Category Archives: British Columbia

Multiple fatalities after plane crashes on Gabriola Island off B.C. coast
GABRIOLA ISLAND, B.C. - Three investigators from the Transportation Safety Board are expected to arrive early this afternoon at the scene of a plane crash which officials say took several lives o...
Dec 11, 2019

Multiple fatalities after plane crashes on Gabriola Island off B.C. coast
GABRIOLA ISLAND, B.C. - The BC Coroners Service and police have confirmed multiple fatalities in a plane crash off the east coast of Vancouver Island. Coroners Service spokesman Andy Wa...
Dec 11, 2019

Meng Wanzhou wins right to more documents involving arrest at Vancouver airport
VANCOUVER - Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has won an application for more documents to be disclosed as she alleges there was an abuse of process during her arrest at Vancouver's airport last...
Dec 10, 2019

B.C. seaplane company tests first commercial electronic aircraft
RICHMOND, B.C. - The world's first all-electric commercial aircraft landed today after a test flight at the Harbour Air Seaplane terminal in Richmond, B.C. Harbour Air announced in March tha...
Dec 10, 2019

CP NewsAlert: Deal reached in Vancouver transit talks, strike averted
Vancouver transit operator Translink says a deal has been reached to avert a full strike by workers that had threatened to snarl the commute for Metro Vancouver residents who use the Expo or Millenniu...
Dec 10, 2019

Pamela Gallant wins $200K film award for 'Monica's News' at Whistler festival
VANCOUVER - Acadian-Canadian filmmaker Pamela Gallant has won a major prize from the Women in the Director's Chair organization at the Whistler Film Festival. The director-producer won the WIDC F...
Dec 09, 2019

Ever-growing Surrey, B.C., will get a second hospital as health-care needs boom
SURREY, B.C. - The fast-growing city of Surrey, B.C., is getting a second hospital. Premier John Horgan and Health Minister Adrian Dix made the announcement near the location of the new hosp...
Dec 09, 2019

RCMP not negligent in death of B.C. teen whose overdose was filmed: watchdog
LANGLEY, B.C. - British Columbia's police watchdog has concluded two Langley RCMP officers were not negligent in their response to a report of a teenage boy who was in distress after consuming a large...
Dec 09, 2019

Lululemon's chief operating officer to leave the company in new year
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. says its chief operating officer is leaving the company shortly after the new year begins. The Vancouver-based retailer says Stuart Haselden, who also serves as ex...
Dec 09, 2019

Lawyer competence includes knowledge of Indigenous-Crown history: B.C. law society
VANCOUVER - The Law Society of British Columbia has moved to require Indigenous cultural competency training for all practising lawyers in the province, in response to gaps in legal education that the...
Dec 09, 2019