Category Archives: British Columbia
Richard Wagamese's novel 'Ragged Company' secures film adaptation
WHISTLER, B.C. - Richard Wagamese's novel "Ragged Company" is being turned into a feature film. British Columbia-based Sea to Sky Entertainment and Grinding Halt Films say they have acquired the right...
Dec 01, 2022
B.C. teachers strongly approve three-year contract with pay boost, added benefits
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's public school teachers have ratified a new three-year contract. Nearly 50,000 members of the BC Teachers' Federation were eligible to cast a ballot and a statement from ...
Dec 01, 2022
Prince George air travel passengers dealing effects with nationwide delays and cancellations
PRINCE GEORGE - With the Vancouver Airport dealing with long delays and flight cancellations due to bad weather, flights at the Prince George Airport (YXS) have also been affected by these delays and/...
Nov 30, 2022
Vancouver police investigating two homicides on Downtown Eastside in span of one week
Vancouver police say they're investigating the deaths of two men in their 60s who died a week apart on the city's Downtown Eastside. Police are not linking the two deaths, but both are being investiga...
Nov 30, 2022
Calls for expanded safe supply as B.C. counts another 179 overdose deaths
VICTORIA - British Columbia's coroner says the overdose death toll for October reached 179 people, prompting a renewed call for Premier David Eby to introduce a widely accessible safe supply of drugs....
Nov 30, 2022
Western Forest Products to temporarily reduce lumber production levels in December
VANCOUVER - Western Forest Products Inc. says it will temporarily reduce its lumber production levels for the rest of the year. The Vancouver-based forest products company says the reduction will amou...
Nov 30, 2022
Traffic mayhem, power outages, plane off taxiway as snow hits B.C. south coast
VANCOUVER - The first major fall snowstorm to hit British Columbia's south coast paralyzed traffic, cut power to thousands of homes and even affected Vancouver International Airport as a plane skidded...
Nov 30, 2022
Vancouver trustees reinstate police liaison program in city's public schools
VANCOUVER - School trustees in Vancouver have resurrected a program that assigns police to public schools, with the intention to have officers on campuses by next September. In a five-to-four vote Mon...
Nov 29, 2022
Cold air pushes into southern B.C., bringing wind, snow and arctic chill
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has updated special weather statements, warning of strong winds, sub-zero temperatures and snow for south coastal B.C. and much of Vancouver Island. Cold, arctic air is ...
Nov 28, 2022
Human rights commissioner calls for an end to police officer program in B.C. schools
VANCOUVER - B.C.'s human rights commissioner is calling for the end of liaison officer programs that put police in schools just as Vancouver's school board prepares to vote on a motion to bring them b...
Nov 28, 2022