Category Archives: British Columbia
Eby's NDP cabinet 'bloated, expensive,' says B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad
VICTORIA - British Columbia Conservative Leader John Rustad says Premier David Eby's new cabinet appears to be a taxpayer-funded loyalty program that rewards NDP caucus. Eby introduced his new cabinet...
Nov 20, 2024
Investigation led to huge drug bust, which will disrupt Surrey drug trade, says RCMP
SURREY - Mounties in Surrey, B.C., say a year-long investigation has led to one of the largest drug seizures in the detachment's history and will "disrupt" the drug trade in the city. RCMP say they la...
Nov 20, 2024
B.C. government delegation jets to California to promote the province's film industry
Just days after being appointed to their new jobs, three members of the British Columbia government are off to California to promote the province as a hot spot for film production. Spencer Chandra Her...
Nov 20, 2024
Emergency alert test coming as B.C. mops up from 'bomb cyclone' with high winds
A test for Canada's emergency alert system is set to take place just as British Columbia cleans up from a so-called "bomb cyclone" weather system that cut power and battered parts of the coast with hu...
Nov 20, 2024
Urban salmon return to Metro Vancouver streams to spawn and inspire recovery efforts
BURNABY, B.C. - The metallic screech of a train rolling by. The constant hum of traffic on the nearby Trans-Canada Highway. These are the sounds of the Brunette River in the fall, as it cuts through t...
Nov 20, 2024
Bomb cyclone batters B.C. with hurricane-force winds, cutting roads and power
VANCOUVER - Hurricane-force winds of up to 159 km/h have slammed into parts of the British Columbia Coast as a massive storm swirling off Vancouver Island severed highways and cut power to about 225,0...
Nov 20, 2024
B.C. port union challenges constitutionality of labour minister's back-to-work order
VANCOUVER - The union representing port supervisors in British Columbia is formally challenging the legal and constitutional authority of the federal labour minister to order them back to work. In a l...
Nov 19, 2024
Writers’ Trust of Canada to hand out seven book prizes, cash
TORONTO - The Writers' Trust of Canada is set to hand out seven awards and more than $330,000 in prize money at its annual awards bash tonight. Prizes include outstanding debut book by an LGBTQ2S+ eme...
Nov 19, 2024
Transportation Safety Board investigating after plane goes off runway in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The Transportation Safety Board says it's investigating after a Boeing 767 cargo jet went off a runway at Vancouver International Airport. The airport says the Cargojet flight went off the...
Nov 19, 2024
A 'bomb cyclone' sounds scary but meteorologist says it's not alarmist
VANCOUVER - The use of terms including "atmospheric rivers" and "bomb cyclones" to describe weather phenomena has moved out of scientific journals and into the mainstream in recent years, but meteorol...
Nov 19, 2024