Category Archives: British Columbia

Escalating theft and violence aside, London Drugs not considering closures: president
VANCOUVER - London Drugs president Clint Mahlman says the company has no plans to close stores due to escalating violence and theft, though the issue has reached a "crisis point" for Canadian retailer...
Oct 18, 2023

Debate over efficacy of FSA tests continue
PRINCE GEORGE - With every school year comes testing and for kids in Grades 4 and 7 in B.C., they have to take the FSA, also known as the Foundation Skills Assessment. Students right across the provin...
Oct 18, 2023

Man fined and banned from hunting after illegal killing of Roosevelt Elk near Chemainus
NANAIMO - The illegal capture and harvesting of a large elk proved costly for a Vancouver Island man.Kyle Emrys Watson-Harley was fined $5,100 and banned from hunting for two years following a sentenc...
Oct 18, 2023

Environmental group challenges federal action on protecting endangered spotted owl
VANCOUVER - An environmental group is in Federal Court in Vancouver challenging what it describes as Ottawa's failure to protect the endangered northern spotted owl despite an "imminent threat" to its...
Oct 18, 2023

Archeology work the latest roadblock to rebuild Lytton, B.C.: Mayor
LYTTON, B.C. - Former Lytton, B.C., residents are rallying to protest continual delays that they say have hampered their ability to rebuild more than two years after a devastating wildfire tore throug...
Oct 18, 2023

REVIEW: 'Wonder' brings Super Mario back to his roots, with a few twists
TORONTO - Super Mario is returning to his old stomping grounds for the first time in more than a decade. The mustachioed plumber is best known as the prototypical hero of Nintendo's popular two-dimens...
Oct 18, 2023

First atmospheric river of fall deluges parts of B.C. south coast, southern Interior
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's south coast is weathering its first atmospheric river of the fall and the province's Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness says residents should prepare...
Oct 18, 2023

National Business Book Award finalists include top Bay Street names, ex-BoC governor
TORONTO - The former governor of the Bank of Canada and several top Bay Street names are among the three finalists for the National Business Book Award 2023. Stephen Poloz, who served as a governor of...
Oct 18, 2023

A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund reports Q3 profit up from year ago
VANCOUVER - A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund says it earned $10.6 million in net income in its third quarter up from $9.6 million a year earlier. The fast food income fund says the increase for t...
Oct 18, 2023

Free legal advice on sexual assault launched by B.C. non-profit
VANCOUVER - A free and confidential legal service is now being offered to people who have been sexually assaulted in British Columbia. The not-for-profit Community Legal Assistance Society has officia...
Oct 17, 2023