Category Archives: British Columbia
Impasse at strikebound B.C. ports not broken by Saturday's round of negotiations
VANCOUVER - Striking British Columbia dock workers and their employer held a round of bargaining over the weekend, the first since negotiations collapsed one week ago, but neither side is saying when,...
Jul 10, 2023
West Fraser Timber selling pulp mill in Hinton, Alta., to Mondi Group
VANCOUVER - West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. has signed a deal to sell its unbleached softwood kraft pulp mill in Hinton, Alta., to Mondi Group, an integrated packaging and paper company. Mondi says it is ...
Jul 10, 2023
Union rally planned for Vancouver as B.C. port strike continues into second week
VANCOUVER - A rally is to take place in Vancouver today as the strike at British Columbia's ports stretches into its second week. International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada says the event supp...
Jul 09, 2023
Employers want arbitrator for maintenance issues as talks resume in B.C. port strike
VANCOUVER - Talks between the two sides in an ongoing port strike in British Columbia have resumed, ending a days-long stretch away from the negotiating table. The BC Maritime Employers Association is...
Jul 08, 2023
B.C. police watchdog called in after death in Surrey following 'medical distress'
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating after a man died in Surrey Friday night while in custody. The Independent Investigations Office of BC says RCMP received a call about...
Jul 08, 2023
Spallumcheen, B.C., orders evacuation for 18 properties as lightning triggers fire
SPALLUMCHEEN, B.C. - The Township of Spallumcheen in the southern B.C. interior has opened an emergency operations centre after ordering 18 properties evacuated due to an out-of-control wildfire. The ...
Jul 07, 2023
B.C. RCMP announce corruption, drug trafficking charges against former constable
SURREY, B.C. - The B.C. RCMP says a former probationary constable at the force's Surrey detachment has been charged with multiple offences after a months-long corruption investigation. Mounties say th...
Jul 07, 2023
Francophonie ministers stress collaboration on official languages action plan
VANCOUVER - Ministers have wrapped up a meeting in Vancouver with the hope of increasing francophone immigration and addressing the decline of French across Canada. The Ministers' Council on the Canad...
Jul 07, 2023
Family of Jared Lowndes sue RCMP over 2021 shooting death in Campbell River
VANCOUVER - Family members of a man shot and killed by the RCMP have filed a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court, the day before the two-year anniversary of his death. Relatives of Jared Lowndes say in a no...
Jul 07, 2023
B.C. mass-stabbing killer apologizes to victims, cites 'enormous' drug use
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The man who committed a deadly mass stabbing at a library in North Vancouver, B.C., two years ago, has apologized to each of his victims by name at his sentencing hearing. Yann...
Jul 07, 2023