Category Archives: British Columbia
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 08, 2020
B.C. LNG pipeline project to resume work despite opposition, says company
VICTORIA - The company building a natural gas pipeline as part of a $40 billion liquefied natural gas project in northern British Columbia says it plans to resume construction desp...
Jan 08, 2020
Rusty abandoned ship in Fraser River near Surrey, B.C., will be removed: DFO
SURREY, B.C. - Work has begun on the removal of an abandoned vessel near Surrey, B.C., that has been an eyesore on the Fraser River for over five years. Fisheries Minister Bernadet...
Jan 08, 2020
Teck Resources signs deal with Ridley Terminals to increase shipments
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. has signed a deal with Ridley Terminals Inc. that will allow it to increase shipments of steelmaking coal from its B.C. operations. Ridley Terminals owns and operates t...
Jan 08, 2020
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 07, 2020
Vancouver film critics award 'The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open'
VANCOUVER - The acclaimed Canadian drama film "The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open" has won several top prizes from the Vancouver Film Critics Circle. The VFCC named the project, which w...
Jan 07, 2020
Iranian-Canadian man on day trip to U.S. day says he faced discrimination
VANCOUVER - Sam Sadr's first trip to the United States from his home in North Vancouver was supposed to be a relaxing getaway but he says his birth in Iran made him a target at the border, where ...
Jan 07, 2020
Company says work delay possible as it seeks meeting over B.C. pipeline dispute
SMITHERS, B.C. - A company building a natural gas pipeline though northwestern British Columbia says it could delay work in an area at the centre of a dispute with a First Nation,&...
Jan 07, 2020
UN racism committee calls for halt to Site C, Trans Mountain and LNG pipeline
VANCOUVER - A United Nations committee working to end racism is urging Canada to immediately stop the construction of three major resource projects until it obtains approval from affect...
Jan 06, 2020
Chairwoman named to improve cancer outcomes for Indigenous Peoples in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Dr. Nadine Caron says she hears difficult stories every day from some of her Indigenous patients in rural British Columbia facing a diagnosis of cancer. They tell her why they di...
Jan 06, 2020