British Columbia

Telus International to acquire WillowTree for US$1.225 billion, including debt

VANCOUVER - Telus International, a spin-off from Telus Corp., says it is acquiring full-service digital product provider WillowTree for US$1.225 billion, including debt, as it looks to continue growin...

Oct 27, 2022

Teck Resources reports Q3 loss on one-time charge for Fort Hills sale

VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. reported a loss in its latest quarter as it took a one-time charge related to the sale of its stake in the Fort Hills oilsands project to Suncor Energy Inc. The company...

Oct 27, 2022

British-Chinese cultural mash-up may explain B.C.'s fondness for Halloween fireworks

Vancouver historian and artist Michael Kluckner remembers saving up his pocket money as a child for three things: rides at the Pacific National Exhibition, Christmas presents and Halloween firecracker...

Oct 27, 2022

Arson suspected as police vehicles, ambulance torched in B.C. fire

SMITHERS, B.C. - RCMP say four RCMP vehicles and an ambulance were significantly damaged or destroyed in what appears to be a deliberately set fire outside a hotel in Smithers, B.C. Cpl. Madonna Saund...

Oct 26, 2022

Problems plaguing health-care system across B.C. and the North

PRINCE GEORGE - The healthcare system in B.C. is being pushed to the brink, with continuing problems ranging from staff shortages, toxic work environments and rural community hospitals having to turn ...

Oct 26, 2022

B.C. premier-designate David Eby meets lieutenant-governor before transition

VICTORIA - British Columbia's incoming premier David Eby has been asked by the province's lieutenant-governor to begin the process of forming government in a step toward transitioning into his new rol...

Oct 26, 2022

B.C. government proposes changes to Indigenous child welfare legislation

VICTORIA - A proposed overhaul of legislation would make British Columbia the first province in Canada to legally recognize the right of Indigenous communities to provide their own child welfare syste...

Oct 26, 2022

West Fraser Timber earnings decline due to inflation, supply chain pressures

VANCOUVER - West Fraser Timber Co. says its earnings declined to $216 million in the third quarter of 2022, as inflationary cost pressures and slowing demand for the company's products took a bite out...

Oct 26, 2022

Funeral march and service at Olympic Oval for Const. Shaelyn Yang: RCMP

VANCOUVER - Mounties say a regimental funeral will be held next Wednesday for British Columbia RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang. The 31-year-old officer was stabbed to death last week in a Metro Vancouver par...

Oct 26, 2022

Atmospheric river forecast in B.C. days after temperature records and drought

VANCOUVER - An atmospheric river packing "narrow bands of heavy precipitation" is forecast for parts of British Columbia just a week after numerous high temperature records were set amid concerns of d...

Oct 26, 2022