Category Archives: British Columbia
Atmospheric river packing several powerful rainstorms heading for southern B.C.
VANCOUVER - Power has been restored in two Vancouver Island communities that lost electricity early last week as snow, ice and wind storms pounded parts of British Columbia, but forecasters warn anoth...
Jan 10, 2022
BC Ferries warns of staff shortages, service disruptions in the coming months
VICTORIA - BC Ferries says a combination of the fast-spreading Omicron COVID-19 variant, a global shortage of mariners, severe weather and the flu season has the potential to disrupt ferry service ove...
Jan 10, 2022
Lululemon revises earnings guidance as Omicron impacts sales, profits
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. is lowering its fourth-quarter earnings estimates as the Omicron variant curbs the retailer's sales. The Vancouver-based company says it now expects its net revenu...
Jan 10, 2022
Heavy rain, rising temperatures could mean floods on Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island
VICTORIA - The agency that monitors British Columbia's waterways is warning of "minor to significant flooding" on B.C.'s Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island as warming temperatures and persistent rain...
Jan 09, 2022
Highway 1 closed as crews clear vehicles, debris from fatal multi-vehicle collision
SICAMOUS, B.C. - One person is dead after a multi-vehicle pile up on the Trans Canada highway near Sicamous, B.C. RCMP say in a news release the collision involving several commercial tractor-trailer ...
Jan 09, 2022
COVID-19 cases fill hospital beds in parts of Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick
VANCOUVER - Hospitals in several parts of Canada are straining under the weight of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, with Quebec hospitalizations reaching an all-time high on Sunday and Ontario's admis...
Jan 09, 2022
Efforts to establish First Nation school board in Yukon decades in the making
VANCOUVER - Parents at eight schools in Yukon are voting on a proposal that could put the control of education for their children in the hands of the territory's Indigenous bands, the result of an eff...
Jan 09, 2022
Teen killed, bystander injured in 'reckless' shooting in Langley, B.C.: Police
LANGLEY, B.C. - The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team and RCMP say one person was killed and a bystander was injured in a "reckless" shooting Friday. The investigation team says in a statement th...
Jan 08, 2022
Environment Canada warns of rapidly changing conditions amid winter storms
VICTORIA - Weather warnings are blanketing most of northern British Columbia as a Pacific frontal system brings heavy snow and extreme cold to the area. Environment Canada says the system will spread ...
Jan 08, 2022
Unifor demands further delay on tighter green rules for container trucks
VANCOUVER - Canada's largest private-sector union is calling on the federal government to push back a port plan that would impose tighter environmental restrictions on container trucks. Amid a gnarled...
Jan 07, 2022