Category Archives: British Columbia

17 temperature records Wednesday as southern B.C. sweltered in pre-summer heat
VANCOUVER - Temperature records tumbled across much of British Columbia's south coast Wednesday as Environment Canada says a strong ridge of high pressure kept clouds away. The weather office rep...
Jun 13, 2019

B.C.'s dirty money strategy to be highlighted at meeting of ministers
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's efforts to fight money laundering are expected to be front and centre today at a special meeting of federal cabinet ministers and their provincial counterparts to discus...
Jun 13, 2019

Data show alcohol the main cause of substance-related deaths in hospital
VANCOUVER - Heavy drinking landed Dawn Nickel in the emergency department four times - twice for alcohol poisoning and two more times when she took pills with alcohol to try and kill herself. "I had n...
Jun 13, 2019

Victoria police chief hands out hefty fine to driver who flicked lit butt
VICTORIA - A "lit"terbug was issued a hefty fine after Victoria's police chief caught him flicking a cigarette butt out his car window. Chief Const. Del Manak said he was travelling on a highway in hi...
Jun 12, 2019

Vancouver mayor blames Ottawa for continued growth of homelessness in city
Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart says it's "devastating" to see the homeless count rise in the city and is blaming the federal government for breaking a promise to invest millions to solve the problem....
Jun 12, 2019

Lululemon Q1 earnings outpace analyst expectations, company ups 2019 guidance
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc.'s revenue rose 20 per cent during its most recent quarter, outpacing analyst expectations. The athleisure retailer says its net revenue for the first quarter ...
Jun 12, 2019

Father tells B.C. judge that happy, loving girl, 8, taken for no reason
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The father of an eight-year-old girl who was smothered by her mother says a happy, empathetic, sensitive and loving child was taken away from the world for no re...
Jun 12, 2019

Genocide against Indigenous women and girls 'obvious,' says chief commissioner
VANCOUVER - The chief commissioner of the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls says it's "pretty obvious" that the tragedies amount to a genocide. Marion Buller made the r...
Jun 12, 2019

Tilray shares up 11% on deal to merge with biggest shareholder
NANAIMO, B.C. - Tilray Inc.'s stock soared after it signed a deal to merge with its largest shareholder while also putting limits on the release of resulting new shares in the Canadian canna...
Jun 12, 2019

First Nations push for massive conservation area in northern British Columbia
LOWER POST, B.C. - First Nations in northern British Columbia are calling on the provincial government to endorse an ambitious proposal for a 40,000-square-kilometre conservation area to pro...
Jun 11, 2019