Category Archives: British Columbia
Indigenous LNG supporters chide human rights advocates over pipeline comments
BURNS LAKE, B.C. - A collective of First Nations who support the liquefied natural gas industry in British Columbia say human rights advocates failed to do their research when they called for a p...
Jan 21, 2020
Meng extradition case back in court for second day on double criminality test
VANCOUVER - The second day of a court hearing gets underway today in Vancouver over a request from the United States to extradite an executive of the Chinese telecom giant Huawei o...
Jan 21, 2020
Ted Hughes, British Columbia's first conflict watchdog, dies at 92
VICTORIA - Ted Hughes, whose reports led to the resignation of a premier and the overhaul of child welfare systems in British Columbia and Manitoba, has died at the age of 92. Hugh...
Jan 20, 2020
MEC cuts costs, boosts perks in effort to turn around struggling retailer
VANCOUVER - Mountain Equipment Co-op says it has made major changes, including looking to move its head office, as it seeks to become profitable and stay viable. The Vancouver-based company's chi...
Jan 20, 2020
Disrespectful that Horgan won't meet during northern B.C. tour: hereditary chief
HOUSTON, B.C. - It's disrespectful that Premier John Horgan won't meet with five hereditary chiefs who oppose a natural gas pipeline while he is touring northern British Columbia, says the highest-ran...
Jan 20, 2020
B.C.-based painter, educator, art champion Gordon Smith dead at 100
VANCOUVER - B.C.-based painter, philanthropist and educator Gordon Smith has died. Vancouver's Equinox Gallery says the celebrated artist, who dedicated his life to the arts and mentoring new tal...
Jan 20, 2020
Supporters of northern B.C. pipeline protest end blockade at ferry terminal
VICTORIA - BC Ferries says demonstrators opposed to a liquefied natural gas pipeline across northern British Columbia ended a protest today that tied up traffic at a terminal ...
Jan 20, 2020
Extradition hearing for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou begins today in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A court hearing begins today in Vancouver over the American request to extradite an executive of the Chinese telecom giant Huawei on fraud charges. The arrest of Meng Wanzhou in 2018&...
Jan 20, 2020
Extradition hearing for Huawei executive begins in Canada
VANCOUVER - The first stage of an extradition hearing for a senior executive of Chinese telecom giant Huawei begins Monday in a Vancouver courtroom, a case that has infuriated Beijing, set off a diplo...
Jan 19, 2020
B.C. forest industry grasps for hope amid seven-month strike, shutdowns, changes
VICTORIA - The crisis facing British Columbia's forest industry is intensifying as markets decline, mills shut and a strike involving 3,000 forestry workers enters its seventh month. Th...
Jan 19, 2020