Category Archives: British Columbia
Farm company investigating carbon monoxide exposure that affected 43 workers
DELTA, B.C. - A company says it is investigating to determine if changes are needed in its operations after dozens of workers were exposed to carbon monoxide at one of its farm in Delta, B.C., on the ...
Dec 11, 2017
B.C. coroner says fentanyl detected in most of 1,208 deaths up to October
VANCOUVER - Illicit overdoses have claimed 1,208 lives in British Columbia between January and October this year. The BC Coroners Service says the latest figure compares with 683 deaths during the sam...
Dec 11, 2017
Poor ventilation at B.C. greenhouse blamed for carbon monoxide exposure
DELTA, B.C. - Poor ventilation at a Delta, B.C., greenhouse is to blame for sending dozens of workers to hospital for carbon monoxide exposure, a fire chief said. Delta fire battalion chief Neil Shust...
Dec 11, 2017
Dozens hospitalized after carbon monoxide exposure at Delta, B.C., farm
DELTA, B.C. - Dozens of people were taken to hospital on Saturday after they were exposed to carbon monoxide at a farm in Delta, B.C. BC Emergency Health Services tweeted that 13 ambulances responded ...
Dec 10, 2017
Teachers wanted: B.C. at 'crisis' point in effort to fill jobs, jobs, jobs
VANCOUVER - Teachers have their pick of jobs in British Columbia, but the head of their union warns that some students are going without their specially trained educators who are covering substitute p...
Dec 10, 2017
Smartphone pedometers underestimate steps, but valuable health tool: study
VANCOUVER - A recent study looking at iPhone’s built-in pedometers is a step toward using the tool as a clinical intervention in improving people’s health, a University of B.C. researcher ...
Dec 09, 2017
B.C. changes tenancy regulations to limit rent increases to match area rates
VANCOUVER - Renters in British Columbia no longer need to worry about their landlords hiking up rates to match high rents in hot neighbourhoods. The NDP government announced it’s closing another...
Dec 09, 2017
More barred owls sightings in Vancouver bad news for rats and mice
VANCOUVER - A spike in owl sightings in downtown Vancouver could be good news for ridding the city of pesky rodents, a wildlife group says, but there’s a downside for the birds. Photos of barred...
Dec 09, 2017
Dog makes grim discovery of human foot in shoe on Vancouver Island beach
SOOKE, B.C. - Another human foot has been found on British Columbia’s coastline, the latest in more than a dozen such grim discoveries over the past decade. RCMP say a man was out for walk Thurs...
Dec 08, 2017
B.C. Startups To Gain Support Across Borders
The B.C. government has signed on to the Cascadia Venture Acceleration Network that connects nearly 50 technology, research and investment partners in the Pacific Northwest. Jobs, Trade and Technology...
Dec 08, 2017