Category Archives: British Columbia

VANCOUVER - Telus Corp. reported its third-quarter profit slipped lower compared a year ago, but the company raised its quarterly dividend. The telecommunications firm says it will now pay a quarterly...

VICTORIA - A geologist's discovery of a mysterious claw in rocks along a rail line in British Columbia's northern wilderness almost 50 years ago has led to the recognition of the first dinosaur specie...

VANCOUVER - The popular fermented drink kombucha is considered a healthy beverage containing good-for-the-gut probiotics but the BC Centre for Disease Control is concerned some pro...

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for the owners of two dilapidated hotels in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside says the city is exposing itself to considerable litigation risk by seeking to expropriate the prope...

VANCOUVER - The koi pond at Vancouver's Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden has been drained and the remaining carp removed after a hungry river otter returned for a second annual fall hunting tr...

VANCOUVER - A University of British Columbia scientist says he was delightedly caught off guard when he spotted a southern resident killer whale calf appearing to use a fish as her teething ring and s...

VANCOUVER - Job action by Metro Vancouver transit workers is into a fourth day with more sailing cancellations on a pedestrian ferry connecting Vancouver to the North Shore, and a warni...

VANCOUVER - A ban on the sale and use of consumer fireworks could be in place across Vancouver by 2021. City councillors voted Tuesday in favour of a motion to prohibit fireworks, but t...

VANCOUVER - Commuters in Metro Vancouver face more cancellations on Wednesday as talks remain stalled in an ongoing transit strike and Premier John Horgan says the province will not intervene. About 5...

VANCOUVER - One of the largest Indigenous-led urban development projects in Canada that proponents hope will rise in the heart of Vancouver is set to double in size with 6,000 units pla...