Category Archives: British Columbia
'Political juggernaut': Another BC United MLA crosses the floor to Conservatives
PRINCE GEORGE - BC United Leader Kevin Falcon is losing another member of the legislature to the Conservative Party of BC. Teresa Wat, MLA for Richmond North Centre, defected to John Rustad's Conserva...
Jul 30, 2024
BC MLA Teresa Wat says quitting BC United and joining B.C. Conservatives to beat NDP
RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Teresa Wat says quitting the Opposition BC United Party to join John Rustad's British Columbia Conservatives is the only path available for a free-enterprise coali...
Jul 30, 2024
B.C. toxic drug deaths down 9% in 2024, but six people continue to die each day
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Coroners Service says the number of people who have died this year from toxic drug poisoning is down from 2023, but an average of six people are still dying every day fro...
Jul 30, 2024
BHP, Lundin Mining to buy Filo for $4.5 billion, form joint venture for projects
VANCOUVER - BHP and Lundin Mining Corp. have signed a $4.5 billion deal to acquire all of the shares they don't already own in exploration company Filo Corp. The deal will see Australia-based BHP and ...
Jul 30, 2024
B.C. First Nations claim fish farm licences infringe upon Aboriginal fishing rights
VANCOUVER - Two B.C. First Nations are taking the federal government and fish farm companies to court trying to overturn a decision that allows the farms to continue to operate off B.C.'s coast for an...
Jul 30, 2024
Wildfire update planned in B.C. as crews battle about 360 blazes
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's minister of emergency management is scheduled to give an update on the wildfire situation today as some areas in the province cool off while others flare. Bowinn Ma and ...
Jul 30, 2024
Third BC United MLA set to go to B.C.'s Conservatives
RICHMOND, B.C. - BC United Leader Kevin Falcon is losing a third member of the legislature to the Conservative Party of British Columbia. BC United's director of communications Adam Wilson says in a s...
Jul 29, 2024
Woman rescued off B.C. glacier calls those who braved smoky conditions 'superheroes'
KASLO, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - One of the four hikers plucked off a glacier in British Columbia's West Kootenay region as wildfires burned around them says the search and rescue team members who br...
Jul 29, 2024
B.C. tribunal upholds condo fines against couple for doorbell camera insults
RICHMOND, B.C. - British Columbia's Civil Resolution Tribunal has upheld $800 in fines issued by a strata corporation against a Richmond, B.C., couple for yelling "profanity and insults" through their...
Jul 29, 2024
Coast Guard fines owner $13,500 after failure to remove 'hazardous' vessel
GOLD RIVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - A British Columbia boat owner has been fined $13,500 after failing to remove the partially sunken vessel from a bay along the coast of Vancouver Island. Fisheries and Oc...
Jul 29, 2024