Category Archives: British Columbia

Telus raises dividend, reports third-quarter profit down from year ago mark
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...
Nov 07, 2019

Bones found almost 50 years recognized as B.C.'s first dinosaur species
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...
Nov 07, 2019

B.C. site testing over 700 samples of kombucha for alcohol levels
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...
Nov 07, 2019

Lawyer for hotel owners says Vancouver risks litigation with $1 expropriation
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...
Nov 06, 2019

River otter likely snuck through open gates to get to Vancouver koi pond
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...
Nov 06, 2019

Scientists using aerial drones to compare northern and southern whale behaviour
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...
Nov 06, 2019

SeaBus affected as Metro Vancouver transit strike reaches Day 4 with no talks
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...
Nov 06, 2019

Vancouver to ban fireworks but will still allow them for some cultural events
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...
Nov 06, 2019

Metro Vancouver transit strike prompts cancellations as premier won't intervene
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...
Nov 06, 2019

Squamish Nation-led housing project in Vancouver to double in size
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...
Nov 06, 2019