British Columbia

Province provides funding supplement to B. C. school districts for children and youth in care

VICTORIA - The provincial government has put in place new funding for children and youth in care as part of changes to funding to school districts.The change will also expand priority funding to more ...

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Court orders Surrey, B.C., to stop fining ride-hailing giant Uber

VANCOUVER - A judge has ordered the Metro Vancouver city of Surrey to immediately stop ticketing and fining Uber drivers. The city had been issuing $500 tickets to drivers, arguing that they were...

Feb 07, 2020

Opponents to ramp up protests against Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Opponents of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion say they will do whatever it takes to stop the project after suffering a devastating legal blow at the Federal Court of Appeal. Activists...

Feb 07, 2020

How to stay safe from mail thieves and fraudsters this tax season

NORTH VANCOUVER -It's back, tax season. This means mail thieves and scam artists will be back at work this tax season, according to North Vancouver RCMP.Every year between the months of February and A...

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Talks with Wet'suwet'en over pipeline 'not successful,' province says

SMITHERS, B.C. - Talks that were intended to de-escalate a dispute over a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia have failed after just two days. Hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwe...

Feb 07, 2020

'We are feeling strong': B.C. pipeline opponents brace for more possible arrests

SMITHERS, B.C. - Opponents of a natural gas pipeline said they were bracing for further police action Thursday following the arrest of six people near a work site in northern British Columbi...

Feb 06, 2020

Two more presumptive cases of the coronavirus in British Columbia

VICTORIA - Two more presumptive cases of the novel coronavirus have been diagnosed in British Columbia, where a total of four people have now been sickened with the illness. D...

Feb 06, 2020

No injunction for B.C. taxi industry against Uber, Lyft pending judicial review

VANCOUVER - The taxi industry is promising to continue its fight against Uber and Lyft after a judge rejected a bid to grant an injunction against the companies pending a legal challeng...

Feb 06, 2020

New presumptive case of novel coronavirus in British Columbia: health officer

VANCOUVER - B.C. health officials believe a woman in her 50s in the Vancouver area has contracted the new coronavirus. The provincial health officer says the woman is in stable con...

Feb 06, 2020

B.C. government to squeeze lawyers, legal costs out of public auto insurance

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is moving to curtail lawyers and legal costs in the public auto insurance system by severely limiting injured people's ability to s...

Feb 06, 2020