Category Archives: British Columbia

VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouversays home sales got off to a strong start in the first month of 2024 but the pace of newly listed properties did not keep up with demand. The boar...

SURREY, B.C. - The spokesman for a group advocating Sikh independence says that a Metro Vancouver home hit by gunfire on Thursday belonged to a member of the movement. Surrey RCMP say multiple shots w...

VANCOUVER - Recent wild temperature swings in British Columbia have raised concerns about the impact on some local animals' health, and potentially their survival. Temperatures in the Fraser Valley ci...

VANCOUVER - A review of prescribed safer supply programs in B.C. says the province should increase the range of drugs available to include smokable fentanyl and other substances. B.C. Provincial Healt...

VANCOUVER - The manager of Metro Vancouver's transit system says it has applied to the B.C. Labour Relations Board to be designated an essential service, as a deadline for strike action looms. TransLi...

VANCOUVER - Dozens of protesters with Palestinian flags and banners have blockaded truck access to the Port of Vancouver. The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says officials are "aware of protest activ...

VICTORIA - British Columbia is launching a review of its Labour Relations Code and has appointed a three-member panel to recommend possible amendments. Labour Minister Harry Bains says the panel has b...

VANCOUVER - Rogers Sugar Inc. says unionized workers at its Vancouver refinery have ratified a new collective agreement. The five-year deal brings an end a strike that began in September. The company ...

TORONTO - Canada Goose Holdings Inc. enjoyed skyrocketing sales in Asia last quarter after China lifted COVID-19 restrictions, even as revenue fell sharply in North America and Europe. The luxury appa...

CASTLEGAR, B.C. - British Columbia's attorney general is set to formally apologize to members of the Doukhobor religious group who were forcibly taken from their parents more than 70 years ago. Niki S...