Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. Securities Commission settles with man, company for more than $4 million
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Securities Commission says it has reached a nearly $4.2 million settlement with a man and his company for misleading shareholders and misusing investor funds for perso...
Nov 10, 2025
DFO investigating third whale death off B.C.'s coast within weeks
VICTORIA - An advocate for whales says many collisions between vessels and the animals are likely undetected or unreported as Fisheries Department investigates another death of a humpback whale off B....
Nov 10, 2025
Next batch of national interest major projects to be released Thursday, Carney says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says the next tranche of projects the government is referring to the Major Projects Office for review will be announced Thursday. Carney revealed the timing while t...
Nov 10, 2025
How British Columbia is marking Remembrance Day 2025
Here is a roundup of some of the events to mark Remembrance Day in British Columbia on Tuesday. Services traditionally include two minutes of silence at 11 a.m., after the playing of the Last Post. Th...
Nov 10, 2025
B.C. going door to door to hear residents' concerns in Cowichan title area
The office of British Columbia Premier David Eby has appointed a "community contact" whose job is to work with residents of Richmond, B.C., going door to door to talk to those potentially affected by ...
Nov 10, 2025
B.C. police investigate vandalism at CFIA office, drone footage over ostrich pen
SURREY - Mounties in British Columbia have set off separate investigations that may be connected to the cull of hundreds of ostriches last week. Police said Monday that they are looking into a report ...
Nov 10, 2025
B.C. Conservative riding executives urge MLAs to show 'courage' and oust Rustad
VICTORIA - A group of riding executives and former candidates with the Conservative Party of B.C. have become the latest voices to call for an end to John Rustad's leadership, writing to the party's l...
Nov 10, 2025
System brings heavy rain, warm weather to B.C. as temperature records fall
VANCOUVER - A weekend weather system in British Columbia brought record rain to some communities while others saw unseasonably high temperatures. Environment Canada says the daily highs fell in eight ...
Nov 10, 2025
Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says plans to dredge Burrard Inlet remain uncosted
VICTORIA - A spokesperson for the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says plans to dredge Burrard Inlet remain in the preliminary stage with no costs currently attached to them. But the authority, which ...
Nov 09, 2025
As U.S. wine sales in Canada plummet, local wineries look to capitalize on market gap
HALIFAX - Over the summer, Narek Nersisyan saw more tourists and day trippers at his family's winery, Holland Marsh Wineries in Newmarket, Ont. Nersisyan, the vice-president of sales and marketing at ...
Nov 09, 2025