Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. charities worried Canada Post strike will affect fundraising efforts
VANCOUVER - Some B.C. charities and not-for-profits say they are worried the Canada Post strike will jeopardize their year-end fundraising efforts. Nicole Mucci, a spokeswoman for Union Gospel Mission...
Nov 17, 2024
Avian flu detected in additional Abbotsford and Chilliwack flocks: CFIA
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it has detected the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in commercial poultry at additional locations in two British Columbia cities. The agency says...
Nov 17, 2024
Eby says new B.C. cabinet built around 'kitchen table' issues: affordability, homes
VICTORIA - Premier David Eby says the British Columbia cabinet he introduces Monday will be tasked with focusing on issues voters strongly told the government they are most concerned about: affordabil...
Nov 17, 2024
B.C. nursing student attacked with knife during first clinical placement: union
VANCOUVER - The president of the B.C. Nurses' Union says a student nurse was attacked with a knife during her first clinical experience at Vancouver General Hospital on Thursday. The Vancouver Police ...
Nov 16, 2024
Heavy rain mixed with strong winds hitting B.C. south coast over the weekend
VANCOUVER - Residents in Metro Vancouver will likely be getting out their umbrellas this weekend as the region faces heavy rain and wind. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for ...
Nov 16, 2024
Claims open in $12.5M class-action settlement over WestJet baggage fees
VANCOUVER - Some travellers who checked baggage on certain WestJet flights between 2014 and 2019 may now claim their share of a class-action settlement approved by the British Columbia Supreme Court l...
Nov 16, 2024
Rockfall with large boulders closes Highway 7 west of Hope, B.C.
HOPE, B.C. - A rockfall has closed a stretch of Highway 7 in British Columbia's Fraser Valley. Drive BC, the province's traveller information service, says the slide is located west of Hope, B.C., bet...
Nov 15, 2024
B.C. Human Rights Tribunal to expedite complaint from Jewish teachers' group
VANCOUVER - A group of teachers says British Columbia's Human Rights Tribunal has agreed to expedite a complaint of antisemitism against their union as more allegations surface. Vancouver labour lawye...
Nov 15, 2024
Joly, Blinken push to get B.C. river treaty through Congress before Trump government
LIMA - Top officials in both Canada and the United States are pushing for the need to finalize the Columbia River Treaty to manage water flowing between the two countries before the administration cha...
Nov 15, 2024
Insurance bureau estimates $110 million in damages from October storms in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Intense flooding that hammered British Columbia's coast last month has led to more than $110 million in insured damage claims. The Insurance Bureau of Canada says insurers have been workin...
Nov 15, 2024