Category Archives: British Columbia
Operators of threatened independent Vancouver cinema say offer accepted
VANCOUVER - The operators of a threatened east Vancouver cinema say their offer to buy the building in hope of saving one of the city’s last independent movie theatres has been accepted. A tweet...
Feb 08, 2018
B.C. and Airbnb reach tax collection deal to help fund province's housing plans
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it will soon profit from the short-term rental market after reaching an agreement with Airbnb on the collection of taxes. The money will be used to fund...
Feb 07, 2018
Special prosecutor appointed after alleged threats at Nanaimo city hall
VICTORIA - A special prosecutor has been appointed after the mayor says threats were allegedly uttered against him and a councillor at city hall in Nanaimo, B.C. The British Columbia Prosecution Servi...
Feb 07, 2018
Trans Mountain CEO calls on federal government to act in pipeline dispute
CALGARY - The head of Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd. has joined growing calls for the federal government to step into the dispute between Alberta and British Columbia over oil exports. Ian Anderson said We...
Feb 07, 2018
Grapeshot: Notley says Alberta will stop importing B.C. wine in pipeline fight
EDMONTON - The fight over Alberta oil coming to British Columbia has now escalated into a wine war. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced Tuesday that the province is banning wine from B.C. wineries...
Feb 07, 2018
B.C. coroner calls for changes after six people die while whale watching
VICTORIA - The drowning deaths of six people during a whale watching trip off British Columbia have been classified as accidental by the province’s coroner’s service. The Leviathan II caps...
Feb 07, 2018
B.C. to introduce auto insurance pay-out limits in 2019 to save $1B annually
VICTORIA - Allowing people to sue for pain and suffering in car accidents has been viewed as a fundamental principle in British Columbia, but that changed Tuesday when the government joined CanadaR...
Feb 06, 2018
Youth who ran into road after traffic stop in B.C. is seriously injured
COQUITLAM, B.C. - British Columbia’s police watchdog says a 17-year-old youth was badly injured when he ran into traffic on the Trans-Canada Highway on Monday night after a traffic stop in Coqui...
Feb 06, 2018
B.C. mayor apologizes for repeating 'urban myth' about teen's fatal overdose
LIONS BAY, B.C. - A politician in British Columbia is apologizing for spreading a false story about a teenage boy who supposedly died from a drug overdose. Lions Bay Mayor Karl Buhr said in a council ...
Feb 06, 2018
Drones giving B.C. researchers new perspective on jellyfish populations
VANCOUVER - Technology is allowing researchers in British Columbia to study blooms of jellyfish and their impact on the ocean in a whole new way. University of B.C. oceanography Prof. Brian Hunt and u...
Feb 06, 2018