British Columbia

Company says work delay possible as it seeks meeting over B.C. pipeline dispute

SMITHERS, B.C. - A company building a natural gas pipeline though northwestern British Columbia says it could delay work in an area at the centre of a dispute with a First Nation,&...

Jan 07, 2020

UN racism committee calls for halt to Site C, Trans Mountain and LNG pipeline

VANCOUVER - A United Nations committee working to end racism is urging Canada to immediately stop the construction of three major resource projects until it obtains approval from affect...

Jan 06, 2020

Chairwoman named to improve cancer outcomes for Indigenous Peoples in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Dr. Nadine Caron says she hears difficult stories every day from some of her Indigenous patients in rural British Columbia facing a diagnosis of cancer. They tell her why they di...

Jan 06, 2020

B.C. LNG pipeline project to resume work despite opposition, says company

VICTORIA - The company building a 670-kilometre natural gas pipeline as part of the massive LNG Canada project in northern British Columbia says it plans to resume construction this week despite ...

Jan 06, 2020

Rusty abandoned ship in Fraser River near Surrey, B.C., will be removed: DFO

SURREY, B.C. - Work has begun on the removal of an abandoned vessel near Surrey, B.C., that has been an eyesore on the Fraser River for over five years. Fisheries Minister Bernadet...

Jan 06, 2020

Newmont drops Goldcorp from name as part of rebranding, raises dividend

VANCOUVER - Newmont Corp. is boosting its quarterly dividend by 79 per cent while also dropping reference to Canadian company Goldcorp as part of a centenary-year rebranding. The Denver-based company ...

Jan 06, 2020

Wait for 'high' before gobbling more cannabis edibles to avoid ER visit: doctors

VANCOUVER - People who have never smoked marijuana could be most at risk of overdosing on cannabis-infused edibles that will soon be on store shelves across the country, warns a public healt...

Jan 05, 2020

China-Canada relations hang in the balance as Meng extradition case to heat up

VANCOUVER - The international spotlight will be turned on British Columbia's Supreme Court this month as Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's extradition hearing is set to begin, more than a year...

Jan 05, 2020

House values drop 11 per cent in Vancouver, stabilize or rise elsewhere in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Housing assessments are in the mail for nearly two million homeowners in British Columbia, but those in Vancouver may have already searched their properties online to learn that values hav...

Jan 04, 2020

Vancouver home sales up in December and 2019, prices down from year earlier

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver area's real estate board says the number of home sales last year was up from 2018, but remained below the region's 10-year average, despite a moderation in prices. The R...

Jan 03, 2020