Category Archives: British Columbia
State memorial for former B.C. premier Horgan open to the public, requires tickets
VICTORIA - Anyone wishing to attend the upcoming provincial state memorial service for former premier John Horgan is being asked to reserve free tickets. Horgan's service will be held Sunday at the Q ...
Dec 09, 2024
End of the Eras: Vancouver sweeps up after Taylor Swift's final bow
VANCOUVER - Pop star Taylor Swift has thanked Vancouver for hosting the final show of her "beloved Eras Tour." The city is sweeping up the glitter after the performance by Swift, ending a 149-show run...
Dec 09, 2024
Lundin selling pair of mines in Europe to Boliden AB in deal worth up to US$1.52B
VANCOUVER - Lundin Mining Corp. has signed a deal to sell a pair of mines in Europe to Boliden AB in an agreement valued at up to US$1.52 billion. Under the terms of the agreement for the Neves-Corvo ...
Dec 09, 2024
End of the Eras Tour, with Taylor Swift to take final bow in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - After 149 shows, an estimated US$2 billion in revenue and countless outfit changes, Taylor Swift takes to the stage tonight in Vancouver for the final show of her record-smashing Eras Tour...
Dec 08, 2024
Prince George Taylor Swift fans rent car after flight to Vancouver cancelled
VANCOUVER - A diehard Taylor Swift fan who lives in Prince George, B.C., says a flight cancellation forced her and a group of other Swifties to rent a car and make the near 800-kilometre journey to Va...
Dec 07, 2024
Inmate transferred by mistake and should be sent back to medium security, judge rules
PRINCE GEORGE- A B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled a prisoner, who has spent time in four different provincial jails in just over a year, should be returned to medium security after being wrongfully tran...
Dec 07, 2024
3 in 10 residential property buyers in N.S. were investors in 2018-2020: StatsCan
HALIFAX - Statistics Canada says investors represented three in 10 residential property buyers in Nova Scotia between 2018 and 2020 - the highest volume of such buyers among provinces where data is av...
Dec 07, 2024
Environment Canada issues more than a dozen weather warnings in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada says freezing rain and flurries are set to hit parts of B.C. today, issuing more than a dozen weather warnings over heavy rain and snowfall at higher elevations. The for...
Dec 07, 2024
More cases of parasite causing deadly whirling disease in fish found in B.C. waters
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it has detected more cases of a parasite that Parks Canada describes as potentially devastating to young trout and salmon. The provincial Ministry of Wa...
Dec 06, 2024
Heavy rain expected for Metro Vancouver for first night of Taylor Swift weekend
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada is warning of heavy rain for parts of B.C.'s south coast and a blanket of snow for areas in the B.C. Interior. The weather agency says parts of Metro Vancouver, Howe Sou...
Dec 06, 2024