Category Archives: British Columbia
CP NewsAlert: B.C. government and its public service workers reach tentative deal
VICTORIA - Public service workers in British Columbia say they have reached a tentative contract agreement with the province. The B.C. General Employees Union says in a statement the proposed deal wit...
Sep 07, 2022
Federal cabinet ministers will focus on economy during retreat: LeBlanc
VANCOUVER - Federal cabinet ministers are in Vancouver for a three-day retreat where the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs says their discussions will focus on the economy, including housing affor...
Sep 07, 2022
U.K. PM Liz Truss' B.C. school days — pink jumper, big fringe and a sense of humour
VANCOUVER - Brenda Montagano, a teacher at Parkcrest Elementary School in Burnaby, British Columbia, had a special item for show-and-tell on Tuesday - her own class photo from the same school 34 years...
Sep 07, 2022
Canada provides $1.4 billion in deal with B.C. First Nation for 3,000 rental homes
VANCOUVER - The federal government is providing a $1.4-billion loan to a Vancouver First Nation to build 3,000 homes on land that was once an ancient village that was burned and expropriated a century...
Sep 06, 2022
B.C. to start fall COVID-19 booster campaign with recently approved bivalent vaccines
VANCOUVER - British Columbia residents can soon expect to receive an invitation to book a second COVID-19 booster shot as the province launches its fall immunization campaign. Health Canada recently a...
Sep 06, 2022
Crews keep close watch on one B.C. wildfire, as another delays school in northeast
Wildfire officials in British Columbia say they are working with BC Parks and the Transportation Ministry to prepare for the spread of a blaze that has charred 19 square kilometres of bush in a provin...
Sep 06, 2022
Make overdose education mandatory in B.C. schools amid drug emergency, advocates say
VANCOUVER - When a teenage girl collapsed on the SkyTrain in Coquitlam, B.C., passengers calling 911 thought she had fainted or was having an epileptic seizure. It was only when paramedics administere...
Sep 06, 2022
U.S. wildfires prompt air quality advisory for Southeastern B.C.
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada says smoky skies caused by wildfires burning locally and south of the border in Washington and Idaho sit over most of southeastern British Columbia, prompting the agency...
Sep 05, 2022
March honours 100-year anniversary of Chinese student school strike over segregation
VICTORIA - The first day of school in Victoria one hundred years ago marked the start of a student strike over segregation that helped Chinese-Canadians solidify their place in a country that was not ...
Sep 05, 2022
Incentives, funding and new staff helping healthcare workers land in Williams Lake, 100 Mile House
WILLIAMS LAKE - The City of Williams Lake has hired two coordinators that will help welcome healthcare workers arriving in the city and in 100 Mile House in hopes of addressing the physician shortage ...
Sep 04, 2022