British Columbia

CN announces $445 million investment in B.C.

VANCOUVER-CN Rail announced that it is investing $445 million across B.C this year to support demand and enable supply chains.The investments will include expansion projects that will add track in yar...

Jun 29, 2020

Hootsuite names new CEO to replace founder amid

VANCOUVER - Hootsuite has named a new CEO to replace founder Ryan Holmes after his 12 years at the helm of the Vancouver-based tech company. Tom Keiser, former chief operating officer of Zendesk,...

Jun 29, 2020

Lululemon, MEC and Arc'teryx join international brands in Facebook ad boycott

VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc., Mountain Equipment Co-op and Arc'teryx are joining a growing list of top international brands vowing not to advertise on Facebook Inc. in July because of hateful ...

Jun 29, 2020

B.C. teenager photographs personal experiences of people around the world

VANCOUVER - A 17-year-old British Columbia student has been documenting the personal experiences of strangers around the world during this pandemic one photograph at a time. Asalah Youssef of Lan...

Jun 29, 2020

Advocates call for community-led crisis intervention, not police

SURREY, B.C. - Deaths and injuries involving police during so-called wellness checks coupled with recent protests against police brutality are generating scrutiny over how officers respond t...

Jun 28, 2020

B.C. First Nations keeping COVID-19 cases down: health officials

VICTORIA - First Nations in British Columbia have been largely successful in keeping COVID-19 out of their communities by strictly following health guidelines and relying on the advice ...

Jun 26, 2020

10 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., one additional death

VICTORIA-A total of ten new cases of COVID-19 were reported in today's joint statement by B.C.'s Provincial Health Officer, and Minister of Health.None of the new cases were in the Northern Health reg...

Jun 26, 2020

20 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., 2 deaths

VICTORIA- 20 new cases of COVID-19 and two deaths were reported in today's (June 25) COVID-19 daily update.Out of the 20 one is an epidemiologically linked one. No new cases of the virus were reported...

Jun 25, 2020

Privacy commissioners in B.C., Ontario, order LifeLabs to improve security

VICTORIA - A joint investigation by the privacy commissioners of Ontario and British Columbia says Lifelabs failed to put in place reasonable safeguards to protect the personal health information of m...

Jun 25, 2020

University says it's making changes after crash that killed two students

VICTORIA - A report into a bus crash that killed two University of Victoria students calls for travel during daylight hours on a narrow logging road that it says should be improved by the pr...

Jun 25, 2020