Category Archives: British Columbia

16 SeaBus sailings cancelled on third day of transit worker job action
VANCOUVER - TransLink says more SeaBus sailings between downtown Vancouver and the North Shore are being cancelled as a transit workers' job action enters its third day. The transit authority says it ...
Nov 03, 2019

Talks have broken off between 911 operators and their employer
The union representing emergency dispatchers says talks have broken down between B-C's 9-1-1 operators and their employer, E-Comm, but the company says it still wants to bargain.The union says E-Comm ...
Nov 03, 2019

Pro-Choice rally held Saturday in PG
The Vaccination Status Reporting Regulation was approved earlier this year in B.C, but across the province, the regulation hasn't been received all positively. Saturday in Prince George and other citi...
Nov 03, 2019

SeaBus services cancelled on first day of Vancouver transit dispute
VANCOUVER - The first day of job action by transit workers in Metro Vancouver caused SeaBus cancellations on a busy commuter route across the Burrard Inlet. TransLink said seven SeaBus round trips, to...
Nov 03, 2019

Desjardins revises data theft impact numbers, says 4.2 million affected
MONTREAL - The Desjardins Group data theft is much more widespread than first thought and actually hit 4.2 million members, the banking co-operative's chief executive said Friday. ...
Nov 03, 2019

Meng's lawyers still say RCMP shared phone details with FBI despite affidavits
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou maintain there is an "air of reality" to an allegation the RCMP illegally shared details of her electronic devices with the Federal Bureau of...
Nov 02, 2019

Otter sighting shuts down Vancouver Chinese garden, 3 koi dead
VANCOUVER - A pond in the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Vancouver is temporarily closed after an otter and three koi carcasses were spotted Wednesday morning. The Vancouver Park Board sa...
Nov 02, 2019

Transit worker job action to cancel 20 SeaBus sailings
VANCOUVER - TransLink says it expected to cancel 20 SeaBus sailings on Saturday as transit workers enter their second day of job action. The transit authority says sailings between 4:15 p.m. and 9:15 ...
Nov 02, 2019

Wildlife group reminds of pollution dangers after pelican hurt in B.C. lake
BURNABY, B.C. - An endangered American white pelican faces a long recovery after being injured by some fishing line discarded in a British Columbia lake. The Wildlife Rescue Association says in a...
Nov 02, 2019

Metro Vancouver bus drivers plan action as contract talks break off
VANCOUVER - The union representing 5,000 bus drivers in Metro Vancouver says contract talks have broken off, setting the stage for the start of job action on Friday. Unifor ha...
Nov 02, 2019