Category Archives: British Columbia

Vancouver Island land returned to Lyackson First Nation and Cowichan Tribes
VICTORIA - A stretch of culturally significant land in the Cowichan Valley has been returned to the Lyackson First Nation and Cowichan Tribes communities. The British Columbia government says the retu...
May 22, 2025

B.C. Crown counsel group files workload grievance, says staff shortages slow justice
VANCOUVER - The BC Crown Counsel Association says it has filed a formal workload grievance against the BC Prosecution Service over what it calls "inadequate staffing" in its Okanagan and Kootenay offi...
May 22, 2025

B.C. seen as 'final frontier' for federal NDP as leadership question looms
VICTORIA - Kelowna resident and former federal NDP candidate Cade Desjarlais sees the party in "disarray." Desjarlais, who ran for the NDP in Kelowna-Lake Country in 2021 but voted for the successful ...
May 22, 2025

Western premiers to finish talks on trade, Arctic security in Yellowknife
YELLOWKNIFE - Premiers from Western Canada are scheduled to wrap up a two-day conference in Yellowknife. The annual meeting of leaders from British Columbia, the Prairie provinces and the northern ter...
May 22, 2025

Most Canadians feel attached to their home, though only half trust governments: poll
OTTAWA - Most Canadians feel attached to their country, province and municipality but only about half of them trust their governments, a new poll suggests. The Leger survey, which polled 1,537 Canadia...
May 22, 2025

3-year deal reached in labour dispute between LifeLabs and striking workers
BURNABY - British Columbia's main outpatient lab services provider says it has reached a deal with the union representing about 1,200 striking workers across the province.LifeLabs says in a statement ...
May 21, 2025

B.C. municipalities join First Nations in criticism of tariff bills
VICTORIA - Municipal leaders from across British Columbia have joined First Nations to ask the provincial government to withdraw or delay proposed legislation to fast-track major projects in response ...
May 21, 2025

RCMP visits B.C. ostrich farm to prepare for potential arrests
RCMP liaison officers have visited a British Columbia ostrich farm to prepare for potential arrests at the property where protesters are trying to prevent a cull of about 400 birds ordered by the Cana...
May 21, 2025

Three-year deal reached in labour dispute between LifeLabs and 1,200 striking workers
BURNABY - British Columbia's main outpatient lab services provider says it has reached a deal with the union representing about 1,200 striking workers across the province. LifeLabs says in a statement...
May 21, 2025

Assistance payment will continue in event of Canada Post strike
PRINCE GEORGE - The provincial government says that people will continue to receive provincial disability and income assistance in the event of a labour dispute at Canada Post.The contract between Can...
May 21, 2025