Category Archives: British Columbia

Chinese consulate-general says report could damage China's relationship with Canada
VANCOUVER - The Chinese consulate-general in Vancouver has called a newspaper report that cited Canadian intelligence documents and described alleged efforts to oust candidates seen as unfriendly to B...
Feb 18, 2023

Staff shortages still affecting hotel industry in Prince George and B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE - The hotel industry is slowly rebounding from the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are still issues facing hotels across the province and here in Prince George specifically, but the most re...
Feb 17, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Fisheries Department to shut 15 salmon farms off B.C.'s coast
VICTORIA - Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray says the government will not renew licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms around British Columbia's Discovery Islands. Murray says the Discovery Isla...
Feb 17, 2023

Former MP says Canada has become 'open market' for foreign interference in elections
RICHMOND, B.C. - A former British Columbia member of Parliament says he fears Canada has become an "open market" for foreign governments to sway elections after being named in a newspaper report as th...
Feb 17, 2023

University of British Columbia midwifery program expanded with another 20 seats
VANCOUVER - The provincial government is spending $1.7 million to expand the University of British Columbia's midwifery program. The expansion from 28 to 48 seats, includes a dozen new spots in the ba...
Feb 17, 2023

Northern spotted owl found injured near B.C. train tracks two months after release
VANCOUVER - One of just four endangered spotted owls known to be in the wild in British Columbia is now recovering from an injury after being found along some train tracks, slowing the careful plans t...
Feb 17, 2023

12 charges laid against former B.C. teacher for alleged historical sex offences
VANCOUVER - A retired North Vancouver elementary school teacher is facing a dozen charges connected to alleged sex offenses. Brian Moore has been charged with 10 counts of indecent assault on a male, ...
Feb 16, 2023

Victoria officer's lost notebook obtained by criminals, used in alleged offence: cops
Victoria Police are warning dozens of people that their names and other personal information contained in an officer's lost notebook are now being "circulated among the criminal element." A statement ...
Feb 16, 2023

B.C.'s auditor general says data gaps during COVID-19 vaccine rollout posed risks
VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general says the Ministry of Health should have access to a registry of residents and staff in long-term care facilities as well as heath-care workers after concl...
Feb 16, 2023

B.C. MLA the latest politician with mixed messaging for non-English media
VICTORIA - British Columbia Liberal leader Kevin Falcon says he supports supervised drug injection sites, but when member of the legislature Teresa Wat spoke to the audience of a Mandarin news show la...
Feb 16, 2023