Category Archives: British Columbia

B.C. researchers confirm footprints of three-toed dinosaur with club-like tail
Armoured dinosaurs with clubbed tails once roamed in what is now northeastern British Columbia, a new study suggests, leaving three-toed footprints across the landscape when the Rocky Mountains were s...
Apr 17, 2025

Vancouver Park Board preparing for 'unpermitted' cannabis events on 4-20
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Park Board says it's gearing up for "unpermitted" events on April 20 including on Sunset Beach, where thousands of people gathered in recent years to smoke cannabis to the ch...
Apr 17, 2025

B.C. premier says talk of Western Canada separation 'needs to stop'
British Columbia Premier David Eby says talk of western provinces separating from the rest of Canada is a "tired trope" that wastes time and "needs to stop." Eby says he doesn't think there's any cred...
Apr 17, 2025

Eby says Canadians need to 'keep the pressure up' despite California's charm campaign
VICTORIA - British Columbia's premier says Canadians need to "keep the pressure up" on the United States by buying local and avoiding travel there, despite a recent push from California to draw visito...
Apr 17, 2025

Air traffic back to normal at Vancouver's airport after days of delays
RICHMOND - The agency that provides air traffic control for Canada's airports says traffic flow at Vancouver International Airport has resumed normal operations in time for Easter weekend travel. The ...
Apr 17, 2025

B.C. operation by police, regulators finds losses of $4M in assets to crypto fraud
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's securities regulator says a recent two-day operation to identify victims of a specific type of cryptocurrency fraud has found 89 people who were drained of more than $4 ...
Apr 16, 2025

B.C. government announces changes to graduated drivers' licensing regime
VICTORIA, B.C. - The British Columbia government is making changes to its graduated drivers licensing regime, eliminating the need for a second road test to obtain a full licence. Public Safety Minist...
Apr 16, 2025

B.C. ministers urge residents to have go-bags, insurance before floods and wildfires
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says residents should start preparing for wildfire and flood season with go-bags and insurance, as emergency response officials watch the snowpack and drough...
Apr 16, 2025

Nav Canada warns to expect flight delays at Vancouver International Airport
RICHMOND - The agency that provides air traffic control for Canada's airports is warning travellers at Vancouver's airport of flight delays over what it says are "resource constraints." Nav Canada say...
Apr 16, 2025

BC Health Coalition urges province to end contract with U.S. owner of LifeLabs
VICTORIA - A public health advocacy group is urging the British Columbia government to end a contract with an American company that owns LifeLabs, the province's main provider of outpatient lab servic...
Apr 16, 2025