British Columbia

A&W reports same-store sales down 4% due to COVID-19 pandemic

VANCOUVER - A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund reported same-store sales in its first quarter were down 4.0 per cent as the COVID-19 pandemic had an immediate impact on its restaurants. The burger ...

Apr 29, 2020

West Fraser Timber withdraws 2020 production outlook due to COVID-19

VANCOUVER - West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it is withdrawing its production outlook for the year due to the uncertain impact of measures to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. The Vancouver-based fores...

Apr 28, 2020

B.C. wants to learn from New Zealand, other provinces before opening schools

VICTORIA - British Columbia's education minister says he wants to learn from other provinces and countries like New Zealand before starting to reopen schools. Rob Fleming says a nu...

Apr 28, 2020

When students may go back to face-to-face education is unknown, but plans are in the making

VICTORIA-Minister of Education, Rob Fleming highlighted the provinces efforts to continue to offer proper education to K-12 students across the province this afternoon, while mentioning that when stud...

Apr 28, 2020

Flood warnings downgraded in B.C. as conditions ease but heavy snowpacks remain

VANCOUVER - Flood warnings have been reduced across much of British Columbia's central Interior as cooler weather eases the rate of snowmelt. The River Forecast Centre has downgraded warnings to ...

Apr 28, 2020

HSBC Bank Canada reports Q1 profit down as it expects downturn to hurt loans

VANCOUVER - HSBC Bank Canada reported a drop in its first-quarter profit compared with a year ago as it took a charge related to bad loans it expects due to the downturn in the economy. The bank says ...

Apr 28, 2020

Local restaurants feel squeezed by delivery apps' commission fees

VANCOUVER - Restaurants struggling to survive during the COVID-19 crisis have turned to take-out and delivery, but the fees charged by food-delivery companies are eating away their bottom line, s...

Apr 28, 2020

Plans underway for so-called salmon cannon to aid return at B.C. landslide: DFO

VANCOUVER - Officials with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans say plans are underway for a pneumatic fish pump, also known as the salmon cannon, to help fish migrate past a&nbs...

Apr 27, 2020

UPDATE: A plan for the future of the province is underway

VICTORIA-Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said in today's (Apr.27) COVID-19 update that a plan to ease restrictions in the coming weeks is underway.Dr. Henry along with Health Minister Adria...

Apr 27, 2020

B.C. university creates institute to take microscope-telescope view of pandemic

VICTORIA - The COVID-19 pandemic has placed the world at a tipping point that's challenging social, political, economic and environmental structures, says the director of a new academic research insti...

Apr 27, 2020