Category Archives: British Columbia

B.C. passes UN Indigenous rights bill in 'historic' moment: Greens
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Green caucus says legislation promising a new relationship between the province and First Nations has passed unanimously in a "historic" moment. The bill mandates t...
Nov 26, 2019

Privacy watchdogs say firm broke rules for political ads on Facebook
VANCOUVER - Canada's privacy commissioner says the findings of an investigation into a Victoria software company linked with the Cambridge Analytica scandal has profound implications for fun...
Nov 26, 2019

Canfor announces December curtailments
VANCOUVER - Bad news for those working in the forestry sector.Canfor has announced it will be curtailing operations at all B.C. sawmills at the end of December."All sawmills, with the exception of Wyn...
Nov 25, 2019

Growing population, declining mortgage rates speed up B.C. housing recovery
VICTORIA - Housing sales in British Columbia are climbing faster than anticipated after a downturn, but a rebound won't be as inflamed as the sellers' market two years ago, says a report released Mond...
Nov 25, 2019

Growing population, declining mortgage rates speed up B.C. housing recovery
VICTORIA - Housing sales in British Columbia are climbing faster than anticipated after a downturn, but a rebound won't be as inflamed as the sellers' market two years ago, says a repor...
Nov 25, 2019

Jagmeet Singh announces appointments of House leader and party whip
VICTORIA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has tapped two MPs from British Columbia to lead his caucus' behind-the-scenes negotiations and work in the House of Commons. Peter Julian has been re-appointed as ...
Nov 23, 2019

Actor's complaint of racial discrimination against Victoria theatre to proceed
VANCOUVER - When Ravi Jain heard about the experience of an actor in Victoria who alleges she was denied an opportunity to audition for a role in "Les Belles-soeurs" (The Sisters-in-Law) because ...
Nov 23, 2019

Politicians in B.C. watch supermodel's transition journey on Transgender Day
VICTORIA - A Canadian male supermodel who walks the fashion runways of Paris and appeared on front covers of trend-setting magazines relayed his story to British Columbia politicians during ...
Nov 22, 2019

Canada Jetlines sues WestJet co-founder Neeleman over damaging interference
VANCOUVER - Canada Jetlines Ltd. says it is suing WestJet Airlines co-founder David Neeleman in the United States for allegedly interfering in the fledgling discount carrier's efforts to get ...
Nov 22, 2019

British Columbians unprepared for increasingly severe weather: BC Hydro
VICTORIA - BC Hydro says its customers are largely unprepared for power outages despite increasingly severe winter storms. The Crown utility says in a report that it's seeing increasing...
Nov 22, 2019