Category Archives: British Columbia

RICHMOND - WorkSafeBC is warning employers that they need to develop plans to keep their workers safe during what is an active avalanche season. The provincial occupational health and safety authority...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia has announced details of how marijuana will be sold and regulated in the province once the federal government makes it legal later this year. Here’s a list of propos...

VANCOUVER - From growing the perfect crop to marketing within restrictive rules, Canadian colleges and universities are cultivating courses for those wanting to work in the booming marijuana industry....

VICTORIA - The owner of a high-end sports car in Victoria has learned it’s best to keep the vehicle well maintained to avoid attracting unwanted attention. Police say a 31-year-old man was at th...

VICTORIA - British Columbia has appointed its first innovation commissioner to advocate for the province’s technology sector in Ottawa, Washington state and abroad. Alan Winter will take on the ...

VANCOUVER - In a story Feb. 4 story about marijuana education, The Canadian Press erroneously reported that New Brunswick Community College is offering a course on marijuana cultivation. In fact, the ...

VICTORIA - A tropical seabird rescued by a Vancouver Island animal rehabilitation centre last week has died. The British Columbia SPCA’s wild animal rehabilitation centre says the brown booby wa...

VANCOUVER - The first thing Andrew Wilkinson did after winning the leadership of British Columbia’s Liberal party was pay tribute to the successes of former premiers Christy Clark and Gordon Cam...

CRESTON, B.C. - Police say two people and two horses are dead after a highway crash in the southeastern British Columbia community of Moyie. RCMP from the Creston detachment say a tractor trailer was ...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s Liberals turned to a former cabinet minister with a blue blood intellectual pedigree and deep rural roots to lead them Saturday night, as Andrew Wilkinson appealed...