Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. drought benefits some farmers, extending harvest and reducing rot
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is enduring a record-breaking dry spell, but farmer Amir Mann says the drought is far preferable to other recent weather extremes. "You can always apply more water, but it...
Oct 14, 2022
Drought prompts request for Metro Vancouver residents to take shorter showers
VANCOUVER - Water use in Metro Vancouver is much higher, while reservoir levels are lower than normal, prompting the regional district to ask millions of residents and businesses to conserve. A statem...
Oct 13, 2022
B.C. care aides, lab assistants, health facility cleaners reach new labour deal
VICTORIA - Unions representing care aides, lab assistants and cleaning staff have reached a new labour agreement with health employers in B.C. The B.C. government says in a statement the Facilities Ba...
Oct 13, 2022
Sand bags, tiger dams on standby for possible flooding after drought: B.C. government
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it's ready to deploy sand bags and tiger dams in case flooding follows the ongoing drought. Emergency Management BC says when rain falls after long dry ...
Oct 13, 2022
Drought conditions challenging on B.C.'s south coast, but fish protected: BC Hydro
VANCOUVER - A new report from BC Hydro says its power generating system is meeting challenges caused by severe drought in several British Columbia regions, even as levels in some southwestern reservoi...
Oct 13, 2022
B.C. woman charged after men drugged, robbed, while using escort service
SURREY, B.C. - Twenty-one charges, including one of manslaughter, have been laid against a Vancouver woman accused of drugging and robbing men as they used an escort service. Surrey RCMP says an inves...
Oct 13, 2022
Sentencing set to wrap for Dutch man convicted of sextortion of B.C. teen Amanda Todd
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A sentencing hearing is expected to conclude today in a New Westminster, B.C., courtroom for the man convicted of multiple sexual offences against teenager Amanda Todd. Defence...
Oct 13, 2022
Drought and moths push the trees of Vancouver's Stanley Park to the brink
VANCOUVER - First came the moths. Then came the drought. The trees of Stanley Park, typically the green jewel of Vancouver's downtown core, just can't catch a break. Experts say large numbers of brown...
Oct 13, 2022
B.C. First Nations seek action on sturgeon deaths, after court blamed declines on dam
VANCOUVER - Three British Columbia First Nations want the provincial and federal governments to live up to a nine-month-old court decision that said there is "overwhelming" evidence a dam on the Necha...
Oct 13, 2022
Aritzia earnings rise in second quarter on strong retail and e-commerce sales
VANCOUVER - Aritzia Inc. says its net income increased by 16 per cent in the second quarter of fiscal year 2023, as both retail and e-commerce sales rose year-over-year. The Vancouver-based clothing r...
Oct 12, 2022