Category Archives: British Columbia

Second earthquake in four days strikes off B.C. coast
Another earthquake has struck off the British Columbia coast. A post on X from Emergency Info BC Monday night said a 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck west of Port Alice, a community on northwest Vancou...
Feb 24, 2025

Google 'actively working' to fix mislabelling of Canadian 'state parks'
Canadians have taken to social media wondering why Google Maps is referring to some provincial parks as "state" parks, an incorrect designation that's ruffling feathers at a time of heightened tension...
Feb 24, 2025

First Nation report says communication shortfalls hampered B.C. landslide response
A report from a First Nation says the massive Chilcotin River landslide in the B.C. Interior last year revealed shortfalls in communication and co-ordination of the emergency response from provincial ...
Feb 24, 2025

Musqueam and Feds make deal to share Vancouver airport lease revenue
VANCOUVER - The Musqueam Indian Band has signed an agreement with the federal government to share ground lease revenue from the Vancouver International Airport. Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations ...
Feb 24, 2025

N.S. premier retreats on bill that allowed firing of auditor general without cause
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's premier has retreated from a contentious bill that would have allowed his government to fire the province's auditor general without cause. Tim Houston says he no longer support...
Feb 24, 2025

B.C. Opposition Leader Rustad wants to hit U.S. with 'carbon tax' on coal shipments
VICTORIA - British Columbia Opposition Leader John Rustad is proposing a "carbon tax" on U.S. thermal coal that is shipped out of B.C. ports to use as leverage against threats of American tariffs on C...
Feb 24, 2025

Equinox Gold signs all-stock deal worth about $2.6B to acquire Calibre Mining
VANCOUVER - Equinox Gold Corp. has signed an all-stock deal to acquire Calibre Mining Corp. and its Valentine gold mine in Newfoundland and Labrador in a proposal that values the company at about $2.6...
Feb 24, 2025

Environment Canada warns winds on Vancouver Island, Metro Vancouver may cause damage
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued wind warnings for large sections of Vancouver Island and Metro Vancouver as a low pressure centre approaches the coast. It says the weather system will near V...
Feb 24, 2025

Pamela Anderson is back and busier than ever: 'I hope people don't get sick of me'
Pamela Anderson recently watched "Barb Wire" for the very first time. The B.C.-born actor says her son had asked if she'd ever seen the 1996 dystopian action flick - her first starring role in a movie...
Feb 24, 2025

B.C. Conservative MLA backs lawyer in residential school row with Law Society
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Opposition attorney general critic is questioning the "apparent mistreatment" of a lawyer after he asked for the rewording of Law Society training material about residen...
Feb 24, 2025