Category Archives: British Columbia

Canadian Economics After The Midterm Elections
PRINCE GEORGE - The polls for the US midterms closed last night with the Democrats winning a majority in the House of Representatives. While this will have some impacts on Canadian economics, Stan Mit...
Nov 07, 2018

B.C. government rolls back speed limits on routes with speed-related collisions
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government is rolling back speed limits on sections of more than a dozen highways where speed-related crashes have climbed since higher limits were approved in 20...
Nov 06, 2018

Rare Mandarin duck at park in Burnaby, B.C., could be an escaped pet
BURNABY, B.C. - A rare duck native to East Asia is making a splash in a lake east of Vancouver and experts believe he is an escaped pet. The Mandarin duck, with his vibrant golden, green and blue plum...
Nov 05, 2018
British Columbia faces lawsuit: Fracking dams exempted from environmental review
VANCOUVER - A conservation group is suing the British Columbia government for exempting two oilpatch dams from environmental rules years after the dams were built. “It seems like the government ...
Nov 05, 2018

Former Canadian Football League player Josh Boden is accused of murder
VANCOUVER - A former wide receiver with the Canadian Football League’s B.C. Lions has made his first court appearance following a charge of second-degree murder more than nine years after a woma...
Nov 05, 2018

Puppies stranded on cliff in B.C. find 'forever' homes with rescue crew members
MISSION, B.C. - Two St. Bernard-cross puppies who spent four days on a cliff in a rural area of British Columbia’s Fraser Valley have landed what the local SPCA branch manager says are their bes...
Nov 04, 2018

B.C. casino accused of 'profiling' Drake says it stands against racism
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver casino says it “categorically” stands against racism after Drake accused it of “profiling” him. In a post on Instagram, the Toronto rapper called Parq V...
Nov 03, 2018

Top court rejects group's attempt to stop B.C. referendum as campaign underway
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s top court has dismissed an application by a group trying to halt the province’s referendum on electoral reform. The Independent Contractors and Busines...
Nov 02, 2018

B.C. allows gender X on ID for people don't identify as male or female
VICTORIA – People who consider themselves neither male nor female now have the right to use an X to designate their gender on British Columbia-issued identification including a driver’s li...
Nov 02, 2018

Vancouver home supply up as sales drop below historical average in October
VANCOUER, B.C. - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home supply is rising and reaching levels not seen in roughly four years, even as the average price inches up year-over-year. The board...
Nov 02, 2018