British Columbia

Another minority government would be good for British Columbia: Green leader

VICTORIA - The ideal outcome of British Columbia's looming provincial election would involve another minority government, the head of the province's Green Party said Saturday. Sonia Furstenau said no ...

Oct 03, 2020

Hearing over controversial Coastal GasLink pipeline resumes at B.C. Supreme Court

VANCOUVER - Arguments over the extension of the environmental assessment certificate for a controversial natural gas pipeline resumed today in British Columbia Supreme Court. Lawyers for the Office of...

Oct 02, 2020

No alarm before deadly volume of water gushed from dam, killing man in B.C.: CEO

VANCOUVER - The CEO of a dam operator says there were no alarms to warn a group of people fishing on the banks of the Capilano River in North Vancouver that a deadly torrent of water was heading their...

Oct 02, 2020

One new case of COVID-19 in Northern Health, 161 in B.C.

VICTORIA-One new case of COVID-19 in Northern Health was reported this afternoon (Oct.2).The north's total is now at 318 cases since the start of the pandemic. While Northern Health may only have seen...

Oct 02, 2020

Greens fall short of full slate of candidates for B.C. election

VICTORIA - B.C. Green Leader Sonia Furstenau says her party is fielding a team of 74 candidates in the provincial election. The deadline for submitting candidate nominations was on Friday and sh...

Oct 02, 2020

Horgan commits to net-zero emissions by 2050, Greens want plan to get there

SQUAMISH, B.C. - John Horgan says a re-elected NDP government would commit to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Horgan made the campaign promise during a stop in Squamish today as Liberal Leade...

Oct 02, 2020

Struggling for funds: Breast Cancer Awareness Collection launched by charity

TORONTO-The month of October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and one particular organization says they're struggling to continue to bring awareness to cancer in young women, due to the pandemic.Reth...

Oct 02, 2020

NDP, Liberal, Green candidates to debate climate change in B.C. election forum

VANCOUVER - The first debate to be announced during British Columbia's election campaign won't be among the leaders, but it will focus on a major issue in the campaign. New Democrat candidate George H...

Oct 02, 2020

Vancouver home sales surge 56.2 per cent to record level in September

VANCOUVER - The real estate market in Vancouver had its best September on record this year in terms of the number of homes sold. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says 3,643 were sold i...

Oct 02, 2020

Furstenau promises shift in long-term care model

VICTORIA-Green Leader Sonia Furstenau is promising to shift long-term care homes away from a for-profit model if her party wins next month's election.Furstenau says the COVID-19 pandemic shone a spotl...

Oct 02, 2020