Category Archives: British Columbia

Carrier Sekani Family Services applauds Supreme Court Ruling on Indigenous Children
PRINCE GEORGE- The Supreme Court of Canada has unanimously ruled that the federal Indigenous child welfare act is constitutional, affirming that First Nations, Metis and Inuit have sole authority over...
Feb 09, 2024

Judge overturns convictions of B.C. woman, accused of coughing on grocery worker
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. - A British Columbia woman who was accused of deliberately coughing in the direction of a grocery store worker early in the COVID-19 pandemic has had her convictions for assault a...
Feb 09, 2024

New payment model sees 16.5% jump in B.C. family doctors, but more needed: minister
VANCOUVER - Health Minister Adrian Dix says the number of family doctors in British Columbia is increasing, but there are still almost 900,000 people without a primary care provider. He says the New D...
Feb 09, 2024

Judge rejects bid to bar father of B.C. murder victim from Ibrahim Ali proceedings
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has rejected an application to exclude the father of a murdered 13-year-old girl fromlistening in remotely to post-trial proceedings. The girl was fo...
Feb 09, 2024

Poilievre proposes mandatory prison terms for extortion-related crimes
SURREY, B.C. - Pierre Poilievre says a Conservative government will establish mandatory minimum prison sentences for people convicted of extortion. The opposition leader says extortion-related crime h...
Feb 09, 2024

B.C. minister who resigned over Mideast comments received death threat, premier says
VICTORIA - British Columbia's premier says Selina Robinson, who resigned as post-secondary education minister recently over Mideast comments, has received a death threat. David Eby called the action i...
Feb 09, 2024

BoC expected to take its time with interest rate cuts after January's job gain
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada will be in no rush to cut interest rates after Statistics Canada reported a larger-than-expected employment gain last month, economists say. The federal agency's labour for...
Feb 09, 2024

Telus reports Q4 profit and revenue up from year earlier
VANCOUVER - Telus Corp. reported fourth-quarter net income attributable to common shares of $288 million, up from $248 million a year earlier. The company says the profit amounted to 20 cents per shar...
Feb 09, 2024

Progressive, LGBTQ+ groups excluded from Vancouver Chinatown's Lunar New Year parade
VANCOUVER - Progressive and LGBTQ+ groups say they've been excluded from Vancouver's Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown this weekend, with one of their representatives saying they were told it was bec...
Feb 09, 2024

No layoffs or closures says buyer of 21 Bell radio stations in B.C.
COURTENAY, B.C. - The president of the company buying 21 B.C. radio stations from Bell Media says there won't be any closures or layoffs. Vista Radio president Bryan Edwards says the stations have a t...
Feb 08, 2024