Category Archives: British Columbia
Amazon caused first-contract impasse at unionized fulfilment centre in B.C.: mediator
DELTA - An independent mediator has found online retail giant Amazon responsible for the breakdown of first-contract bargaining at YVR2, its only unionized fulfilment centre in British Columbia. The u...
Jun 01, 2026
Metro Vancouver announces review of wastewater facility where costs grew to $3.86B
BURNABY - The Metro Vancouver regional district says it is moving ahead with an independent review into the North Shore wastewater treatment plant over its construction costs that ballooned to $3.86 b...
Jun 01, 2026
Invasive mosquitoes and brain-swelling virus detected in B.C.'s Sea-to-Sky region
VANCOUVER - Health officials in British Columbia say invasive mosquitoes and a virus that can cause brain swelling in humans have been detected in the Sea-to-Sky region north of Vancouver, after an in...
Jun 01, 2026
2 people dead, 1 injured after stabbing in Surrey, B.C., leads to police shooting
SURREY - Homicide investigators and British Columbia's police watchdog have been called in to investigate after a stabbing in Surrey, B.C., left one person dead and another injured, and led to a polic...
Jun 01, 2026
Lower Mainland SPCA workers in British Columbia vote 97.5% for strike action
BURNABY - More than 110 animal welfare workers across the Lower Mainland have approved using strike action in their labour dispute with British Columbia's SPCA. CUPE 1622, which represents workers cov...
Jun 01, 2026
More charges laid against two men in extortion case in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY - An investigation team in Surrey, B.C., says charges are piling up against two men accused of firing bullets into an extortion victim's home. Surrey Police Service's Extortion Response Team sa...
Jun 01, 2026
Praise from Poilievre, but ex-B. C. Conservative MLAs say new leader will polarize
VICTORIA - Two former B.C. Conservative legislators now sitting as Independents say new leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay will polarize the province. Amelia Boultbee said Findlay's victory on Saturday showed...
Jun 01, 2026
Police investigate vandalism of rainbow crosswalk in Surrey, B.C., captured on video
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., are investigating after video of people vandalizing a rainbow crosswalk was posted on social media over the weekend by the leader of a registered political party. Poli...
Jun 01, 2026
Brown, cloudy water possible in Metro Vancouver as workers' pickets expand: union
VANCOUVER - Striking Metro Vancouver workers have expanded labour action to cover the region's watersheds and treatment plants, but the union says there will be no risk to public health. The Greater V...
Jun 01, 2026
Man dead, homicide detectives investigating after fight in Maple Ridge, B.C.
MAPLE RIDGE - Homicide officers are investigating a fight in Metro Vancouver that left one man dead. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says in a release that RCMP were called to the scene Sat...
Jun 01, 2026