Category Archives: British Columbia

SeaBus affected as Metro Vancouver transit strike reaches Day 4 with no talks
VANCOUVER - Job action by Metro Vancouver transit workers is into a fourth day with more sailing cancellations on a pedestrian ferry connecting Vancouver to the North Shore, and a warni...
Nov 06, 2019

Vancouver to ban fireworks but will still allow them for some cultural events
VANCOUVER - A ban on the sale and use of consumer fireworks could be in place across Vancouver by 2021. City councillors voted Tuesday in favour of a motion to prohibit fireworks, but t...
Nov 06, 2019

Metro Vancouver transit strike prompts cancellations as premier won't intervene
VANCOUVER - Commuters in Metro Vancouver face more cancellations on Wednesday as talks remain stalled in an ongoing transit strike and Premier John Horgan says the province will not intervene. About 5...
Nov 06, 2019

Squamish Nation-led housing project in Vancouver to double in size
VANCOUVER - One of the largest Indigenous-led urban development projects in Canada that proponents hope will rise in the heart of Vancouver is set to double in size with 6,000 units pla...
Nov 06, 2019

Canada's Down syndrome community helps teach Google how to understand speech
VANCOUVER - Anyone who's been frustrated with digital voice assistants Google, Alexa or Siri misunderstanding commands to play a certain song or access online information may find themselves...
Nov 06, 2019

Hootsuite CEO Ryan Holmes to step down, take on executive chairman role
VANCOUVER - Hootsuite Inc. CEO Ryan Holmes says he plans to step down as head of the company. He says the Vancouver-based company has started a search for his replacement and that once ...
Nov 05, 2019

Heavy bronze statue worth $24,000 stolen from outside art gallery: manager
VANCOUVER - The manager of a respected art dealer in Vancouver says a thief dragged a 150-kilogram bronze statue down seven or eight steps before loading it onto a cart and wheeling it away early...
Nov 05, 2019

5G-powered smart campus unveiled at UBC; applied sciences research part of plan
VANCOUVER - Rogers Communications and the University of British Columbia have fired up what is believed to be Canada's first 5G-powered smart campus. A company statement says the launch allo...
Nov 05, 2019

Scientists using aerial drones to compare northern and southern whale behaviour
VANCOUVER - Scientists at the University of British Columbia are using aerial drones to study whether endangered southern resident killer whales are getting enough of their preferred pr...
Nov 04, 2019

Otter sighting shuts down Vancouver Chinese garden, 6 koi dead
VANCOUVER - A pond in the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Vancouver is temporarily closed after an otter allegedly killed six koi over the course of several days. The Vancouver Park Board ...
Nov 04, 2019