Category Archives: British Columbia
Canadian medical students call for better education on health and climate change
VANCOUVER - Canadian medical schools have not adequately addressed the urgent need for training related to planetary health and climate change, and members of the Canadian Federation of Medical Studen...
Jan 11, 2020
Natural gas pipeline company posts 72-hour notice to clear way in northern B.C.
HOUSTON, B.C. - A natural gas pipeline company has posted an injunction order giving opponents 72 hours to clear the way toward its work site in northern British Columbia, although the company sa...
Jan 10, 2020
North Saanich mayor says duke and duchess chose ideal spot to ponder future
VICTORIA - A local mayor says Prince Harry and Meghan Markle chose the perfect place to rest and relax over the holiday season before announcing their decision to step back as senior members of the Ro...
Jan 10, 2020
'This is huge for us:' officials excited for Parksville's new water treatment plant
PARKSVILLE - People living in Parksville and Nanoose Bay are now tapping into a more reliable and safer drinking water supply.The $42 million Englishmen River Water Treatment Plant on Herring Gull Way...
Jan 09, 2020 These intake pipes separate water and debris prior to the cleansing process at Parksville's new water treatment plant (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Wait for 'high' before gobbling more cannabis edibles to avoid ER visit: doctors
VANCOUVER - People who have never smoked marijuana could be most at risk of overdosing on cannabis-infused edibles that will soon be on store shelves across the country, warns a public healt...
Jan 09, 2020
Governor Stephen Poloz says Bank of Canada watching global trade impacts
VANCOUVER - The head of the Bank of Canada says the central bank will be watching for signs that the adverse affects of global trade disputes are being felt beyond the sectors that are directly affect...
Jan 09, 2020
Bank of Canada to seek nominations for who should be on the new $5 bill
VANCOUVER - Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz says the central bank is working on plans for a new $5 bill. Speaking in Vancouver, Poloz says the bank will soon be launching public consultations ab...
Jan 09, 2020
Hereditary chiefs say they will protect territory in pipeline dispute
SMITHERS, B.C. - On the first anniversary of the RCMP's enforcement of an injunction against opponents of a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia, First Nation hereditary chiefs ...
Jan 09, 2020
Fashion retailer Aritzia reports third-quarter profit and sales up from year ago
VANCOUVER - Aritzia Inc. says it earned $34.8 million in its third quarter, up from $32.6 million a year earlier, as net revenue grew 10 per cent compared with a year ago. The Vancouver...
Jan 09, 2020
First Nation waits on logging road at centre of pipeline dispute in northern B.C.
SMITHERS, B.C. - Thirty-nine kilometres down a snow covered logging road, four men chop wood and work to erect a canvas wall tent in a pullout area. Cody Merriman, who is 'Namgis and also goes by the ...
Jan 09, 2020