Category Archives: British Columbia
Home prices continue to climb in B.C., despite dramatic sales decline: BCREA
VANCOUVER – Home sales in British Columbia plummeted last month compared with March of last year, but the B.C. Real Estate Association says the decline was not reflected in prices. Sales figures...
Apr 12, 2018
Improved Security For Tenants Facing Eviction
VICTORIA - The NDP government has introduced legislation to better protect tenants forced out of their rental homes or by so-called renovictions. Under the proposed changes to the Residential Tenancy ...
Apr 12, 2018
Rabbits ordered killed at Richmond shelter after deadly virus detected
RICHMOND, B.C. - An animal shelter in Richmond, B.C., has been advised to euthanize all 66 rabbits in its care after confirmation that several animals have tested positive for rabbit hemorrhagic disea...
Apr 12, 2018
Vancouver rules for short-term rentals to ease city's vacancy rate: mayor
VANCOUVER - The city of Vancouver is moving to legalize short-term rental accommodation like Airbnb but operators will only be able to advertise their principal residence. Vancouver Mayor Gregor Rober...
Apr 11, 2018
B.C. families say they're sidelined from involvement in addiction treatment
VANCOUVER - Families with loved ones addicted to illicit drugs struggle to navigate British Columbia’s health-care system and are often prohibited from being involved in care because of privacy ...
Apr 11, 2018
B.C.'s child watchdog quits after 14 months on job, heads back to New Brunswick
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s independent children’s advocate is quitting after 14 months on the job to return to his home province of New Brunswick. Bernard Richard, a former social worke...
Apr 11, 2018
Face of a killer? Police release new images in cold-case murders of B.C. couple
EVERETT, Wash. - Police in Washington state have released images of a man created through groundbreaking DNA technology that they say could help solve the murders of a young British Columbia couple mo...
Apr 11, 2018
Fire engulfs chicken barn, killing 14,000 chicks in Metro Vancouver
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - A commercial poultry barn in Metro Vancouver has been destroyed by a fire that has killed 14,000 chicks. Port Coquitlam fire chief Nick Delmonico says the 90-metre wooden barn w...
Apr 11, 2018
New Parent Resources To Mark Day Of Pink
VANCOUVER – Today is the Day of Pink, which is the international day against bullying, discrimination, homophobia and transphobia. For the Day of Pink, the BC Confederation of Parent Advisory Co...
Apr 11, 2018
B.C. proposes new and extended leaves for caregivers, new moms, grieving parents
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government is moving to upgrade employment legislation covering five specific work absences ranging from pregnancy leave to time off for parents of a missing or d...
Apr 10, 2018