British Columbia

B.C. conservation officers on snowmobiles rescue man stuck in snowstorm

QUESNEL, B.C. - The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says three of its members rescued a man who was stranded in a remote area near Quesnel, B.C., last week. It posted about the rescue on Twitter on ...

Mar 11, 2023

Clocks across Canada to jump forward, but U.S. could consign time change to history

VANCOUVER - Most Canadians will wind their clocks forward an hour tonight, but legislation in the United States that could put an end to the seasonal time change is also moving ahead. U.S. Sen. Marco ...

Mar 11, 2023

Province to rollout Covid booster program in the spring

VANCOUVER - Health Minister Adrian Dix and Dr. Bonnie Henry were in Vancouver today to give an update on the status of Covid-19 and booster shots in the province.The province will be administering ano...

Mar 10, 2023

Environmental groups celebrate as ExxonMobil gives up oil exploration permits in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Environmental groups are celebrating after ExxonMobil relinquished offshore oil and gas exploration permits in British Columbia dating back more than 50 years. Lawyer Ian Miron with Ecojus...

Mar 10, 2023

B.C. dropping COVID-19 vaccine requirement for provincial public servants

VICTORIA - British Columbia is rescinding its policy that required provincial public servants to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The province says that from April 3, BC Public Service employees will n...

Mar 10, 2023

Class-action lawsuit proposed for shareholders affected by Adastra cocaine claim

VANCOUVER - A Vancouver-based law firm says it has filed a proposed securities class-action lawsuit on behalf of anyone who acquired shares in a B.C. company that recently announced plans to commercia...

Mar 10, 2023

Jobless numbers continue to climb in Prince George

OTTAWA- The unemployment rate in Prince George climbed to 6.6 per cent last month from 5.9 per cent in January, and 3.2 per cent in February of 2022. The increase was due to fewer people working and m...

Mar 10, 2023

'Recovery scams' targeting sextortion victims are on the rise, experts warn

VANCOUVER - A panicked 14-year-old from British Columbia and his family paid $1,500 to a company that claimed it would recover intimate images that were being used to extort him. It didn't. Darren Lau...

Mar 10, 2023

Federal Court approves 'historic' $2.8B residential day schools settlement

VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge has approved a $2.8 billion settlement agreement between the Canadian government and plaintiffs representing 325 First Nations whose members went to residential day s...

Mar 09, 2023

Emergency crews respond to window cleaning platform stuck on Vancouver building

VANCOUVER - A double malfunction on a window-cleaning platform meant a pair of glaziers working on an office building in downtown Vancouver spent hours suspended 10 storeys above the busy city sidewal...

Mar 09, 2023