Category Archives: British Columbia

Canada Line workers reach tentative agreement to keep SkyTrain rolling
VANCOUVER - The union representing workers on a key commuter link between Richmond and Vancouver says it has reached a tentative agreement with their members' employer. The British Columbia Government...
Feb 02, 2021

B.C. drivers to receive COVID-19 insurance rebate cheques averaging $190 next month
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan says drivers in British Columbia will receive COVID-19 insurance rebate cheques next month that average about $190 each. Horgan says the Insurance Corp. of British Colum...
Feb 02, 2021

British Columbians to receive ICBC rebate cheques
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan says ICBC policy holders will receive rebate cheques averaging $190 next month.He says the checks will be mailed out from early to mid-March as there has been $600 milli...
Feb 02, 2021

High demand and higher prices for Vancouver real estate in January: board
VANCOUVER - Homes sales in much of Metro Vancouver in January increased by 52.1 per cent compared with sales from the same time last year. Colette Gerber, chair of the Real Estate Board of Greater Van...
Feb 02, 2021

One dead, two injured in mud rush incident at New Afton Mine near Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - One person has died in an industrial accident at the New Gold owned New Afton Mine just west of Kamloops.The company says the person was killed in a mud rush incident. Three people were inv...
Feb 02, 2021

Authenticity of stone carving at Royal B.C. Museum questioned
VICTORIA - The chief of a First Nation says he has the assurance of the Royal B.C. Museum that steps will be taken to determine how a carved stone pillar was deemed an Indigenous artifact perhaps dati...
Feb 02, 2021

British Columbia has 18 cases of U.K., South African COVID-19 variants
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has 18 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 variants that originated in South Africa and the United Kingdom, with seven of those emerging over the weekend. Provincial health of...
Feb 01, 2021

Federal government provides $15 million for safer drug pilot programs in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Four pilot projects in Vancouver and Victoria have received $15 million in federal funding to provide safer drugs for people at risk of dying from overdose.Mental Health and Addictions Min...
Feb 01, 2021

Woman 'clings to life' after attack in her home by men posing as police officers
VANCOUVER - Police say a Vancouver senior is "clinging to life" after being attacked by two men she believed were police officers. Sgt. Steve Addison says the 78-year-old lives alone in her home and w...
Feb 01, 2021

U.S. warning of part failure didn't save pilot's life in crash in Mission, B.C.
RICHMOND, B.C. - A Transportation Safety Board report says a warning of a seatbelt bracket failure may not have filtered down to the owner of a small plane that was involved in a deadly crash in Briti...
Feb 01, 2021