Category Archives: British Columbia
Renters struggle to find homes as prices climb, availability declines
VANCOUVER - Joanna Fletcher lives in a one-bedroom apartment on Vancouver’s east side with her 10-year-old son. The building has mice and mould, and her new landlord is threatening eviction. Whi...
Apr 10, 2018
Pipeline protesters including Green leader should face criminal charges: judge
VANCOUVER - A B.C. Supreme Court judge says the Crown should consider laying criminal contempt of court charges against Green party Leader Elizabeth May and dozens of other demonstrators alleged to ha...
Apr 10, 2018
Ongoing protests behind halting of Trans Mountain expansion: activists
VANCOUVER - Protesters who have loudly voiced their opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion are taking credit for Kinder Morgan Canada’s decision to pause work on the controversial p...
Apr 10, 2018
UBC president apologizes for 'failing to confront' over residential schools
VANCOUVER - The president of the University of British Columbia opened the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre on Monday with an apology to survivors for the school’s role in p...
Apr 09, 2018
Three Recipients Of RTDNA Award
VANCOUVER – Hudson Mack, Rick Cluff and Wayne Williams have been named the recipients of the RTDNA Canada Lifetime Achievement Award in Western Canada. The award recognizes the three journalists...
Apr 09, 2018
40 illnesses reported as B.C. officials warn of norovirus outbreak
VANCOUVER - Health officials in British Columbia have closed two oyster farms amid an investigation into another outbreak of norovirus linked to the consumption of raw oysters. The BC Centre for Disea...
Apr 09, 2018
Softwood lumber exports to U.S. fall 20% in March amid railway woes
OTTAWA - The federal government says softwood lumber shipments from British Columbia to the United States plunged 20 per cent in March from a year ago amid railway transportation problems. Global Affa...
Apr 09, 2018
Timeline: Key dates in the history of the Trans Mountain pipeline
VANCOUVER - Here are some key dates in the history of the Trans Mountain pipeline and Kinder Morgan Canada’s efforts to expand its capacity: October 1953: The Trans Mountain pipeline begins ship...
Apr 09, 2018
Trans Mountain pipeline on hold as pressure mounts on B.C. to drop opposition
CALGARY - The future of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion was cast in doubt on Sunday as Kinder Morgan Canada suspended all non-essential activities and related spending on the project in the face...
Apr 09, 2018
B.C. takes new approach to testing older drivers, some ask if ageism a factor
VICTORIA - Frank Harding is 98 years old and most days he drives his 1990 Volvo sedan to the Comox Recreation Centre where he works out. One summer, the resident of Courtenay, B.C., said he drove acro...
Apr 09, 2018