Category Archives: British Columbia
A&W reports sales growth, but net income falls short of expectations
VANCOUVER - A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund saw sales growth in its most recent quarter, following a record performance in the same quarter last year. The fund says same-store sales, a key retai...
Oct 16, 2019
A year after pot legalization in Canada, it's a slow roll
VANCOUVER - It's one year into Canada's experiment in legal marijuana. Many residents remain proud of Canada for bucking prohibition, but a lot still buy cannabis on the sly. Access is limited and tax...
Oct 16, 2019
Pot use admission at U.S. border snagging Canadian boomers, says lawyer
VICTORIA - Canadians wanting to cross the U.S. border are being asked different marijuana questions than they were before cannabis was legal, says an American immigration lawyer who represents numerou...
Oct 16, 2019
Lululemon launches investigation into alleged worker abuse at supplier factory
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. says it has launched an investigation after learning about reports of worker abuse at a manufacturing facility in Bangladesh that supplies the athleisure retailer....
Oct 15, 2019
Aritzia says Q2 net income up 19 per cent to $17.9M after online sales boost
VANCOUVER - Clothing retailer Aritzia Inc. says net income rose by about 19 per cent in its last quarter compared with a year earlier as it expanded its online sales and store count. The Vancouve...
Oct 15, 2019
'It's a symbol of our strength': Heiltsuk open first Big House in 120 years
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - Chief Coun. Marilyn Slett of the Heiltsuk Nation says it's hard to put into words the excitement and emotion she feels at Sunday's opening of the first ceremonial Big House in...
Oct 15, 2019
Vancouver police charge man with break and enter, arson in university fire
VANCOUVER - Police say a 40-year-old man from Vancouver has been charged in an alleged arson that damaged an art and design university earlier this month. The Vancouver Police Department says Nathan M...
Oct 15, 2019
Rewards for good behaviour part of school-violence prevention: teachers' union
VANCOUVER - Hearing about the stabbing death of a 14-year-old boy outside a school in Hamilton has Darrel Crimeni grappling with questions of bullying and a lack of empathy that may also hav...
Oct 15, 2019
'It's a symbol of our strength': Heiltsuk open first Big House in 120 years
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - Chief Coun. Marilyn Slett of the Heiltsuk Nation says it's hard to put into words the excitement and emotion she feels at the opening today of the first Big House in the territory ...
Oct 13, 2019
Turkeys avoid dinner plate at Thanksgiving meal in Aldergrove, B.C.
ALDERGROVE, B.C. - Two lucky turkeys are spending Thanksgiving dinner at the table instead of on the table in Aldergrove, B.C. The Happy Herd Farm Sanctuary, a home for abused or at-risk farm animals,...
Oct 13, 2019