Category Archives: British Columbia
Fines for illegal hunting and fishing more than double in B.C.
VICTORIA - Fines for illegal hunting and fishing in British Columbia are more than doubling as the province cracks down on offences against wildlife. The Ministry of Forests says the new scale of fine...
Jun 17, 2024
B.C. environmental regulator orders LNG company to deploy 'floatel' near Squamish
A British Columbia government agency has ordered a liquefied natural gas company to deploy a cruise ship that's been renovated to house workers near Squamish, B.C. A statement from Woodfibre LNG says ...
Jun 17, 2024
Man convicted of murder 20 years ago dies in B.C. prison
VICTORIA - A man convicted of first-degree murder for killing his business partner in Port Coquitlam, B.C., in 1994 has died in prison. Correctional Service Canada says David Anthony Lowe, an inmate a...
Jun 17, 2024
B.C. premier urges PM to provide foreign interference information to protect province
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - Premier David Eby says British Columbia urgently needs information from Canada's spy agency to help combat alleged foreign interference at the provincial level. In a letter to ...
Jun 17, 2024
Fire at Nanaimo, B.C., supportive housing displaced more than 50 people
NANAIMO - More than 50 people from a supportive-housing complex in Nanaimo, B.C., have been displaced after a fire in a mattress that was started by a cigarette. Troy Libbus, Nanaimo Fire Rescue's ass...
Jun 17, 2024
North Vancouver's ICBC headquarters to become housing project development site
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - The head office of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia in North Vancouver will be transformed into an urban housing development with hundreds of homes near major tran...
Jun 17, 2024
Cool air mass over southern B.C. brings in record-breaking low temperatures
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada says an unseasonable cool air mass over southern B.C. has broken minimum temperature records, including one dating back about 70 years. The forecaster says temperatures ...
Jun 17, 2024
Taseko says tentative deal reached with striking workers at Gibraltar mine
VANCOUVER - Taseko Mines Ltd. says it has reached a tentative agreement with striking employees at its Gibraltar Mine in central British Columbia. The deal is subject to ratification by the workers, w...
Jun 17, 2024
B.C.'s first health centre catering to francophone community to open in the fall
VANCOUVER - A new health centre dedicated to serving British Columbia's French-language speakers will open its doors this fall in Vancouver. A statement from B.C.'s Ministry of Health says the current...
Jun 16, 2024
Climate change disasters require emergency plans for dialysis patients, experts say
When catastrophic floods severed a bridge and washed away or closed highways in southern British Columbia, Mitchell Dyck and other patients needing regular life-saving dialysis had to be flown to hosp...
Jun 16, 2024