British Columbia

B.C. health science workers reach contract agreement with province

VICTORIA - A tentative contract agreement has been reached between the British Columbia government and the union representing 22,000 health-science professionals. A statement from the Health Employers...

Greg Fry Nov 04, 2022

Homicide detectives probe one of two Thursday shootings in Metro Vancouver

SURREY, B.C. - RCMP in Surrey, B.C., say homicide detectives have taken over the case of a man seriously injured in the latest shooting in that city. A police statement says the 24-year-old was shot l...

Nov 04, 2022

Heavy rain, snow, ease drought in some B.C. areas as forecasters watch rising rivers

VANCOUVER - Drought levels across southern British Columbia have been scaled back for the first time in weeks as a series of powerful storms have drenched the region, including one due to deliver as m...

Nov 04, 2022

Telus reports $551M Q3 profit, up from $358M a year ago, raises quarterly dividend

VANCOUVER - Telus Corp. raised its dividend as it reported a profit of $551 million in its latest quarter, up from $358 million in the same quarter last year. The telecommunications company says it wi...

Nov 04, 2022

B.C. in time change 'holding pattern' as seasonal fall back approaches

NANAIMO - Here we go again: spring forward, fall back.Another round of seasonal time change will mean another hour of sleep from the rollback of clocks at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6, but also another bo...

Nov 03, 2022

B.C. long-term care changes aim to give residents and families more say in policy

VICTORIA - The B.C. government says it's giving long-term care residents and their families a more direct line of communication with decision-makers on issues that affect them, after many expressed fr...

Nov 03, 2022

Inmate, 58, dies in B.C. prison 40 years after receiving indeterminate sentence

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A former Fort Nelson, B.C., resident has died in prison, 40 years after he was handed an indeterminate sentence for two second-degree murders. Darcy Sidoruk was 18 years old in 1982...

Nov 03, 2022

New storm brings rain, wind and snow to several regions of British Columbia

VANCOUVER, Wash. - The latest in a series of vigorous mid-fall storms is bringing wind, rain and snow to large sections of British Columbia. Snow or rainfall warnings are posted across most of souther...

Nov 03, 2022

Clocks go back an hour on Sunday

PRINCE GEORGE - It's that time of year that very few people look forward to. The time change is upon us. However, we will get an additional hour of sleep out of this time change, but some are still ca...

Nov 02, 2022

Hootsuite announces second round of layoffs in four months amid restructuring

VANCOUVER - Social media company Hootsuite Inc. says it is laying off five per cent of its staff, just a few months after it laid off 30 per cent as part of a global restructuring. Spokeswoman Tonja A...

Nov 02, 2022