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Most services for Metro Vancouver's specialized HandyDART transit system remain cancelled for a second week, with the operator saying it will respond to a new proposal from the union representing stri...
Sep 09, 2024
NANAIMO, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may be bracing for an earful from his caucus when Liberal MPs gather in Nanaimo, B.C. today to plot their strategy for the coming election year. It will b...
Alex Rawnsley Sep 09, 2024
VANCOUVER - Methanex Corp. has signed a deal to buy OCI Global's international methanol business in an agreement valued at US$2.05 billion, including assumed debt. The deal includes OCI's interest in ...
Sep 09, 2024
Unions trying to organize at Amazon workplaces across Canada are facing a series of hurdles, including legal challenges and alleged anti-union tactics from the e-commerce giant. Labour laws in Canada ...
Sep 09, 2024
VANCOUVER - The union representing HandyDART workers in Metro Vancouver says it won't be getting a counterproposal to end the strike until at least Thursday. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1724 says ...
Sep 08, 2024
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say they have found three pit bulls connected to the death of a 12-year-old collie on Sunday in Kamloops. Police spokesperson Staff Sgt. Janelle Shoihet said the collie was attacked in...
Sep 08, 2024
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will face a fretful and strained caucus in British Columbia Monday, with MPs looking for him to finally reveal his plan to address the political purgatory the pa...
Alex Rawnsley Sep 08, 2024
WHISTLER, B.C. - The RCMP in British Columbia is asking for the public's help finding a boy's family after the barefoot youth was noticed wandering in Whistler alone. Mounties in Whistler say they res...
Sep 08, 2024
VANCOUVER - Mediated negotiations between the union representing striking HandyDART transit workers in Metro Vancouver and their employer are set to begin today, six days into the stoppage. About 600 ...
Sep 08, 2024
VICTORIA - The company operating British Columbia's ferries says divers have recovered a propeller that fell off one of its vessels and triggered an oil spill earlier this week, but notes it will take...
Sep 07, 2024