British Columbia

B.C. Green leader invites climate activist Greta Thunberg to B.C. legislature

VANCOUVER - The leader of British Columbia's Green party says he has invited climate change activist Greta Thunberg to speak in the provincial legislature. Andrew Weaver says ...

Oct 24, 2019

B.C. backs proposal for liquefied natural gas ship refuelling facility

VANCOUVER - A proposal to build the first ship-to-ship liquefied natural gas marine refuelling service along the west coast of North America is getting support from the British Columbia gove...

Oct 24, 2019

Miner Teck Resources reports Q3 profit down, plans to focus on reducing costs

VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. says it is focusing on improving efficiency and productivity after it reported its third-quarter profit fell compared with a year ago. Teck chief executive Don Lindsay ...

Oct 24, 2019

B.C. Indigenous rights law aims to make First Nations full participants

VICTORIA - British Columbia is set to become the first province to introduce human rights legislation to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which would manda...

Oct 23, 2019

Canfor Corp. swings to $90.4-million loss in Q3 as revenues plunge 17.5 per cent

VANCOUVER - Canfor Corp. swung to a loss in the third quarter on weaker lumber market conditions especially in British Columbia and lower earnings in the pulp and paper segments. The Vancouver-ba...

Oct 23, 2019

Jody Wilson-Raybould should use social media to amplify her voice: experts

VANCOUVER - In the early years of Confederation, there were members of Parliament known as "loose fish," who floated free from parties but swam back and forth between allegiances. In 1945, a cohort of...

Oct 23, 2019

AFN calls minority Liberals to 'maintain momentum' on Indigenous issues

VANCOUVER - The leader of the Assembly of First Nations says the minority government elected Monday presents an opportunity to keep moving the needle on issues affecting Indigenous Peoples in Can...

Oct 23, 2019

E-bikes pick up speed on mountain trails in Sea-to-Sky region of B.C.

SQUAMISH, B.C. - On a sunny September weekend in Squamish, B.C., about half a dozen tourism and rental companies say they're out of electric-assist mountain bike rentals. The rugged and varied te...

Oct 23, 2019

Singh calls for reform of 'broken' voting system after NDP falls short in Quebec

BURNABY, B.C. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says there's nothing wrong with Canada - it's the electoral system that is broken and in need of repair. That was Singh's morning-after assessment of a fe...

Oct 22, 2019

Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg to attend Vancouver rally

VANCOUVER - Climate change activist Greta Thunberg will visit Vancouver to take part in what organizers bill as a post-election climate strike. The Swedish teenager inspired the Fr...

Oct 22, 2019