Category Archives: British Columbia

Vancouver home supply up as sales drop below historical average in October
VANCOUER, B.C. - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home supply is rising and reaching levels not seen in roughly four years, even as the average price inches up year-over-year. The board...
Nov 02, 2018

Canfor To Make Cuts In Fourth Quarter 2018
VANCOUVER – Canfor Corporation will be reducing its operations in its BC sawmills due to log supply constraints, log costs and current market conditions. The company says it will reduce BC produ...
Nov 01, 2018

UVic study finds homeless, vulnerable, finally get care when at death's door
VICTORIA - The lives of 25 homeless or marginally housed people in Victoria only started to get better when they were close to death, says a University of Victoria study released Thursday. Researchers...
Nov 01, 2018
Quake with a magnitude of 4.9 recorded in waters west of Vancouver Island
VANCOUVER - A mild earthquake has been recorded west of Vancouver Island in the same area where three more powerful quakes struck about 10 days ago. The U.S. Geological Survey says the shallow quake h...
Nov 01, 2018

Federal government announces new measures for killer whale protection
VANCOUVER - The federal government wants to create new ocean sanctuaries in British Columbia as part of an additional $61.5 million it is spending to protect endangered killer whales. Fisheries and Oc...
Oct 31, 2018
B.C. government issues first recreational pot shop licence in Kimberley
KIMBERLEY, B.C. - A pot shop in Kimberley, B.C., has received the first private licence to sell recreational marijuana from the British Columbia government, two weeks after the drug became legal acros...
Oct 31, 2018

Notley's Kamloops Appearance Stresses Trans Mountain Goal
KAMLOOPS - Trans Mountain was the focus of the Alberta Premier’s address in Kamloops today. Premier Rachel Notley spoke to United Steelworkers in Kamloops this morning, Oct. 31, stressing the be...
Oct 31, 2018

B.C. looks to prescribed burns to fight wildfires, regenerate ecosystems
VICTORIA - People in British Columbia will have to get used to the possibility that next summer’s smoky skies may be the result of fires started by the government, says Forests Minister Doug Don...
Oct 31, 2018
Enbridge says repairs done on ruptured gas pipeline near Prince George, B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Enbridge Inc. says it has successfully completed repairs on the section of a natural gas pipeline that ruptured and burned near Prince George, B.C., three weeks ago. The company ...
Oct 31, 2018

Puppies stranded for days on B.C. cliff rescued after woman sounds alarm
MISSION, B.C. - Two St. Bernard-cross puppies rescued Sunday after being stranded for days on a cliff east of Vancouver are “bouncy” and “adorable,” said a British Columbia SPC...
Oct 29, 2018