Category Archives: British Columbia
You 'wouldn't want to live in' decrepit military housing, auditor general says
OTTAWA - Many of the living spaces used by Canadian Armed Forces members at several bases are in "poor physical condition" and ripe for overcrowding, Auditor General Karen Hogan said in a report relea...
Oct 21, 2025
B.C. Conservative Rustad stoking 'baseless' land ruling fears: First Nations leaders
VANCOUVER - First Nations leaders in British Columbia say provincial Conservative leader John Rustad is using "dangerous and cynical rhetoric" in his response to a landmark court decision that recogni...
Oct 21, 2025
Guilbeault praises CBC’s plans to boost local news coverage
OTTAWA - Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault is praising CBC/Radio-Canada's plans to increase local news coverage as part of its new five-year strategy. "I think there's lots of really good elements in...
Oct 21, 2025
Prominent totem pole returning to family after nearly 60 years due to deterioration
VICTORIA - The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority says a carved cedar totem pole that has stood between the ocean and British Columbia's Parliament buildings since 1966 will be returned to the family ...
Oct 20, 2025
Eby says B.C. tried to involve private owners in Cowichan Aboriginal title case
British Columbia Premier David Eby says the province previously tried unsuccessfully to get private property owners involved in the landmark Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title case, as the City of Richm...
Oct 20, 2025
B.C. to add unpaid leave for 'catastrophic' illness, injury: Eby
The British Columbia government has proposed changes to the province's Employment Standards Act to allow up to 27 weeks of unpaid leave each year for people facing a "catastrophic" illness or injury. ...
Oct 20, 2025
One dog fatally shot, another injured in Vancouver Island community of Sooke: police
SOOKE - Police on Vancouver Island say they're investigating the shooting of two dogs over the weekend. RCMP in Sooke, west of Victoria, say one of the dogs died and the other was taken to a local vet...
Oct 20, 2025
British Columbia proposes new power rules for AI, data centres
VICTORIA - British Columbia's government is proposing changes to its energy rules that would force companies from certain industries to fight for access to a set amount of power. Rather than the curre...
Oct 20, 2025
B.C. Conservative Amelia Boultbee quits caucus, leader Rustad questions her 'health'
VICTORIA - Legislator Amelia Boultbee has quit the British Columbia Conservative caucus and is calling on leader John Rustad to resign, saying he told her to "get the F out." Boultbee is the fifth MLA...
Oct 20, 2025
Ontario Indigenous advocate says Anglo American turned 'blind eye' to De Beers issues
An Indigenous advocate in northern Ontario says his community's past experience with Anglo American PLC's diamond-mining subsidiary De Beers does not inspire confidence that a proposed merger between ...
Oct 20, 2025