Category Archives: British Columbia
Demonstrators call for end to police violence at rally for B.C. nursing student
VANCOUVER - Shayla Raine ended her kickboxing class on January 20 to a flood of text messages asking what was going on in her apartment. The University of British Columbia Okanagan student rushed home...
Jul 11, 2020
B.C. man prepares to be first to receive double-hand transplant in Canada
VANCOUVER - When Rick Thompson's doctor told him a surgical team was going ahead with his double-hand transplant in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, his first reaction was surprise....
Jul 11, 2020
Shareholders approve SSR Mining-Alacer Gold deal to merge operations
VANCOUVER - Shareholders in SSR Mining Inc. and Alacer Gold Corp. have endorsed a no-premium deal to merge operations. The Toronto-listed companies say 99.9 per cent of the votes cast by Ala...
Jul 10, 2020
Job numbers show cautious optimism with long road ahead: B.C. finance minister
VICTORIA - Statistics Canada's labour force survey for June shows 118,000 people in B.C. found jobs and the unemployment rate fell slightly to 13 per cent. Finance Minister Carol James says the&n...
Jul 10, 2020
Rough road built to Old Fort, B.C., after slide ripped out only access route
OLD FORT, B.C. - A temporary access road has been built to the northeastern British Columbia community of Old Fort after a slow landslide last month tore out a section of the only road to do...
Jul 10, 2020
Horgan says B.C. restart making gains as more people come out of their homes
VICTORIA - British Columbia's gradual restart is gaining ground as some industries resume operations and more people leave their homes to participate in the economy, Premier John Horgan said...
Jul 09, 2020
Doctors, nurses urged to provide info on racism in B.C. emergency rooms
VICTORIA - A former judge investigating allegations of racism towards Indigenous people in British Columbia's health-care system is calling on patients, families, doctors and nurses to come forward wi...
Jul 09, 2020
Jamie Bacon pleads guilty to charge in British Columbia's Surrey Six case
VANCOUVER - Reputed gang leader Jamie Bacon has pleaded guilty to a charge stemming from shootings in 2007 that left six people dead at a highrise apartment building...
Jul 09, 2020
Aritzia Inc. reports first-quarter loss, revenue drop amid COVID-19
VANCOUVER - Aritzia Inc. reported a first-quarter loss and revenue drop for its most recent quarter that saw it temporarily close all its stores amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The clothing retailer repor...
Jul 09, 2020
RCMP investigate threat against Indigenous totem poles on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast
SECHELT, B.C. - A police investigation is underway as RCMP search for the person who threatened to damage two totem poles at a secondary school north of Vancouver. A statement from Sunshine Coast RCMP...
Jul 09, 2020