Category Archives: British Columbia

Pembina Pipeline seeing increased interest from potential Cedar LNG suppliers: CEO
CALGARY - Pembina Pipeline Corp. says it has seen an uptick in interest from potential long-term contracted natural gas suppliers since making a firm decision to go ahead with the Cedar LNG project. T...
Nov 06, 2024

Nova Scotia election: Liberals promise to set up a rent bank for struggling renters
HALIFAX - As Nova Scotia's election campaign approaches the midway point, the Liberals are rolling out details of their plan to support renters. Party leader Zach Churchill held a news conference toda...
Nov 06, 2024

B.C. man charged with second-degree murder in death of estranged wife
MONTROSE, B.C. - A man has been charged with killing his estranged wife in Montrose, B.C. Police in the West Kootenay community say officers were dispatched Monday after a report of a man assaulting a...
Nov 05, 2024

B.C.'s chief electoral officer defends election integrity after 'human errors'
British Columbia's chief electoral officer says "extremely challenging weather conditions" and a new voting system factored into human errors that saw ballots go uncounted in the provincial election -...
Nov 05, 2024

Lights back on for almost all BC Hydro customers who lost power in strong winds
British Columbia's Crown utility says crews have restored power to 95 per cent of some 290,000 businesses and homes that were in the dark at some point Monday as strong winds battered coastal areas an...
Nov 05, 2024

Business groups say B.C. port stoppage will hurt companies, Canadian economy
Business groups say the work stoppage at B.C. ports is the latest in a run of supply chain disruptions affecting Canadian companies and the country's economy. Employers at most of the province's ports...
Nov 05, 2024

Walking pneumonia on the rise in parts of Canada, doctors say
Doctors say they are seeing a spike in walking pneumonia cases in parts of Canada, particularly in kids, at a time when respiratory viruses typically circulate. Walking pneumonia is a mild form of pne...
Nov 05, 2024

B.C. ports shuttered as lockout takes hold in latest labour dispute
VANCOUVER - One of Canada's most vital trade arteries is cut off as employers at most of British Columbia's ports lock out their workers in a dispute involving about 700 unionized foremen. The BC Mari...
Nov 05, 2024

Hindu temple in Surrey, B.C., wants police suspended after protest unrest
VANCOUVER - A Hindu temple in Surrey, B.C., is calling for the suspension of police officers involved in what it calls "unjustified violence against temple devotees" during unrest on Sunday in which t...
Nov 04, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Elections BC says box of 861 votes uncounted, others votes unreported
VICTORIA - Elections BC says it has discovered that a ballot box containing 861 votes wasn't counted in the recent provincial election, as well as other mistakes including 14 votes going unreported in...
Nov 04, 2024