 57 says Mackenzie Elementary School will be demolished soon.The school first opened its doors in 1966 and closed in 2010. The building has been vacant ever since as the agi...
Jul 07, 2023
B.C. mass-stabbing killer apologizes to victims, cites 'enormous' drug use
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The man who committed a deadly mass stabbing at a library in North Vancouver, B.C., two years ago, has apologized to each of his victims by name at his sentencing hearing. Yann...
Jul 07, 2023
Tree planter airlifted to hospital after bear attack near Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A tree planter has been attacked by a bear in northeastern British Columbia. Few details have been released, but a statement from the Conservation Officer Service says it happene...
Jul 07, 2023
Day six of B.C. port strike as management calls for binding arbitration
VANCOUVER - The organization that represents employers at roughly 30 strikebound ports in British Columbia says binding arbitration could end the six-day-old dispute. More than 7,000 members of the In...
Jul 06, 2023
In the news today: Canada melts under heat wave, 10 years since Lac-Mégantic disaster
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Extreme heat warnings remain across Canada... Southern parts of Ontario and Que...
Jul 06, 2023
More campfire bans coming to B.C. by Friday as dry conditions raise wildfire danger
VANCOUVER - More campfire bans are on the way in British Columbia as warm, dry conditions push the wildfire danger upward. The BC Wildfire Service says, as of noon on Friday, campfires will no longer ...
Jul 05, 2023