British Columbia

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

Canada's Down syndrome community helps teach Google how to understand speech

VANCOUVER - Anyone who's been frustrated with digital voice assistants Google, Alexa or Siri misunderstanding commands to play a certain song or access online information may find themselves...

Nov 06, 2019

Hootsuite CEO Ryan Holmes to step down, take on executive chairman role

VANCOUVER - Hootsuite Inc. CEO Ryan Holmes says he plans to step down as head of the company. He says the Vancouver-based company has started a search for his replacement and that once ...

Nov 05, 2019

Heavy bronze statue worth $24,000 stolen from outside art gallery: manager

VANCOUVER - The manager of a respected art dealer in Vancouver says a thief dragged a 150-kilogram bronze statue down seven or eight steps before loading it onto a cart and wheeling it away early...

Nov 05, 2019

5G-powered smart campus unveiled at UBC; applied sciences research part of plan

VANCOUVER - Rogers Communications and the University of British Columbia have fired up what is believed to be Canada's first 5G-powered smart campus. A company statement says the launch allo...

Nov 05, 2019

Scientists using aerial drones to compare northern and southern whale behaviour

VANCOUVER - Scientists at the University of British Columbia are using aerial drones to study whether endangered southern resident killer whales are getting enough of their preferred pr...

Nov 04, 2019

Otter sighting shuts down Vancouver Chinese garden, 6 koi dead

VANCOUVER - A pond in the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Vancouver is temporarily closed after an otter allegedly killed six koi over the course of several days. The Vancouver Park Board ...

Nov 04, 2019

River otter likely snuck through open gates to get to Vancouver koi pond

VANCOUVER - A Vancouver park board official says a hungry river otter following the scent of fresh koi likely scaled a fence or took advantage of a brief opening of gates at a downtown garde...

Nov 04, 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 04, 2019

BCSC probing, taking action against two crypto-asset platforms gone offline

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Securities Commission is investigating complaints against cryptocurrency exchange ezBtc and taking court action to protect customers of crypto-asset trading pl...

Nov 04, 2019