Category Archives: British Columbia

Ministers, Wet'suwet'en chief optimistic as talks continue for third day
SMITHERS, B.C. - A Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief and senior government ministers said Saturday they remained optimistic that talks will break an impasse over a pipeline dispute that has sparked widesp...
Mar 01, 2020

Wet'suwet'en supporters of pipeline don't think their message is being heard
SMITHERS, B.C. - Bonnie George walked out of the Office of the Wet'suwet'en holding her hands up in the air in a triumphant gesture. Just hours earlier, the Wet'suwet'en matriarch and former Coastal G...
Mar 01, 2020

Wet'suwet'en chiefs, ministers reach draft arrangement in pipeline dispute
SMITHERS, B.C. - Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and senior government ministers reached a proposed arrangement Sunday following days of discussions over a pipeline dispute that prompted solidarity pro...
Mar 01, 2020

Canada must expose hidden company owners to end 'snow washing,' inquiry hears
VANCOUVER - Canada must urgently create public registries that reveal the true owners of corporations in order to shed its international reputation as a destination for laundering the proceeds of...
Feb 28, 2020

Decade-long health care battle draws to a close today in British Columbia
VANCOUVER - A constitutional challenge by a doctor who argues patients should have the right to pay for private care if the public system leaves them waiting too long is expec...
Feb 28, 2020

Pipeline talks with hereditary chiefs resume for second day in northern B.C.
SMITHERS, B.C. - The hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en are meeting for a second day with senior federal and provincial ministers as they try to break an impasse in a pipeline dispute tha...
Feb 28, 2020

Surrey gets approval from B.C. to set up local police board to replace RCMP
SURREY, B.C. - The city of Surrey has been given approval by the B.C. government to create a municipal police board as it continues on the path of replacing the RCMP. Mayor Doug McCallu...
Feb 27, 2020

Vancouver port CEO warns of coronavirus woes as China trade continues to ebb
VANCOUVER - The head of Canada's largest port says the novel coronavirus is eating into trade following a year that saw cargo volumes dip. Vancouver Fraser Port Authority CEO Robin Silvester says the ...
Feb 27, 2020

B.C. can't be punished by feds if private-care proponent wins case: lawyer
VANCOUVER - Government lawyers have made irrelevant arguments in British Columbia Supreme Court by saying the province would lose millions of dollars a year in federal funding if a lawsuit seeking an ...
Feb 27, 2020

Distracted Driving Awareness Month has RCMP cracking down on distracted drivers
BRITISH COLUMBIA- The month of March is Distracted Driving/ Occupant Restraint Awareness Month and RCMP will be conducting intensified distracted driving enforcement.According to BC RCMP distracted dr...
Feb 27, 2020