British Columbia

5G-powered smart campus unveiled at UBC; applied sciences research part of plan

VANCOUVER - Rogers Communications and the University of British Columbia have fired up what is believed to be Canada's first 5G-powered smart campus. A company statement says the launch allo...

Nov 05, 2019

Scientists using aerial drones to compare northern and southern whale behaviour

VANCOUVER - Scientists at the University of British Columbia are using aerial drones to study whether endangered southern resident killer whales are getting enough of their preferred pr...

Nov 04, 2019

Otter sighting shuts down Vancouver Chinese garden, 6 koi dead

VANCOUVER - A pond in the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Vancouver is temporarily closed after an otter allegedly killed six koi over the course of several days. The Vancouver Park Board ...

Nov 04, 2019

River otter likely snuck through open gates to get to Vancouver koi pond

VANCOUVER - A Vancouver park board official says a hungry river otter following the scent of fresh koi likely scaled a fence or took advantage of a brief opening of gates at a downtown garde...

Nov 04, 2019

SeaBus affected as Metro Vancouver transit strike reaches Day 4 with no talks

VANCOUVER - Job action by Metro Vancouver transit workers is into a fourth day with more sailing cancellations on a pedestrian ferry connecting Vancouver to the North Shore, and a warni...

Nov 04, 2019

Unlicenced driver crashes into Qualicum Beach gas station pump

QUALICUM BEACH - A Qualicum Beach gas station was damaged after a truck loaded with firewood crashed into a fuel pump just minutes after the business closed for the night.Members of the Dashwood Volun...

Alex Rawnsley Nov 04, 2019 This truck knocked a fuel pump off the foundation of a Qualicum Beach Chevron service station on the Island Hwy. just north of the Little Qualicum River bridge. The unlicensed driver was arrested away from the scene and issued several tickets. It's believed the driver was headed south on the highway at the time. (Dashwood Volunteer Fire Dept)

BCSC probing, taking action against two crypto-asset platforms gone offline

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Securities Commission is investigating complaints against cryptocurrency exchange ezBtc and taking court action to protect customers of crypto-asset trading pl...

Nov 04, 2019

Vancouver home sales surge 45.4 per cent in October to top 10-year average

VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home sales surged 45.4 per cent in October from a year earlier as lower prices helped boost sales. The board says there were 2,858 sales for...

Nov 04, 2019

Patients lacking English need equal access to interpreters across Canada: doctor

VANCOUVER - Waking up with worsening pain had Surjit Garcha worried, but the red blisters on her stomach were so alarming that she went to her neighbour's home to try and explain, ...

Nov 04, 2019

16 SeaBus sailings cancelled on third day of transit worker job action

VANCOUVER - TransLink says more SeaBus sailings between downtown Vancouver and the North Shore are being cancelled as a transit workers' job action enters its third day. The transit authority says it ...

Nov 03, 2019