Category Archives: British Columbia
National rent prices decline year-over-year for first time since pandemic: report
A new report says average asking rents declined nationally on a year-over-year basis for the first time in more than three years in October. The report from Rentals.ca and Urbanation finds average ask...
Nov 07, 2024
India halts some consular visits amid Sikh-Hindu clashes
OTTAWA - India's consulate in Toronto is suspending some of its diplomatic visits to process paperwork at places like religious temples after violence between Sikh and Hindu people. The violence start...
Nov 07, 2024
Who ruined Hobo Hot Springs? Ministry investigates as mystery roils Harrison, B.C.
Stories passed down from elders tell how First Nations from afar would paddle their canoes to bathe in the hot springs on the territory of the Sts'ailes First Nation. They believed the water contained...
Nov 07, 2024
B.C. court allows police to apply to dispose of evidence at serial killer's property
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court says it has jurisdiction to order the disposal of thousands of pieces of evidence seized from Robert Pickton's pig farm decades ago, whether it was used in his murde...
Nov 06, 2024
A look at potential fresh faces around Premier David Eby's next B.C. cabinet table
British Columbia Premier David Eby's new cabinet will be sworn in on Nov. 18, and it will have to feature a significant number of new ministers after last month's election saw several incumbents defea...
Nov 06, 2024
Ontario man with indeterminate prison sentence dies at 47 of 'natural causes' in B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The Correctional Service of Canada says Angel Jones, who was serving an indeterminate sentence in a British Columbia prison for biting a woman's nose off, has died of natural causes...
Nov 06, 2024
Campbell River petting farm culls entire bird flock over avian flu outbreak
A petting farm on Vancouver Island says it was forced to cull its entire flock of about 50 chickens and ducks when they contracted the highly infectious avian flu. In the post to social media, Holly H...
Nov 06, 2024
No talks scheduled in standoff between employers, union in B.C. port lockout
VANCOUVER - British Columbia port employers say they may be "required to reassess" their position on a current offer to more than 700 unionized workers as a lockout shuts down most shipping on the Wes...
Nov 06, 2024
Rain warning for B.C.'s north coast, power still out for thousands on south coast
Environment Canada is warning of heavy rain on British Columbia's north coast, while several thousand BC Hydro customers remain without power across the south coast after heavy winds on Monday. The we...
Nov 06, 2024
B.C.'s new cabinet to be sworn in Nov. 18 after this week's judicial recounts
VICTORIA - British Columbia's new cabinet is set to be sworn in on Nov. 18, one month after the provincial election that gave Premier David Eby's NDP the slimmest of majorities, pending recounts. A st...
Nov 06, 2024