Category Archives: British Columbia

NDP throne speech in B.C. highlights accomplishments at midway point of mandate
VICTORIA - British Columbia's NDP government is promising new funding supplements for children and youth in care, and the expansion of commuter service into the Fraser Valley in a throne speech&n...
Feb 11, 2020

Bridges, buildings, railways, streets focus of anti-pipeline protests
VICTORIA - Fourteen people arrested at pipeline protest sites are due in provincial court Monday in Smithers, B.C., a Wet'suwet'en Nation spokeswoman said as a movement opposing the pipeline...
Feb 11, 2020

Safer Internet Day: RCMP want parents and teens to be informed of online dangers
PRINCE GEORGE-Feb.11th 2020 is "Safer Internet Day" and the RCMP are reminding families and adults to start conversations with youth about internet safety."The RCMP encourages parents to talk to their...
Feb 11, 2020

Entrances to B.C. legislature blocked as pipeline protests flare across Canada
VICTORIA - Hundreds of protesters blocked the entrances to the British Columbia legislature on Tuesday as demonstrations in support of Indigenous hereditary chiefs who oppose a pipeline project contin...
Feb 11, 2020

B.C. mayor says forestry strike left some on brink of bankruptcy as deal reached
VICTORIA - A tentative agreement in a forest industry strike that kept 3,000 workers off the job since last July is being greeted with cautious optimism by a Vancouver Island mayor who says the disput...
Feb 11, 2020

B.C. mayor says forestry strike left some on brink of bankruptcy as deal reached
VICTORIA - A tentative agreement in a forest industry strike that kept 3,000 workers off the job since last July is being greeted with cautious optimism by a Vancouver Island mayor who says the d...
Feb 10, 2020

Contract awarded for Pattullo Bridge replacement in Metro Vancouver
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The British Columbia government has awarded a contract for the replacement of the Pattullo Bridge in Metro Vancouver. The $1.4-billion project will see a new four-lane bri...
Feb 10, 2020

A primer on the Coastal GasLink pipeline
VANCOUVER - Protests continue across the country as the RCMP enforce an injunction requiring opponents of the Coastal GasLink pipeline to clear the way for construction in northern British Columbia. H...
Feb 10, 2020

Wet'suwet'en supporters light ceremonial fire at steps of B.C. legislature
VICTORIA - Efforts by hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en Nation to halt a pipeline project have prompted arrests and spurred a national movement that saw protesters light a ceremonial fire at the f...
Feb 10, 2020

Greenpeace shows support for Wet'suwet'en protestors
OTTAWA- Greenpeace has issued a statement in response to the arrests made by law enforcement of Indigenous Land Defenders and solidarity protesters that began last week.In the statement, Greenpeace sa...
Feb 10, 2020