Category Archives: British Columbia
Unions converge in Vancouver in push for B.C. public service contract
VANCOUVER - Hundreds of British Columbia public sector workers marched through downtown Vancouver Wednesday in a push for a new contract, after talks with government negotiators broke down shortly aft...
Oct 01, 2025
B.C. Residential school survivor says he heals from sharing his stories
VANCOUVER - Squamish Nation elder Sam George says he gets his healing from the violence and abuse he suffered during nine years of residential school by sharing his stories. The crowd dressed in orang...
Sep 30, 2025
Newly formed extortion task force investigating Surrey, B.C., shooting
SURREY - British Columbia's new provincial extortion force is investigating after a Metro Vancouver business reported having shots fired at its property. Police in Surrey, B.C., say staff from a busin...
Sep 30, 2025
B.C. public service workers to rally in Vancouver after contract talks break down
VANCOUVER - The union representing 34,000 public sector workers in British Columbia says members of other unions will join a rally in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday to show they are "not backing down...
Sep 30, 2025
One man dead after early-morning shooting in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver are investigating a fatal shooting in the city's Strathcona neighbourhood. They say they were called at about 7 a.m. Tuesday to a location near Main and Union streets. ...
Sep 30, 2025
Trump hits Canadian lumber producers with additional 10 per cent tariff
U.S. President Donald Trump has issued new tariffs that could add further pressure on Canadian producers of softwood lumber and furniture. A presidential proclamation on Monday evening set out a 10 pe...
Sep 30, 2025
Two charged in July death of grizzly bear on Texada Island in B.C.
TEXADA ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Two people have been charged with the killing of a grizzly bear in July on British Columbia's Texada Island. The Conservation Officer Service of B.C. says in ...
Sep 30, 2025
Talks off before they began, BCGEU leader says of negotiations with B.C. government
VICTORIA - The head of the union representing British Columbia's 34,000 public sector workers says a government request to get back to the bargaining table appears to have been a "cheap stunt" as it o...
Sep 29, 2025
Mounties investigating after dog shot in Nanaimo. B.C.
NANAIMO - Mounties in Nanaimo, B.C., are investigating after a dog was shot following what police believe was a heated argument between two people. A statement from the Nanaimo RCMP says the large mix...
Sep 29, 2025
Jobs minister Kahlon says B.C. won't pan away from Trump threat to tariff films
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Jobs Minister Ravi Kahlon says the government is taking threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to tariff B.C.-made films by 100 per cent "very seriously," but it's unclea...
Sep 29, 2025