Category Archives: British Columbia
Weather warnings issued as atmospheric river approaches B.C. coast
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued several rainfall warnings for British Columbia, covering much of Vancouver Island and the coastal regions as the first atmospheric river of the season approac...
Oct 18, 2024
Housing, health, and plastic straws: Here's how B.C. politicians are wooing voters
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's political party leaders have spent the 28-day provincial election campaign wooing voters with promises on critical issues including health care, housing, the cost of liv...
Oct 18, 2024
Testy B.C. election campaign sees leaders attacking each other more than policy
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's election campaign enters its final day in what is viewed as a too-close-to-call contest where David Eby's New Democrats and the B.C. Conservatives led by John Rustad deb...
Oct 18, 2024
India again rejects Canada's claims it works with gangs targeting Sikh separatists
OTTAWA - India's foreign ministry says Canada is trying to smear New Delhi, as the country doubles down on rejecting claims its government officials have worked with criminal gangs in the extortion, c...
Oct 17, 2024
Three teenage girls charged in violent B.C. transit attacks
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Three teenage girls have been charged with assault after two separate violent attacks took place on Metro Vancouver's transit system. Metro Vancouver Transit Police say the ass...
Oct 17, 2024
Supreme Court won't hear spy service analyst's appeal over discrimination case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear the case of a Canadian Security Intelligence Service employee who filed a discrimination lawsuit against the spy agency. It is the latest legal...
Oct 17, 2024
CP Railway adjusts safety measures following B.C. train crash: safety board
RICHMOND, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board says a mistake by a Canadian Pacific Railway supervisor set off a crash between a freight train and a railway work vehicle in Cache Creek, B.C. The boa...
Oct 17, 2024
Snow warnings along B.C.-Yukon border as southern B.C. braces for atmospheric river
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued the first snowfall warnings of the season along the British Columbia and Yukon border, with accumulations up to 20 centimetres expected in some areas. The wea...
Oct 17, 2024
No shortage when it comes to B.C. housing policies, as Eby, Rustad offer clear choice
British Columbia voters face no shortage of policies when it comes to tackling the province's housing woes in the run-up to Saturday's election, with a clear choice for the next government's approach....
Oct 17, 2024
Here are some facts about British Columbia's housing market
Housing affordability is a key issue in the provincial election campaign in British Columbia, particularly in major centres. Here are some statistics about housing in B.C. from the Canada Mortgage and...
Oct 17, 2024