Category Archives: British Columbia
'Unusual mortality event' declared as grey whales appear on West Coast beaches
VANCOUVER - The American federal agency dedicated to ocean science has declared an "unusual mortality event" as the bodies of dozens of grey whales wash up on West Coast beaches in Cana...
May 31, 2019
Fires banned indefinitely at popular Lantzville beach
LANTZVILLE - Buried in a recently approved bylaw for the community of Lantzville is a decision which had become a flashpoint for the community. "No open air fires are permitted on any beach within the...
May 31, 2019 Camp fires on Sebastian Beach, a popular area activity, are no longer allowed after lengthy discussions. (Submitted)
Union says port workers still on the job in B.C. despite lockout notice
VANCOUVER - A lockout notice issued by the group that represents more than 50 waterfront employers in British Columbia was expected to take effect Thursday, but a spokesman for the union sai...
May 31, 2019
B.C. Wildfire Service sets up special camp as northwest fire risk soars
SMITHERS, B.C. - Wildfire crews are arriving in northwestern British Columbia as drought grips the region and the fire danger soars along with the temperature. The B.C. Wildfire Service is s...
May 31, 2019
B.C. premier rejects Liberal calls to dump legislature Speaker Darryl Plecas
VICTORIA - The British Columbia legislature became embroiled in political turmoil Thursday as Premier John Horgan rejected calls to replace the Speaker after the Opposition Liberal...
May 30, 2019
Rare white young killer whale swimming off the British Columbia coast
VANCOUVER - A rare white killer whale has been spotted off the coast of British Columbia. Jared Towers, an orca ecologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, says the young transient killer whale w...
May 30, 2019
Report says government policies weigh on declining B.C. housing market
VICTORIA - A real estate market outlook by Vancouver's Central 1 Credit Union says tougher federal and provincial government housing policies are behind a drop in demand for resale housing i...
May 30, 2019
Life expectancy stops increasing in Canada due to opioid overdose deaths: stats
VANCOUVER - Statistics Canada has released data showing life expectancy stopped increasing for the first time in four decades as young men and women died at higher rates, mostly due to opioid-rel...
May 30, 2019
Negotiations continued through the night in effort to avoid B.C. port lockout
VANCOUVER - Talks continued through the night between British Columbia's longshore workers' union and the association representing port employers. A federal mediator imposed a news blackout as the lat...
May 29, 2019
Remote health care tested as Haida Gwaii loses IV chemo treatment next month
QUEEN CHARLOTTE, B.C. - Cancer patients who need intravenous chemotherapy on the British Columbia archipelago of Haida Gwaii will now have to take an eight-hour ferry trip to the n...
May 29, 2019