Category Archives: British Columbia
23 projects funded to help restore British Columbia's fragile salmon stocks
VANCOUVER - A project to transform aging dikes in British Columbia's Lower Mainland to make them more salmon-friendly is among 23 proposals selected by the federal and provincial governments to restor...
Jul 07, 2019
Plans to save threatened B.C. caribou on hold as NDP mends fences
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan's New Democrats continue to face widespread criticism in northeast British Columbia over the government's attempts to introduce plans to save threatened caribou herds. P...
Jul 06, 2019
Endangered southern resident killer whales spotted with baby off B.C. coast
VANCOUVER - Researchers with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans are cheering after spotting all three pods that make up the endangered southern resident killer whale population. The department sai...
Jul 05, 2019
23 projects funded to help restore British Columbia's fragile salmon stocks
VANCOUVER - A project to transform aging dikes in British Columbia's Lower Mainland to make them more salmon-friendly is among 23 proposals selected by the federal and provincial governments to restor...
Jul 05, 2019
Metro Vancouver's benchmark home price falls below $1M in June: real estate board
VANCOUVER - Metro Vancouver's once hot housing market is experiencing an "expectation gap" between buyers and sellers as the benchmark property price fell under $1 million for the first time since May...
Jul 05, 2019
Parksville councillors to face stiff pushback in efforts to regulate needle distribution
PARKSVILLE - Councillors are challenging harm reduction efforts by Island Health and trying to pass a bylaw regulating the distribution of needles. A proposed bylaw from Parksville mayor Ed Mayne pass...
Jul 04, 2019 Parksville councillors are looking to restrict how needles are exchanged and handed out to those who use them for illicit substances, drawing the ire of health experts. (The Canadian Press)
Metro Vancouver's benchmark home price falls below $1M in June: real estate board
VANCOUVER - The benchmark price of a home in Metro Vancouver fell below $1 million last month, marking the first time the number dropped below seven figures since May 2017. The Real Est...
Jul 03, 2019
Exotic cats kept in dark, dirty trailers seized from B.C. breeder
LITTLE FORT, B.C. - The British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says it has seized 13 exotic cats that were found in "horrific conditions" outside of Kamloops, B.C. The SPCA ...
Jul 03, 2019
Telus makes biggest change in its wireless pricing strategy in four years.
VANCOUVER - Telus is the latest Canadian wireless provider to offer unlimited amounts of data for a fixed monthly price, another indication that the industry is changing how it does business. As ...
Jul 03, 2019
Thousands of Island forestry workers walk off the job onto picket lines
NANAIMO - Operations at Western Forest Products facilities have come to a halt as employees take strike action. Approximately 3,000 employees primarily on Vancouver Island walked off the job on Monday...
Jul 02, 2019 Roughly 3,000 Western Forest Products employees are off the job and on the picket lines after strike action. (USW 1-1937)